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Schizophrenic Disorders:

Sense and Nonsense in Conceptualization, Assessment, and Treatment

By: Leighton C. Whitaker

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Schizophrenic Disorders:

Sense and Nonsense in Conceptualization, Assessment, and Treatment

By: Leighton C. Whitaker

No diagnosis of mental disorder is more important or more disputable than that of "schizophrenia." The 1982 case of John Hinckley, who shot President Reagan, brought both aspects of this diagnostic dilemma to the forefront of national attention. It became evident to the general public that the experts engaged to study him exhaustively could not agree on whether Hinckley was schizophrenic. General public outrage ensued, as schizophrenia, "the sacred symbol of psychiatry," in the words of Thomas Szasz (1976), emerged as a king of Alice in Wonderland travesty. Schizo phrenia seemed not to be a legitimate diagnostic entity but some sort of facade erected to protect the guilty. In 1973, David Rosenhan had already shown the readers of Science that schizo phrenia was a label that could be given to normal people presenting with a supposed auditory hallucination on even one occasion. In Rosenhan's studies, mental health professionals were outclassed by the regular psychiatric hospital patients, who cor rectly saw the false schizophrenics as imposters while the professional diagnosticians continued to fool themselves.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1475721595

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9781475721591

College Student Development

By: Leighton C. Whitaker,Richard E. Slimak

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College Student Development

By: Leighton C. Whitaker,Richard E. Slimak

Here is a book that provides college counselors and therapists with some of the most important developmental perspectives needed in today's work with students. Too often, counseling centers are seen only as emotional rehabilitators. Yet, College Student Development illustrates the importance of developmental knowledge in terms of how students'personal histories, including cultural influences in their lives, interact to determine the dilemmas and challenges facing them and all those who work on college and university campuses today. This is the only book available today which bridges the span between university counseling centers and student development (deans') offices. It offers specific frameworks for understanding counseling work in developmental terms. The presentation early in the book of a student development metamodel for counseling center professionals provides a strong base for understanding the other topics addressed in the book. It is a solid bridge for counselors in college and university settings dedicated to helping students develop into secure and confident adults in their public, interpersonal, and private lives. This multi-authored book has many chapters that show counselors how to work together with students to gather clues and reach important realizations to make long-term and lasting changes in their lives. Case examples and histories throughout the book make its theories easily applicable to all counseling centers at colleges and universities. Among the development theory topics counselors will discover are: Changing Student Culture and Implications for Counselors and Administrators Typical Development in the College Years Survey Results of Undergraduate Concerns Special Aspects of College Student Development for African-Americans Male and Female Differences in College Student Development College Student Development is most appropriate for staff members of counseling and development offices. Professors and students in master's and doctorate level counseling psychology and student development programs and college student development courses (developmental theory) will find this an enlightening approach to helping college students.

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Psychology Press

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1560243139

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9781560243137

Understanding and Preventing Violence

The Psychology of Human Destructiveness

By: Leighton C. Whitaker

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Understanding and Preventing Violence

The Psychology of Human Destructiveness

By: Leighton C. Whitaker

More violence has been perpetrated in the 20th century than in the two previous centuries combined. Understanding and Preventing Violence: Unmasking the Mentality of Human Destructiveness elucidates the mentality of destructive behavior with the hopes that in the future, the trend may be reversed through enlightenment. But in order to choose to be

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CRC Press

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1439832609

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9781439832608

Case Book of Brief Psychotherapy with College Students

By: Leighton Whitaker,Stewart Cooper,James Archer Jr

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Case Book of Brief Psychotherapy with College Students

By: Leighton Whitaker,Stewart Cooper,James Archer Jr

Short-term therapy doesn't have to be second-best! This valuable book explores a variety of brief therapy approaches with young adults between 17 and 25. Each case discussion thoroughly covers the salient points of the client, the problem, and the treatment, as well as segments of the treatment transcripts that illustrate the critical aspects of the counseling. A post-hoc question-and-answer section explores alternative ways the therapist could have handled the client and allows in-depth examination of successful treatment approaches. Case Book of Brief Psychotherapy with College Students offers constructive suggestions for dealing with common presenting problems, including: depression individuation issues PTSD impulse control in mandated psychotherapy cult membership post-rape trauma bereavement issues With comprehensive references and a fascinating variety of presenting problems, Case Book of Brief Psychotherapy with College Students is a helpful resource for any psychologist, social worker, or therapist whose clients include young adults.

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Routledge

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1317719514

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9781317719519

Pharmacological Treatment of College Students with Psychological Problems

By: Leighton C. Whitaker,Stewart Edwin Cooper

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Pharmacological Treatment of College Students with Psychological Problems

By: Leighton C. Whitaker,Stewart Edwin Cooper

Get valuable insights into best practices and procedures for treatment Mental health practitioners across the country are increasingly treating students by combining the use of psychotropic medication with psychotherapy. Pharmacological Treatment of College Students with Psychological Problems explores in detail this uncritically accepted exponential expansion of the practice. Leading psychiatrists, psychologists, and social workers discuss the crucial questions and problems encountered in this widespread practice, and also present specific and differing models of combined therapy. This book critically examines several of the key issues, practices, and competing perspectives. Professionals working in college mental health are provided with valuable insights into best practices and procedures in split and integrated treatment. Various clinicians beyond the psychiatric field are prescribing psychotropic medications with increasing frequency. Pharmacological Treatment of College Students with Psychological Problems presents a wide range of viewpoints on this issue, offering evidence, arguments, and recommendations to clearly illustrate the need for increased attention to the use of psychotropic medications and show how psychotherapy may be safer and more beneficial. Chapters include discussions on withdrawing from medication successfully, long term perturbation effects, and differing models of combined therapy in practice. This resource is comprehensively referenced. Topics in Pharmacological Treatment of College Students with Psychological Problems include: identification of the key issues and practices of combining psychotropic medication with counseling in treatment elements of two separate university counseling centers and how they provide combined treatment emerging research on perturbation effects of use of psychotropic medications best practices in the combined treatment in college settings key unresolved questions that need further research bringing a more sophisticated level in the practice of combined treatment with college students Pharmacological Treatment of College Students with Psychological Problems is a valuable resource for all professionals from seasoned professionals to beginning practicum students.

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0789036789

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9780789036780

Book's by Leighton C. Whitaker

Schizophrenic Disorders:

Schizophrenic Disorders:

College Student Development

College Student Development

Understanding and Preventing Violence

Understanding and Preventing Violence

Case Book of Brief Psychotherapy with College Students

Case Book of Brief Psychotherapy with College Students

Pharmacological Treatment of College Students with Psychological Problems

Pharmacological Treatment of College Students with Psychological Problems

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