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If you're among the millions of adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), you need the latest facts about the disorder and its treatment. You need practical strategies to help develop your strengths and achieve your goals, whether on the job, in family relationships, or in personal pursuits. From renowned ADHD researcher/clinician Russell A. Barkley, this is the book for you. 

You want to break free from unhealthy habits and replace them with positive patterns, but when you’ve tried to make these changes before, you found yourself returning to old behaviors. How can you make sure that this time is different? With Reset, author and professional counselor Debra Fileta will guide you through thirty-one powerful and sustainable practices that will help you transform your thought patterns.

Discover a way to end constant power struggles with your defiant, oppositional, "impossible" five-to-12-year-old, with the help of leading child psychologist Russell A. Barkley. Dr. Barkley's approach is research based, practical, and doable - and leads to lasting behavior change. Vivid, realistic stories illustrate what the techniques look like in action. Thoroughly revised to include the latest resources and 15 years' worth of research advances, the second edition also reflects Dr. Barkley's ongoing experiences with parents and kids.

A timely anthology that explores power, privilege, and oppression and their relationship to marginalized bodies Asserting that the body is the main site of oppression in Western society, the contributors to this pioneering volume explore the complex issue of embodiment and how it relates to...

If you have a child with borderline personality disorder (BPD), you are all-too-aware of the behavioral and emotional issues that are linked to this disorder—including rages, self-harm, sexual acting out, substance abuse, suicidal behaviors, physical and emotional attacks, and more. Traditional parenting strategies that work on other kids just don't work with a borderline child. But you shouldn't lose hope. The good news is that there are parenting strategies that do work.

Et si nos émotions avaient une maison, nichée dans le ventre? Ce premier livre invite à prêter l'oreille à la joie, au calme, à l'agitation, à la tristesse ou à l'excitation, non pour les taire, mais pour entendre la vérité qu'elles portent. La maison des émotions y apparaît comme une présence protectrice, toujours là pour guider et rassurer.

Falling into the Fire is psychiatrist Christine Montross's thoughtful investigation of the gripping patient encounters that have challenged and deepened her practice. Beautifully written, deeply felt, Falling into the Fire brings us inside the doctor’s mind, illuminating the grave human costs of mental illness as well as the challenges of diagnosis and treatment. At once rigorous and meditative, Falling into the Fire is an intimate portrait of psychiatry, allowing the reader to witness the humanity of the practice and the enduring mysteries of the mind.

No one wants to get rid of obsessive-compulsive disorder more than someone who has it. That's why Talking Back to OCD puts kids and teens in charge. Dr. John March's eight-step program has already helped thousands of young people show the disorder that it doesn't call the shots - they do. This uniquely designed volume is really two books in one. Each chapter begins with a section that helps kids and teens zero in on specific problems and develop skills they can use to tune out obsessions and resist compulsions.

Conscious Moving extends from one transformative belief: we feel more human, more empowered, and more ourselves when we live from that place within us—and all around us—that simply moves. And when we examine and trust in the emerging and evolving movement of our minds and bodies, we can...

Krankhafte Narzissten werden leider meistens erst dann erkannt, wenn man mit ihnen direkt konfrontiert ist. Es gehört viel Übung dazu, die Persönlichkeitsstörung rechtzeitig zu enttarnen, um diesen Energieräubern zu entgehen. Sie zeigt mit diesem Buch auf, wie Sie im ersten Schritt Narzissten entlarven und sich im zweiten Schritt vor ihren perfiden Spielchen schützen können.

The perfect follow-up to You Are Not Alone: a guide for parents, educators, caregivers, and mental health professionals on how to navigate mental healthcare for the young people in their lives. A growing number of children and teens in the U.S. are struggling with mental health conditions, but...

A clear, practical audio to help you overcome panic attacks. This 90 mins authoritative cassette explains what panic attacks are, why they happen, and what every reader can do to empower themselves and regain control over their panic. It contains: What to do during an attack What’s...

North Americans are the world’s most prolific users of opioid painkillers. In On Opium, Zwarenstein describes her own use of opioid-inspired medicines to cope with a painful disease. Evoking both Thomas De Quincey and Frida Kahlo, she travels from the decadence of recreational drug use in past eras to the misery and privation of the overdose crisis today. Speaking with users of prescribed morphine, illicit fentanyl, and smoked opium, Zwarenstein investigates uncomfortable questions about why people use substances and when substance use becomes addiction.

Qui suis-je ? Quels sont mes désirs ? Comment ne pas passer à côté de ma vie ? Nous sommes nombreux à nous interroger et à ressentir un sentiment diffus d'insatisfaction, de tristesse, d'anxiété, si ce n'est de dépression. Cet ouvrage est une réponse à tous ceux qui connaissent ce vague à l'être, ce sentiment de n'avoir jamais trouvé leur juste place dans l'existence. En apprenant à reconnaître vos aspirations profondes et à vivre en bonne entente avec vous-même, vous découvrirez que notre Moi peut être le plus précieux des compagnons.

Many people feel completely burnt out but do not understand how this affects their body or what they can do about it. Unfortunately, mainstream medicine has almost nothing to offer the person who wakes up feeling exhausted and unable to cope with the smallest stress. Having helped people for more than twenty years to recover from these illnesses, Jo Dunbar passes on her knowledge and experience in this accessible book.

Cet ouvrage s'adresse à tout travailleur en souffrance, en état de surmenage physique, émotionnel et cognitif. Que vous soyez déjà en burn-out diagnostiqué ou en phase de questionnement, d'érosion, de perte de confiance en vous, de quête de sens, ce livre vous apportera les réponses que vous attendez.

Terri Cheney ripped the covers off her secret battle with bipolar disorder in her New York Times bestselling memoir, Manic. Now, in this "stigma-buster" and "must-read", she blends a gripping narrative with practical advice (Elyn Saks). Cheney flips mental illness inside out, exposing the...

Restore your faith in love and family with one Army wife's courageous story of how she helped her husband recuperate from losing both of his legs while serving in Afghanistan. Paige received the phone call that every military wife prays will never come. Her husband, Army Sergeant Josh Wetzel...

Apprivoisez votre anxiété et cultivez le calme intérieur. Qui n'a jamais éprouvé de l'appréhension à l'approche d'un entretien d'embauche, de l'inquiétude lors d'une prise de parole en public, de l'angoisse lors d'une période difficile ? Ces sentiments d'inconfort, liés aux événements, s'estompent généralement avec le temps. Mais pour certaines personnes, les symptômes perdurent et ils se retrouvent face à une souffrance émotionnelle qui envahit leur existence.