In its second edition this volume covers the most frequently used mood rating scales such as the Hamilton Depression Scale (HAM-D) and the Zung Scale. The Major Depression Rating Scale has been revised to correspond more strictly to ICD-10. A new appendix combines didactically the WHO (Ten) Well-Being Questionnaire, the WHO (ICD-10) criteria for depression, and the Major Depression Rating Scale. Furthermore, the Calgary Depression Scale for Schizophrenia has been included. The scoring shee...

Clinical Psychometrics is an introduction to the long-term attempt to measure the psychiatric dimension of dementia, schizophrenia, mania, depression, anxiety, neuroticism, extraversion/introversion and health-related quality of life.The two psychometric procedures, classical factor analysis and modern item-response models, are presented for readers without any requirement for particular mathematical or statistical knowledge. The book is unique in this attempt and provides...

This innovative monograph introduces a measurement-based framework for effective treatment of patients with mood disorders, personality disorders, and schizophrenia. Rooted firmly in principles of pharmacotherapy and clinical psychometrics, the book’s signature diagram balances rating scale results and patient self-reported progress along three angles: therapeutic effects, adverse effects, and quality of life. The author’s choices of measures are brief, valid, widely used, and easy for cli...

The European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP) is a scientific and educational association which represents a variety of disciplines. The first ECNP congress took place in Copenhagen, May 1985, where a working group of European scientists within the field of psychopharmacology was elected to prepare a constituent ECNP congress in Brussels, 1987. Among the most active members of this group was Max Hamilton. At the second ECNP congress in Brussels Max Hamilton was elected as the firs...

'Female Pleasure Circle - A Collection of Feminist Erotica' is an anthology of stories by LUST authors that focuses on female pleasure, sex, and passion. In the titular story, a Danish woman, on holiday in New York, decides to challenge the taboo of female masturbation. She shows up for a 'Female Pleasure Circle' class in the hopes of pushing her own boundaries with the help of other women. When the women get started and find a shared rhythm, there is no stopping them.This compilat...

The debut novella by Stella Bech.Madeleine is everything Angela is not: charismatic, lovable, certain.A story of two people who find and lose each other, and the ways love, loss and memory shape a life.

"I push my bum backwards, helping his finger enter me. My entire pussy – and ass – is one blazing hot inferno which simply craves him. I feel my pulse throbbing in my thighs and my calves. I giggle and sigh."Answer me," Emeka commands, as his finger starts to move back and forth. Oh! It feels wonderful. If only I could feel his cock as well." - Forbidden Places: The Bus Driver'The Zodiac Series: A Collection of Erotica for Every Sign' sees passion and pleasure in your stars...

"You straddle me, lick your index, middle and ring fingers, reaching down between your legs where you are, and where I am now. Then you sit down." – My Abduction Fantasy'The Apprentice, My Abduction Fantasy and Other Erotic Stories About Dominating Women' is a collection of stories from LUST that will seduce your submissive side. From dominating older women and steamy Sapphic sex scenes to spanking and hardcore fantasies, the stories in this collection bring women to their knees as...

"He pulled her close and breathed in the alluring scent of her body. She was wearing a little chemise, she never slept naked, and he found it quite seducing that she didn't just bare all." - French TemptationsPart of an erotic star signs series from LUST, 'The Zodiac Series: 10 Erotic Short Stories for Libra' is a collection of erotica that aligns with this earth sign. Patient and attentive lovers, Virgos know how to focus on their preferences and pleasure zone, so whether it's rom...

After his divorce, Kenneth has moved to Barcelona to start the company he's always dreamed of. Work doesn't allow him any free time to meet new people, but his secretary, Señora Alicia Tavares, is a wonderful woman. And it doesn't scare Kenneth that she is at least ten years older than him…