Therapy and therapeutics

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Obesity is one of the biggest public health challenges in the 21st century.

Success in mastering any language requires knowledge in speaking, reading, and writing the language.

Examining representations of speech disorders in works of literature, this first collection of its kind founds a new multidisciplinary subfield related but not limited to the emerging fields of disability studies and medical humanities.

Children, particularly those on the autism spectrum, are able to acquire communication skills much more easily when their learning incorporates movement.

This unique volume explores issues related to working with children who have nonverbal learning disability (NVLD).

The first book to offer an in-depth study of the relationship between sleep disorders and common psychiatric disorders in children, this new addition to Informa's Sleep Disorders series covers: sleep and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, autism, anxiety, and depressionsleep disorders and obesity (including diabetes and metabolic syndrome),

The first book to apply a biographical approach to the life of the heroin user from birth until death.

In The Language of the Heart, Trysh Travis explores the rich cultural history of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and its offshoots and the larger "e;recovery movement"e; that has grown out of them.

All humans have an innate need and ability to communicate with others, and this book presents successful approaches to nurturing communicative abilities in people who have some type of communication impairment.

This volume examines the ramifications of individual differences in therapy outcomes for a wide variety of communication disorders.

Auditory processing in children (APD) comprises an increasingly important clinical area within the broad field of communication disorders.

This is a second edition of the highly popular volume used by clinicians and students in the assessment and intervention of aphasia.

This manual provides state-of-the-art, practical materials to detect, prevent, and intervene with older adults who are at-risk and problem drinkers.

In this updated edition of Substance Abuse and the Family, Michael D.

This book provides an up to date review on antimicrobials dosing in obese patients, including practice recommendations for clinical use.

Civil Commitment in the Treatment of Eating Disorders presents a comprehensive view on the use of involuntary hospitalization in the treatment of patients with anorexia and other eating disorders.

Here is helpful information about joint activities for prevention researchers and practitioners.

In the beginning, before there are words, or syntax, or discourse, there is speech.

Communication in Autism adopts a multidisciplinary approach to explore one of the most common developmental disorders associated with communication impairment.

Partners affected by sex addiction learn to develop healthy boundaries and make positive changes for themselves and their partners.

Here is a diverse compilation of current knowledge in public mental health marketing.

Current pharmaceutical and clinical approaches to the treatment of disease suffer from the inherent limitations in the specialization of drugs introduced to physiological systems.

The Prevention Specialist Exam Study Guide helps readers to understand the competencies and knowledge necessary to become a Prevention Specialist (PS) and adequately prepares prevention professionals to pass the Prevention Specialist certification exam.

What does extremism mean?

If you are struggling to help a loved one recover from addiction--and to cope with the devastating impact on the whole family--you are not alone.

This reference discusses state-of-the-art methods for the management of children with conditions affecting the nervous system-providing over 80 chapters that outline direct, logical approaches to numerous pediatric neurologic disorders using clear tables, algorithms, and figures for quick reference to key material.

A psychiatrist examines how the world's four most important mind-altering substances- alcohol, cocaine, nicotine, and opiates-have played a significant role throughout human history, and explains how these powerful drugs affect the brain and cause addiction.

This book explains both the basic science and the applications of biotechnology-derived pharmaceuticals, with special emphasis on their clinical uses.

This book offers an accessible and comprehensive yet compact description of various forms of addiction, a disorder suffered by one in every 10 people in the United States.

Der Konsum legaler und illegaler Suchtstoffe wie Alkohol, Cannabis, Kokain, Heroin, zuletzt aber auch vermehrt synthetischer Drogen ist weit verbreitet.

Prevention and Recovery from Eating Disorders in Type 1 Diabetes: Injecting Hope sheds light on an often overlooked and misunderstood issue: the problem of eating disorders in women with type 1 diabetes - referred to by lay people and the media as "e;diabulimia"e; and characterized by insulin restriction as a means of calorie purging for weight loss.

This book is an amalgamation of knowledge, experience, and expertise in various aspects of nanotechnology, by experts who are proficient in designing of novel nanoformulations that are used in the treatment of various challenging and prevalent diseases.

This accessible resource offers valuable guidance for all student and practising speech and language therapists (SLTs)who are working with older people with communication and swallowing difficulties.

Approaching disability as a cultural construction rather than a medical pathology, this book studies the impact of disability and concepts of disability on composers, performers, and listeners with disabilities, as well as on discourse about music and works of music themselves.

A contemporary, interdisciplinary work that examines some of the most recent eating disorders and body image disorders of Western cultures.

This timely volume explores the possible reasons that young people turn to drugs, the most effective methods to manage those who are afflicted, and ways to educate youth to prevent their initial drug involvement.

This book is the individual guidebook used to support the six 'Pip and Bunny' storybooks.

Grief and Addiction illuminates the role of grief work in addiction counseling, encouraging counselors to be more comprehensive in their treatment and to increase empathy for what the treatment process is asking of clients.

A Psychoanalytic Approach to Smoking Cessation: The Cigarette as a Transitional Object provides an accessible understanding to the unconscious motive behind smoking addiction using Winnicott's concept of the transitional object.

Supervision plays a central role in supporting professional practice, practitioner wellbeing, clinical governance and client safety.

Responding to Drug Misuse provides a unique insight into the current shape of the drugs treatment system in England.

The editors of this volume have assembled recent articles discussing elements of each of the several commonly used psychosocial interventions -- including relapse prevention therapy, community reinforcement, voucher-based programs, self-help therapies, and motivational enhancement therapy--in addition to research-based articles that demonstrate the efficacy of these approaches.

By 2010, 15% of the U.

Organisation and Everyday Life with Dyslexia and other SpLDs is the second book in the series Living Confidently with Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLDs).

Although it is the least noticed by patients, effective documentation is one of the most critical skills that speech-language pathologists must learn.

An eye-opening and enlightening collection of stories from people living with Selective Mutism (SM), this book provides a much-needed platform for people with SM to share experiences of the condition in their own words.

Immer mehr Personen, die sich selbst als "sexsüchtig" bezeichnen, suchen um therapeutische Hilfe nach.