![New Voices in Psychosocial Studies]( "New Voices in Psychosocial Studies")
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Frosh, S. (Ed) (2019)
Psychosocial studies in the UK is a diverse area of work characterised by innovation in theory and empirical research. Its extraordinary liveliness is demonstrated in this book, …
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![Psychotherapy and the Social Clinic in the United States]( "Psychotherapy and the Social Clinic in the United States")
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Epstein, W. M. (2019)
This book offers a compelling critical analysis of American society by examining the role of psychotherapy within social policy and the culture that has fashioned it. It takes a …
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![Psychology’s Contribution to Socio-Cultural, Political, and Individual Emancipation]( "Psychology’s Contribution to Socio-Cultural, Political, and Individual Emancipation")
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Ratner, C. (2019)
This book articulates how psychologists can use their theory, research, and intervention to generate insights into emancipatory social change that is necessary to solve social and …
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![The Revolt Against Psychiatry]( "The Revolt Against Psychiatry")
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Burstow, B. (2019)
A real eye-opener, this riveting anti/critical psychiatry book is comprised of original cutting-edge dialogues between Burstow (an antipsychiatry theorist and activist) and other …
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![Psychotherapy, Mindfulness and Buddhist Meditation]( "Psychotherapy, Mindfulness and Buddhist Meditation")
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Giraldi, T. (2019)
This book critically examines the development of mindfulness, tracing its development from Buddhist meditation to its variety of popular applications today, including the …
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![Freud for the Twenty-First Century]( "Freud for the Twenty-First Century")
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Samuels, R. (2019)
This book places Freud’s theory of the reality principle in relation to both everyday experience and global issues of the 21st century and illustrates how it may be practically …
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![Scientific Pollyannaism]( "Scientific Pollyannaism")
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Yakushko, O. (2019)
This book argues that the story of the orphan girl Pollyanna (namely, her strategy of playing the “glad games” to manage loss, abuse, and social prejudice) serves as a framework …
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![The Medicalized Body and Anesthetic Culture]( "The Medicalized Body and Anesthetic Culture")
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Robbins, B. D. (2018)
This book examines how modern medicine’s mechanistic conception of the body has become a defense mechanism to cope with death anxiety. Robbins draws from research on the …
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![The Palgrave Handbook of Ethics in Critical Research]( "The Palgrave Handbook of Ethics in Critical Research")
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Macleod, C. I. (Ed), Marx, J. (Ed), Mnyaka, P. (Ed), Treharne, G. J. (Ed) (2018)
This handbook highlights the growing tensions surrounding the current dominant ethical clearance model which is increasingly being questioned, particularly in critical research. …
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![Tribalism]( "Tribalism")
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Hobfoll, S. E. (2018)
Unearthing the most primal motivations behind the fear politics movements sweeping across the USA, Europe, and the Middle East, Stevan E. Hobfoll examines how the increasing …
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![Trauma and Madness in Mental Health Services]( "Trauma and Madness in Mental Health Services")
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Hunter, N. (2018)
How do survivors of child abuse, bullying, chronic oppression and discrimination, and other developmental traumas adapt to such unimaginable situations? It is taken for granted …
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![Outline of Theoretical Psychology]( "Outline of Theoretical Psychology")
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Teo, T. (2018)
Outline of Theoretical Psychology discusses basic philosophical problems in the discipline and profession of psychology. The author addresses such topics as what it means to be …
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![Psychoanalyzing the Politics of the New Brain Sciences]( "Psychoanalyzing the Politics of the New Brain Sciences")
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Samuels, R. (2017)
This book argues that neuroscience, evolutionary psychology, and behavioral economics often function as a political ideology masquerading as a new science. In looking at works by …
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![Medicalizing Counselling]( "Medicalizing Counselling")
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Strong, T. (2017)
This book discusses how counselling, a profession known for diverse and innovative practices, has recently been influenced by scientific, marketplace, and administrative …
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![Unhappiness, Sadness and 'Depression']( "Unhappiness, Sadness and 'Depression'")
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Giraldi, T. (2017)
This book examines existing treatments, legislation and research methodology of depression and exposes their limitations, championing psycho-social support as an alternative. …
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![The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Social Psychology]( "The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Social Psychology")
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Gough, B. (Ed) (2017)
This handbook is the first to bring together the latest theory and research on critical approaches to social psychological challenges. Edited by a leading authority in the field, …
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![Examining Mental Health through Social Constructionism]( "Examining Mental Health through Social Constructionism")
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O'Reilly, M., Lester, J. N. (2017)
This book explores social constructionism and the language of mental distress. Mental health research has traditionally been dominated by genetic and biomedical explanations that …
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![The Sedated Society]( "The Sedated Society")
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Davies, J. (Ed) (2017)
This edited volume provides an answer to a rising public health concern: what drives the over prescription of psychiatric medication epidemic? Over 15% of the UK public takes a …
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![Intoxication, Modernity, and Colonialism]( "Intoxication, Modernity, and Colonialism")
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Bjelić, D. I. (2016)
This book depicts how Freud’s cocaine and Benjamin’s hashish illustrate two critiques of modernity and two messianic emancipations through the pleasures of intoxicating discourse. …
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![Psychoanalyzing the Left and Right after Donald Trump]( "Psychoanalyzing the Left and Right after Donald Trump")
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Samuels, R. (2016)
This book outlines a new model for global social justice movements that is based on Freud and Lacan’s central insights regarding the unconscious, repetition, drives, and …
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