Cultural diversity has always been a fact of life, nowhere more so than in the unique melting pot of U.S. society. Respecting and understanding that diversity is an important – and challenging – goals. Culture and Psychotherapy: A Guide to Clinical Practice brings us closer to that goal by offering a fresh perspective on how to bring an understanding of cultural diversity to the practice of psychotherapy to improve treatment outcomes.This remark ...
Beset by contradictions, somatoform and factitious disorders have an unusually long, rich, and colorful historical and clinical tradition. Yet, some of them have received only limited empirical investigation.This book continues that rich tradition by offering a broad and scholarly synthesis of the current knowledge – and controversies – about somatoform and factitious disorders. Here you'll find up-to-date, clinically focused overviews of t ...