This ground-breaking book sets out a fresh vision for a future medical education by providing a radical reconceptualization of the purposes of medical humanities through a lens of critical health psychology and liberatory pedagogy.

This book is a groundbreaking book that describes how existential health can enrich and expand bio-psycho-social approaches to dementia care, recognizing that well-being extends beyond physical, neurological, and cognitive symptoms.

This visionary textbook is the third edition of a trusted and highly respected introduction to community psychology. The editors have focused on three contemporary social issues in order to illustrate key concepts throughout the book: climate change, affordable housing and homelessness, and immigration.

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Get to grips with key Statistical concepts Statistics without Maths for Psychology, 9th edition is your essential guide to navigating what can be a daunting topic for Psychology students. This textbook will not only give you a core understanding of Statistics, but will also give you the confidence to analyse data within your studies and beyond.

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The body, of both the patient and the analyst, is increasingly a focus of attention in contemporary psychoanalytic theory and practice, especially from a relational perspective.

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