Psychology / Mental Health

Dope Advice provides an unbiased review of the information every parent needs to know about the effect of marijuana on their teen’s development and mental health.

Reframed revolutionizes how we think about self-regulation, offering practical tools to help individuals grow and contribute to building a more fair and compassionate society.

Drawing on recent Canadian case law, this book provides an up-to-date, comprehensive guide to the mental disorder provisions of the Criminal Code, offering practical insights for navigating issues of criminal responsibility and fitness.

This collection brings education scholars from Manitoba together to inquire into issues arising from the idea to make school education primarily about student well-being.

Shedding light on structural and systemic factors that impact health and well-being, this collection provides how-to guidance for implementing trauma- and violence-informed care to improve experiences in health and social service settings.

This is the story of a psychiatrist and his career-long relationship with a difficult patient, showing how medical treatment should not just be about biology, but also about psychology.

A practical guide to understanding and fostering kindness, this book aims to transform the thinking and practice of educators as they seek to cultivate kind classrooms.

Written by Canadian social workers, this book addresses the impact of trauma-related events and emphasizes the importance of spirituality and posttraumatic growth.

Addressing the diversity of communities and experiences across Northern Canada, Health and Healthcare in Northern Canada pays attention to what is needed to support and achieve health equity for northern communities and peoples.

The Rapids is a cultural history of manic depression twinned with a personal narrative told through an innovative approach to writing memoir.

This book provides in-depth discussions of the political and social contexts surrounding key cases in forensic mental health.

Residential mental health placements remain an essential but controversial and costly part of the children’s mental health service system.

Using a complex and nuanced approach to madness, violence, and power, this book challenges conventional research on psychology, social work, law, medicine, and public policy.

An exceptional showcase of interdisciplinary research, Critical Inquiries for Social Justice in Mental Health presents various critical theories, methodologies, and methods for transforming mental health research and fostering socially-just mental health practices.

In PTSD and the Politics of Trauma in Israel, Keren Friedman-Peleg sheds light on a new way of speaking about mental vulnerability and national belonging in contemporary Israel.

This brief book introduces the ways in which contemporary anthropology engages with the "psych" disciplines: psychology, psychiatry, and medicine.