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News Contact Information Links VIP Section	Go Back Login To open an account click here Basket Help Checkout 30th July 2010 Critical Psychology Division 'Where do you find an independent publisher prepared to put ideas above profit? Against all the 21st century odds, Craig Newnes and Guy Holmes appear to have found the answer: PCCS Books. Newnes and Holmes are the editors of a ‘critical psychology’ series of eight books which appear in print not because of their obvious marketability or conformity to academic trends but because they have something important to say about the dominant myths of psychiatry and psychology in these unenlightened times.' David Smail PCCS Books also publishes the Journal of Critical Psychology, Counselling and Psychotherapy. Click on 'Journals' on the left hand navigation bar to view details and subscrition rates. Beyond Help: A consumers' guide to psychology Susan Hansen, Alec McHoul and Mark Rapley 2003 ISBN 1 898059 54 3 Why do we think that there are 'psychological' problems, and that therapy or medication offers the answer? This book will tell you how it comes to be that we think we have psychological problems, ... £17.10 More info... Beyond Prozac: Healing mental distress Dr Terry Lynch 2004 ISBN 1 898059 63 2 BEST SELLER low price • As a practising GP, Dr Terry Lynch was plagued by increasing doubts about his effectiveness in dealing with patients experiencing emotional distress. He no longer trusted the drugs handed out as... £12.35 More info... The Gene Illusion: Genetic research in psychiatry and psychology under the microscope Jay Joseph 2003 ISBN 1 898059 47 0 Jay Joseph's timely, challenging book provides a much-needed rebuttal of the evidence cited in support of genetic theories. Far from establishing the importance of genes, this book shows that fami... £19.00 More info... This is Madness: A critical look at psychiatry and the future mental health services Edited by Craig Newnes, Guy Holmes and Cailzie Dunn 1999 ISBN 1 898059 25X BEST SELLER A comprehensive critique of the contemporary British psychiatric system, This is Madness is a breath of fresh air. In turn critical, strident, scholarly, personal, moving and ultimately hopeful, i... £15.20 More info... This is Madness Too: Critical perspectives on mental health services Edited by Craig Newnes, Guy Holmes and Cailzie Dunn 2001 ISBN 1 898059 37 3 BEST SELLER This is Madness Too is the companion volume and follow-up to the best selling This is Madness. At a time of extraordinary energy and change in the world of mental health, This is Madness Too offer... £13.30 More info... Making and Breaking Children's Lives Eds: Craig Newnes and Nick Radcliffe 2005 ISBN 1 898059 70 5 Foreword by Oliver James BESTSELLER Making and Breaking Children’s Lives examines how children are hurt in modern society. We hear much about the effects of early abandonment, abuse and lack of attachment, but find that children’s e... £14.00 More info... Personality as Art: Artistic approaches in psychology Peter Chadwick 1999 ISBN 1 898059 35 7 Not everyone wants to live a rational life, or a life guided by the advice of science. Here Peter Chadwick explores Person as Artist, rather than Person as Scientist. In doing so he establishes an... £14.25 More info... Power, Interest and Psychology: Elements of a Social Materialist Understanding of Distress David Smail 2005 ISBN 1 898059 71 3 GREAT REVIEWS The central argument of this book is that human conduct, and in particular psychological and emotional distress, cannot be understood by an analysis of individual will, intention or cognition. Con... £13.50 More info... Spirituality and Psychotherapy Edited by Simon King-Spooner and Craig Newnes 2001 ISBN 1 898059 39 X From sceptics to believers, through theorists and therapists working with our deepest concerns, Spirituality and Psychotherapy provides a timely and invigorating journey through Freud's 'black tide of... £17.10 More info... Violence and Society: Making sense of madness and badness Elie Godsi 2004 ISBN 1 898059 62 4 Violence affects us all. There are daily reports of murders, shootings, abductions and child abuse in the media. We may be horrified and disturbed by violence but it also fascinates and intrigues ... £17.10 More info... THIS WEEK'S ONLINE BESTSELLERS 1. Flesh Wounds: New ways of understanding self-injury 2. Living with 'The Gloria Films' 3. The Tribes of the Person-Centred Nation: A guide to the schools of therapy related to the person-centred approach SPECIAL OFFERS click on title to view Living with 'The Gloria Films' Pamela J Burry 2008 ISBN 978 1 906254 02 5 Special offer Simply a great story and uplifiting read. Love's Embrace: The autobiography of a person-centred therapist Brian Thorne 2005 ISBN 1 898059 76 4 Special offer The Life and Work of Carl Rogers Howard Kirschenbaum 2007 ISBN 978 1 898 05993 6 Special offer