Focusing on the relationship between sleep and brain function and the improved management of sleep in patients with neurologic diseases, Sleep Disorders and Neurologic Diseases, Second Edition offers recommendations for the management of primary sleep disorders, sleep disorders secondary to well-established neurological disorders, and the neurologi
Psychotherapy continues to progress at a remarkable rate as researchers become more creative in the development and application of a wide variety of empirically tested techniques.
Examining infant through geriatric patients, this guide compiles expert recommendations and research on the wide array of conditions that can secondarily impair cognition or behavior.
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome discussesthe use of animal models in the study of PCOS the occurrence of ovarian and adrenal abnormalities, cardiovascular risks, abnormal insulin secretion, and endothelial dysfunction in PCOS modern therapeutic modalities, such as manipulation of diet and lifestyle, metabolic phenotyping
This book explores the links between the psyche and the landscape-on the continuum that runs from our mental world inside to our surrounding world outside.
Advances in pharmacogenomics and proteomics, along with the introduction of recombinant DNA technology, have expanded the applications of pharmacology to encompass a range of disciplines.
Providing the most comprehensive, up-to-date coverage of this exciting biomedical field, Handbook of Photomedicine gathers together a large team of international experts to give you a complete account of the application of light in healthcare and medical science.
Using novel, bioethical framing alongside critical and comprehensive analysis of harm reduction approaches, this cutting-edge book addresses the multifaceted and transdisciplinary issue of drug addiction in society, exploring how addiction can be conceptualized from various disciplinary perspectives for positive policy outcomes.
This book explores the links between the psyche and the landscape-on the continuum that runs from our mental world inside to our surrounding world outside.
An estimated 40 million Americans and millions of others worldwide suffer from some type of sleep disruption or disorder, and these numbers are rapidly increasing.
The costs associated with a drug's clinical trials are so significant that it has become necessary to validate both its safety and efficacy in animal models prior to the continued study of the drug in humans.
This fully updated third edition of Substance Abuse and the Family demonstrates what it means to view addiction through a systems lens by considering biology and genetics, family relationships, and larger systems.
Medication costs and common drug-related problems, such as misapplication of therapy, medication misuse, and adverse effects, can often be avoided or reduced.
La mayoría de los individuos que desarrollan algún tipo de dependencia de psicotrópicos presentan una vulnerabilidad neuropsicológica que les impide manejar adecuadamente sus emociones y que encuentran, o desearían encontrar en él, así como en otras sustancias adictivas, una "muleta emocional" que les permita enfrentar dichas emociones disruptivas, aunque el resultado de este enfrentamiento frecuentemente suele ser contraproducente, pues el efecto neurotóxico del alcohol y de otros psicotrópicos con los que a menudo se asocia el consumo etílico invalida aún más al individuo para encarar exitosamente su conflictiva existencial.
Aquí se analizan los problemas educativos y de entrenamiento del personal, se describen la filosofía, las políticas y los programas realizados en el país, así como la destacada participación de la nosología y la terapéutica específica en el procedimiento de atención clínica al problema de las adicciones, apoyado siempre en el esfuerzo educativo y formativo de la evaluación clínica del paciente abusador/adicto.
An illuminating look at the adaptive nature of our memoriesand how their flexibility and fallibility help us survive and thriveWe tend to think of our memories as impressions of the past that remain fully intact, preserved somewhere inside our brains.
This valuable book addresses the common problems faced by speech language pathologists, offering solutions and strategies for more effective service delivery.
From pioneering clinician-researchers, this book provides crucial guidance for treating co-occurring concerns that virtually all therapists are likely to encounter--and many feel ill equipped to handle.
