This new text from Mary Larkin on the increasingly important life course approach covers health from pre-pregnancy to old age. Chapters include suggestions for further reading, discussion points, activities and activity commentaries to make it ideal for interactive student learning and critical reflection.

This handbook provides a comprehensive and authoritative overview of qualitative research methods, specifically compiled for this market.

With over 350 entries this is a comprehensive lexicon of existential terms, their meaning and application.

An essential how-to guide appropriate for trainees and practitioners to give them all the tools they need to develop writing for reflective practice.

A new edition of the first and only comprehensive yet accessible introduction to the history, theory, research and practice of solution-focused therapy (SFT) within mental health care and beyond.

Developed in partnership with Certitude - an influential charity providing support for people with mental health problems or learning disabilities - this book will answer all of the commonly asked questions and provide mental health students with clear explanations and guidance on recovery.

Provides effective and practical strategies from gerontology to augment CBT techniques.

Includes material on neuroscience and practitioner-oriented research methodology showing how the processes of doing research and doing therapy have many things in common. This book aims to cultivate a spirit of willingness amongst therapists trained in one model to learn from colleagues trained in others.

Offers an in-depth introduction to the theories, concepts, approaches and practices, relevant to research methods in a public health setting.

Student-friendly, engaging textbook that covers all the main topics in health from a critical perspective. Each main topic is covered in-depth with its own chapter, and issues relating to disability as well as research methods are integrated throughout the book.