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This volume introduces the concept of Perpetration-Induced Traumatic Stress (PITS), a form of PTSD symptoms caused not by traditionally expected roles, such as being a victim or rescuer in trauma, but by being an active participant in causing trauma...

This volume, much like its companion text Cognition in Special Children, focuses on intellectual and motivational processes that characterize individuals at the extremes of human talent. The aim is to understand more about exceptional children: how they...

The often misunderstood modern person syndrome is a disorder linked to the conditions of living in our contemporary society. The author argues that the conditions of modernity have introduced new processes, forces, and cultural motivations that have...

The study of nonverbal behavior has substantially grown in importance in social psychology during the past twenty years. In addition, other disciplines are increas ingly bringing their unique perspectives to this research area. Investigators from a wide...

I suppose that most of the people reading this volume will have read or have access to Volume One of my Global Report on Student Well Being. Therefore, I will not review the background literature relevant to multiple discrepancies theory (MDT), the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956580306Author Morag CampbellFormat PaperbackPage Count 110Imprint Masterworks InternationalPublisher Masterworks InternationalWeight(grams) 173g

The Social Work Psychoanalyst's Casebook begins with an interview with Dr. Sanville, who reflects on her evolution as a social work analyst, theoretician, writer, teacher, and leader. These reminiscences are followed by accounts of nine analytic...

Michel Foucault and Paul Veyne: the philosopher and the historian.Two major figures in the world of ideas, resisting all attempts atcategorization. Two timeless thinkers who have long walked andfought together. In this short book Paul Veyne offers a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780987885647Author Audrey TaitFormat PaperbackPage Count 98Imprint Inspirational Insights Counselling, Inc.Publisher Inspirational Insights Counselling, Inc...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780974015514Author William T. PowersFormat PaperbackPage Count 610Imprint Living Control Systems PublishingPublisher Living Control Systems...

Only a generation or two ago, childhood in the United States was understood to be a unique and vulnerable stage of development; a time for play and protection from adult preoccupations and responsibilities. In recent decades however, we appear to have...

The authors explain how and why we must understand the conditions that spur youths to become martyrs by making them think suicide bombings and other acts of self-destructive terrorism are a good way to die. LoCicero and Sinclair present cutting-edge...

Depression in men often goes undiagnosed or improperly treated because of unique qualities that make it different from depression in women. In this volume, Dr. Kantor explains that depression in men is not strictly the product of major life events; it...

Revelations about U.S. torture and prisoner abuse in blatant violation of the long-established and universally recognized Geneva Conventions have horrified most Americans. Nevertheless, it has been argued that the high stakes of the War on Terror have...

In the 1960's marked changes occurred throughout the world in philosophies and policies related to man's role in life. These changes, prompted predominantly by extensive increases in knowledge and popula tion density, have produced increased pleasures as...

This volume contains a number of contributions, which concern basic issues in the field of brain-behavioural development in the human, especially with regard to the young child. They have been written by distinguished scientists, active in this field,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999741665Author Dan HillFormat PaperbackPage Count 34Imprint Sensory LogicPublisher Sensory LogicWeight(grams) 140g

This book provides comprehensive coverage of the initial interview with a gay male client. It first provides a transcript of the entire interview. It then covers in-depth a set of universal themes, and finally includes commentary on and analysis of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780939266319Author Edward W. L. SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Gestalt Journal Press,U.S.Publisher Gestalt Journal Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 381g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780981996448Author Rick BirkFormat PaperbackPage Count 156Imprint Go-5books LLCPublisher Go-5books LLCWeight(grams) 186g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648847007Author Lionel KoolsFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint Euraus Developments Pty LtdPublisher Euraus Developments Pty LtdWeight(grams) 154g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781006026119Author Warren HiltonFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint BlurbPublisher BlurbWeight(grams) 45g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780973948134Author Sandy StreamFormat PaperbackImprint Sandy Stream PublishingPublisher Sandy Stream PublishingWeight(grams) 100g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780986153402Author Ph D Audrey R ShermanFormat PaperbackImprint Concord PublishingPublisher Concord PublishingWeight(grams) 372g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780974809953Author Roland Y KimFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Roland Yongchul KimPublisher Roland Yongchul KimWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578689005Author Tawana F SampsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 26Imprint 5hearts PublicationsPublisher 5hearts PublicationsWeight(grams) 36g

The world-famous Harvard psychologist challenges many of psychology's most deeply held assumptions about human development,arguing, for example, that early experience does not inexorably shape our lives and that the influence of the family is more subtle...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781478762560Author Ph D Bev KnoxFormat PaperbackPage Count 190Imprint Outskirts PressPublisher Outskirts PressWeight(grams) 286g

This volume brings together a variety of views of and approaches to some of the central issues currently under scrutiny in the area of human sexuality. These articles by clinicians and academicians focus on topics such as gender identity, sexual...

Toward the Psychology of Malefaction This is a book about human wickedness. I would like to identify two obstacles in the path that this book seeks to traverse. One obstacle is an inappropriate scientism; the other is an inappropriate moralism. There is...

The thrust of this book is to educate policymakers, academics, political scientists, and others as to the beneficial use of psychological principles within a multidisciplinary framework to aid in the development of more productive policy. Contributors to...

There is an explosion of interest in and publications on family therapy today. This exhaustive bibliography contains 6,167 cross-referenced entries covering books, chapters, reviews, articles, and monographs. This thorough bibliography will make the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780674598621Author Anatol PikasFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Harvard University PressPublisher Harvard University PressWeight(grams) 626g

Why do people sometimes behave aggressively during emergency egress or ingress, knocking down and trampling on others, which disrupts flow and causes blockages, while other times people move in a smooth, coordinated manner? This book contains a...

This book is a wake-up call for those who contend that the peer review system for journal publications works. It supports the current groundswell of dissatisfaction with peer review. Harcum and Rosen challenge the notion of simple biases of researchers...

This is a book about military professionals. It outlines the personal reflections of a U.S. Army lieutenant/captain on active duty in Europe during the Vietnam War. There, the enemy was drugs, boredom, racism, and illiteracy. Few, if any, books concern...

The authors in this book outline a new definition and treatment of behaviorally disordered children and adolescents. The emphasis throughout is on the development of the principles and treatment procedures that will allow the reader to apply the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780893916275Author J. Kevin NugentFormat HardbackPage Count 372Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

This book examines the relation of syntactic, semantic and pragmatic constraints on Raising to object position to the surface structure syntactic results of that rule. The investigation is limited primarily to English constructions of four types and to...

This volume attempts an ontogenetically oriented understanding of the behavioral development of free-living infant chimpanzees. The focus of the investigation is on the organization underlying developing behavior. The study serves as a model for...