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'ABC of Dementia' is a practical guide to help healthcare professionals develop knowledge, skills, confidence and an understanding of dementia, in order to support those with dementia to live well.

Research findings consistently show that cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is very effective in treating anxiety. However, many people with this problem do not seek treatment: something this new book seeks to redress. 'The ABCS of Coping with Anxiety' consolidates key principles from CBT and ma...

My parents decided it would be a good idea to move house and move me to a new school at the same time. As if I didn't have a hard enough time staying out of trouble at home, now I've also got to try and make new friends. What's worse, the class bully seems to think I'm the perfect target and has ...

In a society where the media demands high standards of appearance, the acne sufferer can often feel condemned. This book explores the causes and symptoms of acne, providing expert advice on the treatments available.

'All Birds Have Anxiety' explores the symptoms of anxiety disorder and their impact on day-to-day life through colourful images of life as a bird. Its humorous yet gentle approach recognises the stress that anxiety can cause, helping people to better understand how it feels to have anxiety.

This text is bold and controversial and takes issue with many experts in the field and much received wisdom. It dispels all illusions about the benefit of alcohol, promises no withdrawl symptoms and removes the desire and need for alcohol.

Allen Carr's anti-smoking crusade has become a worldwide phenomenon with tens of thousands of former smokers thanking the former chain-smoker for their own conversion away from the church of the deadly weed. Sadly Carr himself lost his own fight to cancer in late 2006 but his method - a unique on...