Summary
Praise for the previous edition:
"...a very useful resource..."—Booklist
"...has the qualities of a good desktop reference: convenient size, high-quality paper, legibility, cross-references, adequate breadth of coverage, but most important, fine writing and language that is accessible but does not condescend to general readers..."—Choice
"...solid information…Highly recommended for all libraries."—Library Journal
"Recommended."—The Book Report
Twenty percent of adult Americans—one in five—will experience a mental illness during their lifetime that is severe enough to require treatment, and many others have problems that prevent them from enjoying their lives on a daily basis.
The Encyclopedia of Mental Health, Third Edition is an up-to-date A-to-Z reference covering all aspects of general mental health topics. This accessible guide sorts through a maze of professional jargon to provide incisive definitions of theories, syndromes, symptoms, treatments, and contemporary issues, in language that everyone can understand, bringing readers the most up-to-date information on this subject. Presenting more than 2,000 new and updated entries with approximately 70,000 words of new text, this volume is the perfect resource for anyone dealing with this mental disorder.
Entries include:
- Adoption
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Environmental hazards
- Holistic medicine
- Life-change rating scale
- Nervous habits
- Performance anxiety
- Pharmacology
- Reflexology
- St. John's wort
- Type A personality
- The workplace.
Specifications
Index. Appendixes. Bibliography. Cross-references. Further reading.
About the Author(s)
Ada P. Kahn, Ph.D., holds a Ph.D. in public health and is the author of The Encyclopedia of Work-Related Illnesses, Injuries, and Health Issues; The Encyclopedia of Stress and Stress-Related Diseases; and The Encyclopedia of Phobias, Fears, and Anxieties, all for Facts On File. Several of her Facts On File titles have won awards from the American Medical Writers Association and the Illinois Woman’s Press Association. Her other books include Empower Yourself and Keeping the Beat: Healthy Aging Through Amateur Chamber Music Playing.
Jan Fawcett, M.D., a graduate of Yale University School of Medicine, joined the Department of Psychiatry of the University of New Mexico School of Medicine after 30 years of service as the Stanley Harris, Senior Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at Rush Medical College in Chicago. He is also a coauthor of the APA Practice Guidelines on the assessment and management of suicidal patients and is the chairperson of the DSM-V Mood Disorders Work Group.