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According to the author, in Australia, men drink alcohol as a mark of masculinity, and women take care of drinking men as a part of normative femininity. And while research on alcoholics and alcoholism is common, very few studies consider the lives of...

The essays in this volume offer the reader a broad, interdisciplinary perspective on the ways in which theories of alienation are influencing current debates in psychology, psychiatry, sociology, and social philosophy. In his introductory essay, Felix...

Kiesler's Beyond the Disease Model of Mental Disorder goes beyond recent volumes which argue that psychotropic medications are being overused and abused in contemporary mental health settings. Elliott Valenstein, for example, an emeritus professor of...

This work, which questions the medical model of psychiatry as the basis of psychotherapy, seeks to help professionals return their field to an activity that is more helpful to clients, more professional, more scientific, more moral, and more psychosocial...

The authors describe a view that our short-, medium-, and long- term behavior, interactions, and relationships-whether planned or spontaneous, purposeful or playful-can be understood in terms of goal-directed systems. An understanding of action theory...

This volume provides a scientifically-based text for clinical psychologists and others engaged in the extended, non-medical care of the patient recovering from myocardial infarction. The first chapter provides an overview of the patho-physiology and...

A prominent anthropologist presents behavioral and social science concepts and strategies that all health professionals can use in their clinical practice.Book InformationISBN 9780865691575Author Michael V. AngrosinoFormat HardbackPage Count 222Imprint...

There are so many good textbooks in the field of this sense the book is more comparable to modern human psychology that anyone producing a new one textbooks of 'harder' sciences such as physics and must have a good excuse, ready to explain his physiology...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780787599638Author Maryrose BennettFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Axis Mundi PublicationsPublisher Axis Mundi PublicationsWeight(grams) 152g

The papers in this volume were prepared after a preliminary symposium held at The University of Michigan in honor of Clyde Coombs. Following the symposium, each paper was extensively revised and in many instances completely rewritten to provide a timely...

Since the establishment of the first alcohol education course (ABC) for young offenders in 1981, this fono of service delivery has been expanded across the United Kingdom. While some before-and-after data have been reported, no con trolled evaluations...

The developments in linguistic theory over the last three decades have given us a better understanding of the formal properties of language. However, as the truism goes, language does not exist in a vacuum. It in teracts with a cognitive system that...

Screenwriter Helmreich and Psychologist Marcus, the latter a longtime court insider who has witnessed untold trauma as an evaluator in custody disputes, present us with a book that is shocking, tragic and ultimately enlightening. The authors present...

In The Cult of Osama, Psychiatrist Peter Olsson examines Osama bin Laden's early life experiences and explains, from a psychoanalytical perspective, how those created a mind filled with perverse rage at America, as well as why his way of thinking makes...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780974015552Author Dag Carl ForssellFormat PaperbackPage Count 110Imprint Living Control Systems PublishingPublisher Living Control Systems...

In this book Jan D. Sinnott synthesizes her 20 years of research on lifespan cognitive development to describe the growth of complex (or `postformal') thought in adults. She shows specifically how adults improve mentally over a lifetime and learn to...

Harvey Schwartz's territory is the severe end of the child sexual abuse continuum, where victims' experiences are so unthinkable and their adaptations so bizarre that the rest of us are tempted to pronounce them fictions-whereupon we become complicit by...

A prominent geriatric psychiatrist details the good, the bad, and the ugly aspects of places where those with dementia are treated-from emergency rooms and psychiatric hospitals to assisted living facilities and nursing homes. The Harsh Realities of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780888683281Author Michael DeanFormat PaperbackPage Count 186Imprint Centre for Addiction and Mental HealthPublisher Centre for Addiction and Mental...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780893919290Author Allen D. GrimshawFormat PaperbackPage Count 564Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061715167Author Deepak ChopraFormat PaperbackPage Count 355Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 468g

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Who will want me now? It's a heart-wrenching question for teenagers infected with HIV. The number of HIV/AIDS-infected teenagers in the United States is increasing. Nearly 35,000 U.S. teenagers now have AIDS. Far more have been diagnosed with HIV, and an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780985189884Author Emmanuel S JohnFormat PaperbackPage Count 290Imprint Books for Your Head PublishingPublisher Books for Your Head PublishingWeight(grams)...

Several recent studies have found that anxiety is increasing among college students. In today's competitive college environment, students frequently find themselves overwhelmed with worry and anxiety as they struggle to make the grade academically, fit...

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`This book is an excellent resource for students interested in learning about IQ testing in the US. The authors are thorough and systematic in their coverageof the history of intelligence testing, often bringing out aspects that are generally not known'...

Managing Your Migraine speaks to your needs as a migraine sufferer. It confirms that you suffer from a genuine physical illness and that others share your frustration, disappointments, and anger. Its goal is to move you beyond "learning to live with...

How should the courts decide custody cases that involve adoption, divorce, and single parenting? Should an abusive husband be given custody of his child? What about unwed fathers? Gay parents? How much say should young children have in court? In this...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780674499652Author Phillips MasonFormat HardbackPage Count 230Imprint Harvard University PressPublisher Harvard University PressWeight(grams) 499g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578529820Author Tenishia B LesterFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Dh Book Consulting & PublishingPublisher Dh Book Consulting &...

There are more than 26 million refugees in the world, and the population is expected to grow. However, there is minimal training or understanding in the mental health and social services fields that provides the awareness, knowledge, and skills to...

In nine chapters, contributors explore how genetic, hormonal, and neurological factors affect the behavior of males and females within complex environmental settings. Based on the latest research, the essays theorize about the causes of variation in sex...

This scholarly treasury of over 450 distinguished quotations, divided into 170 categories, focuses on the best thinking in the disciplines of psychology, philosophy, and artificial intelligence, from the classical period of Greece to contemporary...

Biosociology is an emerging paradigm seeking to understand human behavior by integrating relevant insights from the natural sciences into traditional sociological thinking. Biosociology posits no ultimate causes of human behavior, rather it seeks to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780313232602Author Carolyn Wood SherifFormat HardbackPage Count 264Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

On March 4, 1983, Charles Rothenberg deliberately set fire to the bed where his six-year-old son, David, lay sleeping. Although David did not die, burns covered 90 percent of his body and left him severely disfigured. Rothenberg admitted his guilt and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780893918002Author Haru YamadaFormat HardbackPage Count 186Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780837183749Author Harold D. LasswellFormat HardbackPage Count 262Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

A stimulating study of dream interpretation and man's mind.Book InformationISBN 9780837160535Author Werner WolffFormat HardbackPage Count 348Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO