Author: Dean Worton
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 0857002872
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
People with Asperger Syndrome (AS) can be particularly at risk of developing mental health difficulties such as anxiety and depression. Here, adults with Asperger Syndrome speak out about their own experiences of mental health issues, offering sound advice for other Aspies and providing valuable insights for family, friends and also for mental health professionals. Touching on everything from difficulties at work and college to coping with low self-confidence, self-harm, alcohol, misdiagnosis, sectioning, counselling, medication and battles with mental health services, the book provides a window into how people with AS experience mental health issues, and what can be done to help. The individual accounts describe innovative coping strategies and methods for maintaining emotional and psychological wellbeing as well as practical advice on things like how to stay positive and deal with day-to-day stress and meltdowns. This is essential reading for adults with Asperger Syndrome, and their families and friends, and will be a useful resource for psychologists, psychiatrists, mental health service providers and other professionals who support adults with Asperger Syndrome.
Aspies on Mental Health
Author: Dean Worton
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 0857002872
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
People with Asperger Syndrome (AS) can be particularly at risk of developing mental health difficulties such as anxiety and depression. Here, adults with Asperger Syndrome speak out about their own experiences of mental health issues, offering sound advice for other Aspies and providing valuable insights for family, friends and also for mental health professionals. Touching on everything from difficulties at work and college to coping with low self-confidence, self-harm, alcohol, misdiagnosis, sectioning, counselling, medication and battles with mental health services, the book provides a window into how people with AS experience mental health issues, and what can be done to help. The individual accounts describe innovative coping strategies and methods for maintaining emotional and psychological wellbeing as well as practical advice on things like how to stay positive and deal with day-to-day stress and meltdowns. This is essential reading for adults with Asperger Syndrome, and their families and friends, and will be a useful resource for psychologists, psychiatrists, mental health service providers and other professionals who support adults with Asperger Syndrome.
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 0857002872
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
People with Asperger Syndrome (AS) can be particularly at risk of developing mental health difficulties such as anxiety and depression. Here, adults with Asperger Syndrome speak out about their own experiences of mental health issues, offering sound advice for other Aspies and providing valuable insights for family, friends and also for mental health professionals. Touching on everything from difficulties at work and college to coping with low self-confidence, self-harm, alcohol, misdiagnosis, sectioning, counselling, medication and battles with mental health services, the book provides a window into how people with AS experience mental health issues, and what can be done to help. The individual accounts describe innovative coping strategies and methods for maintaining emotional and psychological wellbeing as well as practical advice on things like how to stay positive and deal with day-to-day stress and meltdowns. This is essential reading for adults with Asperger Syndrome, and their families and friends, and will be a useful resource for psychologists, psychiatrists, mental health service providers and other professionals who support adults with Asperger Syndrome.
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5)
Author: American Psychiatric Association
Publisher: American Psychiatric Publishing
ISBN: 9781955245180
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher: American Psychiatric Publishing
ISBN: 9781955245180
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Aspies on Mental Health
Author: Luke Beardon
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 1849051526
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Touching on everything from difficulties at work and college to coping with low self-confidence, self-harm, alcohol, misdiagnosis, sectioning, counselling, medication and battles with mental health services, the book provides a window into how people with AS experience mental health issues, and what can be done to help.
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 1849051526
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Touching on everything from difficulties at work and college to coping with low self-confidence, self-harm, alcohol, misdiagnosis, sectioning, counselling, medication and battles with mental health services, the book provides a window into how people with AS experience mental health issues, and what can be done to help.
Marriage and Lasting Relationships with Asperger's Syndrome (Autism Spectrum Disorder)
Author: Eva A. Mendes
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 0857009818
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Offering practical advice straight from the couples counseling room, Eva A. Mendes provides an insider's view into what couples and counselors can do to help make an ASD relationship last. She outlines the challenges faced in an ASD relationship and provides strategies that can improve the lives and marriages of couples on a daily basis.
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 0857009818
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Offering practical advice straight from the couples counseling room, Eva A. Mendes provides an insider's view into what couples and counselors can do to help make an ASD relationship last. She outlines the challenges faced in an ASD relationship and provides strategies that can improve the lives and marriages of couples on a daily basis.
Emotional Mastery for Adults with Aspergers
Author: Mark Blakey
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781481207355
Category : Asperger's syndrome
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book is intended to give a better understanding of the emotions that affect those living with Asperger's syndrome. In writing the book, it was deemed first to identify what the problem ares are before looking for resolutions.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781481207355
Category : Asperger's syndrome
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book is intended to give a better understanding of the emotions that affect those living with Asperger's syndrome. In writing the book, it was deemed first to identify what the problem ares are before looking for resolutions.
