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Digging Out
Helping Your Loved One Manage Clutter, Hoarding, and Compulsive Acquiring
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
Many people who hoard understand the extent of their problem and are open to help. This book is not for them. Digging Out is for the concerned and frustrated friends and family members of people who do not fully accept the magnitude of their hoarding problem and refuse help from others. If you have...
Daring to Challenge OCD
Overcome Your Fear of Treatment and Take Control of Your Life Using Exposure and Response Prevention
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
If you have obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), you may suffer from obsessive thoughts and anxiety, and use compulsions to alleviate your distress. You know, more than anyone, how debilitating this condition can be. But you may also be reluctant to start treatment due to fears and misconceptions...
Understanding Pharmacology - E-Book
Essentials for Medication Safety
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2015
Pharmacology can be difficult. But with the right text, understanding drugs and how they work doesn’t have to be! Using easy-to-follow language and engaging learning tools — like Memory Joggers, Clinical Pitfalls, Do Not Confuse, and Drug Alerts — the second edition of Understanding Pharmacology:...
Clinical Parasitology - E-Book
A Practical Approach
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2014
Now in full color, the second edition of Clinical Parasitology provides you with all of the information needed to perform, read, and interpret parasitology tests in a clear and understandable way. The user-friendly design, extensive illustrations, pedagogical features and clear descriptions of look-a-like...
The Boy Crisis
Why Our Boys Are Struggling and What We Can Do About It
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2018
What is the boy crisis?
It’s a crisis of education. Worldwide, boys are 50 percent less likely than girls to meet basic proficiency in reading, math, and science.
It’s a crisis of mental health. ADHD is on the rise. And as boys become young men, their suicide rates go from equal...
Health, Illness, and Optimal Aging, Third Edition
Biological and Psychosocial Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2017
Health, Illness, and Optimal Aging: Biological and Psychosocial Perspectives, Third Edition shows the continuity and advancements in our understanding of human life-span development… It offers a solid foundation for exploring the art and science of successful aging.- Robert M. Kaplan, Stanford University
Physical Change and Aging, Sixth Edition
A Guide for the Helping Professions
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2014
"[This book] has been honed into an elegant compendium. This outstanding work should be widely read ñ it is perhaps the best example of an integrative approach to gerontology." Score: 94, 4 stars ñ Doody's
"Phyisical Change & Aging has been a well-respected resource for...
by Randal Montgomery PhD
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2011
2014 EDITION - REVISED AND EXPANDED
The author has a degree in psychology, has worked in mental hospitals, has a PhD in sociology with academic credentials (teaching, publishing papers in peer reviewed journals, conducting research using various methods, e.g. administering psychological tests,...
Psychotherapy with Infants and Young Children
Repairing the Effects of Stress and Trauma on Early Attachment
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2008
This eloquent book presents an empirically supported treatment that engages parents as the most powerful agents of their young children's healthy development. Child–parent psychotherapy promotes the child's emotional health and builds the parent's capacity to nurture and protect, particularly when...
by Jon G. Allen, PhD, Peter Fonagy
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2008
Mentalizing, the fundamental human capacity to understand behavior in relation to mental states such as thoughts and feelings, is the basis of healthy relationships and self-awareness. A growing evidence base supports the effectiveness of mentalizing-focused interventions in the treatment of borderline...
Neurobiology and Treatment of Traumatic Dissociation
Towards an Embodied Self
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2014
Encompassing the contributions of expert clinicians and researchers in the area of traumatic stress and dissociation, this volume is the first to integrate current neuroscience research regarding traumatic dissociation with several cutting-edge approaches to treatment, providing a comprehensive, neurobiologically...
by Christine B. McCormick, PhD, David G. Scherer
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2018
This accessible text--now revised and updated--has given thousands of future educators a solid grounding in developmental science to inform their work in schools. The book reviews major theories of development and their impact on educational practice. Chapters examine how teaching and learning intersect...
Psychological Assessment of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Children and Adolescents
A Practitioner's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2014
This is the only text for school and clinical psychologists and other mental health professionals to provide a systematic developmental framework for assessment, diagnosis, and consultation of children and adolescents from diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds. Reflecting the most current research...
by Maureen D. Raynor, MA PGCEA ADM RMN RN RM, Amanda Sullivan
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2005
The book looks at a broad perspective of decision making and each chapter focuses on a specific aspect related to making crucial decisions. Following an initial introduction the book explores the concept of autonomy and the many factors that influence autonomous practise. The role of knowledge in...