Medical specialties, branches of medicine

"e;Details the function, characterization, and physiology of various dopamine receptor/transporter systems and explores their role in etiology, diagnosis, and disease management.

For more than 40 years, Auditory Brainstem Responses (ABRs) have been used as a diagnostic tool for hearing disorders and brainstem disorders in the pediatric audiology and neurotology and child neurology.

This book explains the process of computer assisted biomedical image analysis diagnosis through mathematical modeling and inference of image-based bio-markers.

Largely reorganised and much expanded in this second edition, Practice and Procedures brings together in a single volume general methods of pain assessment and presents the wide range of therapies that can be provided by a range of health care disciplines.

This comprehensive text will provide a state-of-the art review of the field of geriatric acute care surgery, reviewing new epidemiology data about risk factors for this type of trauma.

This is the first book to focus on the scope of social work practice within military settings from an international perspective, and therefore addresses what has been a significant gap in the literature.

A 36-year-old housewife presents in the emergency department complaining of progressively increasing breathlessness over the lasttwo weeks, accompanied by wheeze and a productive cough.

Brain training is all the rage.

Fundamentals of Nanotoxicology: Concepts and Applications provides an outline to fundamental concepts of nanotoxicology and their applications.

Collaborative Practice in Psychology and Therapy provides mainstream academics and practitioners with easy access to cutting-edge thinking in social constructionist psychology and therapy.

Die Verhaltenstherapie hat sich in den letzten vier Jahrzehnten zu einer der wichtigsten und effektivsten Richtungen der Psychotherapie entwickelt.

This book introduces a new theory on the substantial comorbidity that exists between many illnesses and disorders and concurrent symptoms such as pain, impaired sleep and fatigue.

Many congenitally deaf infants and children suffer vestibular failure, which produces problems with their postural control, locomotion and gait.

The Therapeutic Relationship in Psychotherapy Practice: An Integrative Perspective explores the key components of the patient-therapist relationship in psychotherapy, as well as how these elements affect the treatment process and outcomes and what therapists may do to enhance the relationship.

This distinctively interdisciplinary book draws upon psychoanalytic theory to explore how expectations, desires and fears of documentary subjects and filmmakers are engaged, and the ethical issues that can arise as a result.

A comprehensive and authoritative compilation of up-to-date developments in stem cell research and its use in toxicology and medicine Presented by internationally recognized investigators in this exciting field of scientific research Provides an insight into the current trends and future directions of research in this rapidly developing new field A valuable and excellent source of authoritative and up-to-date information for researchers, toxicologists, drug industry, risk assessors and regulators in academia, industry and government

This book explores social constructionism and the language of mental distress.

A unique volume reflecting the state of the art in hospice nursing, Nursing in Hospice and Terminal Care addresses the special concerns of nurses--the primary professional caregivers in a hospice--in caring for terminally ill patients and in comforting their families.

Coping when a friend moves away is hard.

The new edition of Major Incident Medical Management and Support is a vital component in the blended learning course from Advanced Life Support Group (ALSG), which aims to provide hospital staff at all levels with essential information on the preparation, management and support elements of dealing with casualties in a major incident.

Progress in Nucleic Acid Research and Molecular Biology

Around 10 million people in the UK suffer from a neurological disorder, one million of whom are disabled by their condition.

In The Undiscovered Self Jung explains the essence of his teaching for a readership unfamiliar with his ideas.

This book reviews the research trends of cognitive aging and brain health from full-scale.

Solution Focused Coaching in Practice is a practical 'how-to' guide that provides an invaluable overview of Solution Focused Coaching skills and techniques.

Many teenagers with Asperger's Syndrome leave school feeling unsure of how to take the next steps in their lives.

Health workers who provide services to persons with severe mental illness are frequently under enormous stress; burnout is common.

This volume is derived from the conference on Training Clinical Child Psychologists held in South Carolina.

Mit Beiträgen von Hans-Christian Deter, Monika Hasenbring, Martin Hautzinger, Corinna Jacobi, Uwe Koch, Thomas Köhler, Paul Lehrer, Bernd Leplow, Reinhard Maß, Frank Rösler, Rainer Schandry, Karl-Heinz Schulz u.

This book presents a new avenue in the field of ophthalmology and sheds light on the field of eye imaging.

Medicinal Chemistry: A Series of Monographs, Volume 13-II presents the context of inflammation and the therapeutic interventions in debilitating chronic inflammatory diseases.

Traumatic Reliving in History, Literature, and Film explores an intriguing facet of human behavior never yet examined in its own right - an individual or a group may contrive, unawares, to repeat a half-forgotten traumatic experience in disguise.

An Experience-based Vision of Psychoanalytic Theory and Practice looks at each individual as a motivated doer doing, seeking, feeling, and intending, and relates development, sense of self, and identity to changes that are brought about in analytic psychotherapy.

A comprehensive yet accessible reference guide to the practical management of menopausal symptoms.

Encephalitis is a devastating condition whose impact upon people should not be underestimated.

Now in its second edition, this bestselling title has been extensively revised and expanded to include new topics on:obesity and breast cancerinduction of anti-hormone and anti-growth factor resistance in breast cancerclinical implications of testosterone and breast cancerinsulin-like growth factorsdiscussions on the biological, genetic, and molecu

Bewegungsförderung von der Frühpädagogik bis zur Gerontologie mit dem Ziel der dauerhaften Gesundheit.

Sir William Richard Gowers was one of the pre-eminent clinical neurologists of the nineteenth century.

The author relates the stories of two patients reshaping their lives into something they could believe in, and examines the complex roles of the therapist and therapy, self/other and mind/body relations, and the dramatic interplay of faith and catastrophe.

A Thieme classic in a revised and updated second edition!

How can psychotherapists apply the wealth of recent research in Positive Psychology to their clinical work to help their clients change in positive directions?

Hazardous Chemicals: Overview, Toxicological Profile, Challenges, and Future Perspectives offers comprehensive coverage of hazardous chemicals and their routes of exposures, mechanism of toxicity, hazard control measures, handling and storage, emergency guidelines, and safety measures.

Ultrasound Technology for Clinical Practitioners A hands-on and practical roadmap to ultrasound technology for clinical practitioners who use it every day In Ultrasound Technology for Clinical Practitioners, distinguished medical physicist and vascular ultrasound scientist Crispian Oates delivers an accessible and practical resource written for the everyday clinical user of ultrasound.

Emotional Labour in Oral History Research critically appraises the many complex ways in which emotion management features in oral history research and its specific implications for the researcher.