Assessing and Treating Youth Exposed to Traumatic Stress is a cogent, caring, and comprehensive response to the reality that many children live lives of constant threat, fear, and confusion while lacking opportunities for positive social interactions, stimulation, and empowerment.
Despite works published as recently as 2002, the continuing rapid evolution of new medications and adjunctive psychosocial interventions for bipolar disorder has made the concise Advances in Treatment of Bipolar Disorder essential for today's clinicians who want to stay abreast of the latest developments in treating this complex and challenging mental illness.
The legal regulation of gender and sexuality has undergone dramatic changes throughout Europe in the last 40 years and this has shaped what it means to be a European citizen.
Authors from Europe and the USA give a summary in this bookof the current psychological knowledge about thesocialization determinants of human aggressive behaviordevelopment and outline theoretical perspectives as wellasdirections of future research.
This book explores the practical strategies outlined by national thought leaders to improve access to mental health care in the practice of college psychiatry.
Written from the viewpoint of the practicing clinician, this text is an indispensable addition to the library of anyone who is in the practice of medicine, osteopathy, or chiropractic, as well as for the judge, lawyer, or social worker who may interact with those presenting with the possibility of malingering.
Based on the 103rd annual meeting of the American Psychopathological Association, Long-Term Outcomes in Psychopathology Research: Rethinking the Scientific Agenda explores the long-term course of illness and functioning of individuals treated for mental health and substance use disorders and the outcomes research derived from these cases.
Clinicians often have difficulty helping the parents of youth with emotional and behavioral difficulties and fail to recognize that often it is the youth's cognitive and learning weaknesses that drive their maladaptive behaviors.
This book contains a wealth of practical arts activities, which creatively and playfully bring positive psychology concepts - such as flow, character strengths, goals and self-awareness - to life.
Das Buch liefert praktisch arbeitenden Psychotherapeuten sowie Psychotherapeuten in der Ausbildung eine Einführung in die Evaluation von Psychotherapieverläufen.
Nutrition and Sensation, Second Edition continues to explore how sensations unravel the hidden sensory universe which acts to control our appetite and nutritional desires.
The main message of this monograph is that the appearance of the mammalian brain with the ability to acquire drives ensured the development of social life, and eventually led to the evolution of the human society.
Volume 5 of the series "e;Advances in Research on Neurodegeneration"e; is concerned with themes which are currently the focus of intensive research, and in which advances in our understanding of the pathological mechanisms un- derlying neurodegenerative diseases are expected in the near future.
The symposium "e;Family Dynamics, Family Therapy, and Pediatric Medical Illness,"e; held at Downstate Medical Center on December 12 and 13, 1980, considered the impact of life-threatening illness in children and adolescents on intrafamilial dynamics.
This book, part of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine textbook series, provides detailed up-to-date information on the physical, cognitive, and psychological impairments that are frequently present following a stay in an intensive care unit and examines in depth the available preventive and therapeutic strategies, including adapted rehabilitation programs.
This book focuses on recent advances in research and practical recommendations regarding the use of psychotropic drugs during pregnancy and lactation, two important social and psychological life events for women.
This book addresses the challenges clinicians face when working with patients facing complicated medical diagnosis for which transplantation is considered.
Der Autor stellt die Ergebnisse seiner eigenen, der bisher wohl umfassendsten Studie dieser Art dar: 119 Patientinnen mit Postpartum-Psychose und ihre Verwandten ersten Grades wurden durchschnittlich 21 Jahre nach der Indexerkrankung erfaßt.
Das Wissen um Grundlagen, Diagnostik und die effiziente Behandlung von Schlafstörungen und schlafmedizinischen Erkrankungen wird von mehr als 100 Autorinnen und Autoren aus allen beteiligten Fachgebieten umfassend dargestellt.
Die überarbeitete und erweiterte Auflage des bewährten Lehrbuches liefert in 45 Kapiteln eine Übersicht über Grundlagen und wichtige Anwendungsbereiche der Klinischen Kinderpsychologie.
There are few clinical problems in the sleep medicine field that are more challenging than the sleep difficulties experienced by individuals suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
This book is designed to help new psychiatrists and other medical professionals confront the complicated legal and ethical issues that arise at the intersection of the mental health and judicial systems.
Das Buch zeigt aus multiperspektivischer Sicht, wie elementar die interkulturelle Kommunikation auf Augenhöhe für ein vertrauensvolles Arzt-Patienten-Verhältnis im Praxis- und Klinikalltag ist.
Conveying the reality of the counselling room, this book provides helpful tips and techniques to enable practitioners to develop and refine their skills.
Dieses Buch informiert über soziale Ängste, Schüchternheit und Angst vor Peinlichkeit, Blamage, Erröten, Zittern oder Schwitzen und über den Umgang damit – denn jeder Mensch hat solche Ängste schon erlebt.