Asperger Syndrome and Employment
Author: Genevieve Edmonds
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 1846427703
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
This is the book we need for guidance on employment for people with Asperger's syndrome. The contributors describe their employment experiences and offer sound advice. I thoroughly enjoyed reading the success stories and took note of the words of warning of what not to do.' - Professor Tony Attwood Employment is an important part of a healthy, balanced and fulfilling life but less than 20 per cent of people with Asperger Syndrome (AS) are in work at any one time. The adults with AS in this book explore the issues surrounding employment, providing advice and insights for others with AS, as well as their employers and colleagues. Drawing on personal experience and lessons learned, Asperger Syndrome and Employment looks at: * the transition from education to employment, * the importance of matching skills to career choices, * practical coping strategies for employees with AS in the workplace, * advice for employers, including the need to make `reasonable adjustments' to avoid discrimination, * ways in which employment services ought to work for people with AS. This is essential reading for adults with AS, their family and friends, employment services and career advisers, and companies needing to know how, in practical terms, to accommodate employees with AS.
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 1846427703
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
This is the book we need for guidance on employment for people with Asperger's syndrome. The contributors describe their employment experiences and offer sound advice. I thoroughly enjoyed reading the success stories and took note of the words of warning of what not to do.' - Professor Tony Attwood Employment is an important part of a healthy, balanced and fulfilling life but less than 20 per cent of people with Asperger Syndrome (AS) are in work at any one time. The adults with AS in this book explore the issues surrounding employment, providing advice and insights for others with AS, as well as their employers and colleagues. Drawing on personal experience and lessons learned, Asperger Syndrome and Employment looks at: * the transition from education to employment, * the importance of matching skills to career choices, * practical coping strategies for employees with AS in the workplace, * advice for employers, including the need to make `reasonable adjustments' to avoid discrimination, * ways in which employment services ought to work for people with AS. This is essential reading for adults with AS, their family and friends, employment services and career advisers, and companies needing to know how, in practical terms, to accommodate employees with AS.
Asperger's Syndrome
Author: Tony Attwood
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 9781853025778
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Tony Attwood's guide will assist parents and professionals with the identification, treatment and care of both children and adults with Asperger's Syndrome. The book provides a description and analysis of the unusual characteristics of the syndrome and practical strategies to reduce those that are most conspicuous or debilitating. Beginning with a chapter on diagnosis, including an assessment test, the book covers all aspects of the syndrome from language to social behaviour and motor clumsiness, concluding with a chapter based on the questions most frequently asked by those who come into contact with individuals with this syndrome. Covering the available literature in full, this guide brings together the most relevant and useful information on Asperger's Syndrome, incorporating case studies from the author's own practical experience as a Clinical Psychologist, with examples of, and numerous quotations from people with Asperger's Syndrome.
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 9781853025778
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Tony Attwood's guide will assist parents and professionals with the identification, treatment and care of both children and adults with Asperger's Syndrome. The book provides a description and analysis of the unusual characteristics of the syndrome and practical strategies to reduce those that are most conspicuous or debilitating. Beginning with a chapter on diagnosis, including an assessment test, the book covers all aspects of the syndrome from language to social behaviour and motor clumsiness, concluding with a chapter based on the questions most frequently asked by those who come into contact with individuals with this syndrome. Covering the available literature in full, this guide brings together the most relevant and useful information on Asperger's Syndrome, incorporating case studies from the author's own practical experience as a Clinical Psychologist, with examples of, and numerous quotations from people with Asperger's Syndrome.
A Guide to Asperger Syndrome
Author: Christopher Gillberg
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521001830
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
This is an accessible 2002 handbook for all those touched by Asperger syndrome; clinicians, those affected and carers alike.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521001830
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
This is an accessible 2002 handbook for all those touched by Asperger syndrome; clinicians, those affected and carers alike.
Asperger Syndrome and Anxiety
Author: Nick Dubin
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 184310895X
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Many people have feelings of stress and anxiety in their everyday lives. For people with Aspergers Syndrome this stress can be difficult to manage.This book is specifically written for adults with Aspergers Syndrome offers practical advice on how to better manage the stress in their lives.
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 184310895X
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Many people have feelings of stress and anxiety in their everyday lives. For people with Aspergers Syndrome this stress can be difficult to manage.This book is specifically written for adults with Aspergers Syndrome offers practical advice on how to better manage the stress in their lives.
Learning and Behavior Problems in Asperger Syndrome
Author: Margot Prior
Publisher: Guilford Press
ISBN: 1593850778
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
This volume provides research-based, practical information on managing the challenges that Asperger syndrome (AS) presents in everyday life and in the classroom. Current knowledge is reviewed on the core learning, behavioral, emotional, social, and communication difficulties associated with this complex disorder. Hurdles facing children with AS and their parents and teachers are clearly identified, and effective assessment and intervention approaches described. Special features include firsthand accounts from an adult with AS and a teacher with extensive experience in the area, as well as numerous illustrative vignettes and classroom examples. While written primarily for professionals, the volume will also be of interest to many parents.
Publisher: Guilford Press
ISBN: 1593850778
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
This volume provides research-based, practical information on managing the challenges that Asperger syndrome (AS) presents in everyday life and in the classroom. Current knowledge is reviewed on the core learning, behavioral, emotional, social, and communication difficulties associated with this complex disorder. Hurdles facing children with AS and their parents and teachers are clearly identified, and effective assessment and intervention approaches described. Special features include firsthand accounts from an adult with AS and a teacher with extensive experience in the area, as well as numerous illustrative vignettes and classroom examples. While written primarily for professionals, the volume will also be of interest to many parents.