Human growth and development

Written by established and emerging leaders in a broad array of disciplines, this two-volume set provides undergraduate and graduate students, scholars, professionals, and policymakers with an overview of the field of aging that examines the social landscape as well as key changes, challenges, and solutions.

THE NEW YORK TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE ORGANIZED MIND 'Everyone we know needs this remarkable book .

Human Behavior in the Social Environment: Interweaving the Inner and Outer Worlds is an essential human behavior textbook for social work students.

Whisky is the world's favourite spirit and is enjoying booming sales, yet too often it's shrouded in mystery, myth and complex-sounding terminology.

This concise guide introduces the importance of executive function for social and emotional well-being and effective learning.

The first book to focus on the role of Southern Asia and Australia in our understanding of modern human origins and the expansion of Homo sapiens.

The only book new parents will need for the extraordinary first year of their baby's life.

The third edition of Human Malformations and Related Anomalies is a comprehensive reference and clinical guide to significant human malformations.

This accessible book offers a unique, evidence-based perspective on the art and science of giving.

Social work education has recently undergone major changes, with anti-discriminatory practice being a high priority area in professional training.

For courses in Introduction to Psychology, African American Psychology, African American Studies, Multicultural Counseling and Cross Cultural Counseling and Psychotherapy.

Das Alter ist keine Endstation, sondern steckt trotz aller Beschwernisse voller Möglichkeiten – und somit voller Zukunft.

Accelerated population ageing, long a significant issue for developed countries, is now becoming important in the developing world too.

No one wants to think about getting older.

An authoritative text on early pregnancy bringing together essential elements of scientific research and clinical care.

Wisdom Mind is a scientifically tested mindfulness program for older adults - those who are cognitively healthy, as well as those who may be experiencing what is referred to as subjective cognitive decline.

This Handbook is the first volume to address the dynamic issues related to sexuality from a social work perspective by providing a comprehensive, current and international overview of issues related to sexuality.

Master the effective evaluation of placental-fetal growth restriction (PFGR), whilst developing strategies to reduce the risk of perinatal mortality and morbidity in patients worldwide.

Accelerated population ageing, long a significant issue for developed countries, is now becoming important in the developing world too.

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters.

Counselling skills are very powerful.

From Cameron Diaz, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Body Book, comes a fresh, personal, and authoritative examination of the art and science of growing older and a roadmap for abundant health and resilience as we age.

Does Aging Stop?

For many people, growing old is an unpleasant experience.

Updated and expanded to 124 entries, The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Child Development remains the authoritative reference in the field.

This book examines issues across the lifespan of transgender and nonbinary individuals whilst synthesizing conceptual work, empirical evidence, pedagogical content, educational experiences, and the voices of transgender and nonbinary individuals.

Flourishing in Emerging Adulthood highlights the third decade of life as a time in which individuals have diverse opportunities for positive development.

For some elderly people, the body weakens while the mind stays alert.

This book examines issues across the lifespan of transgender and nonbinary individuals whilst synthesizing conceptual work, empirical evidence, pedagogical content, educational experiences, and the voices of transgender and nonbinary individuals.

The Physiological Effects of Ageing is a comprehensive resource for all nurses working with older people, enabling them to apply their knowledge of the ageing process to their practice, and, in doing so, enhance care delivery.

This addition to Anissa Rogers' bestselling Human Behavior in the Social Environment expands the original text with new chapters on spirituality, families and groups, organizations, and communities.

Master the effective evaluation of placental-fetal growth restriction (PFGR), whilst developing strategies to reduce the risk of perinatal mortality and morbidity in patients worldwide.

Have you ever wondered why some sixty-year-olds look and feel like forty-year-olds, and why some forty-year-olds look and feel like sixty-year-olds?

Known for a tradition of Confucian filial piety, East Asian societies have some of the oldest and most rapidly aging populations on earth.

Across the life course, new forms of community, ways of keeping in contact, and practices for engaging in work, healthcare, retail, learning and leisure are evolving rapidly.

Relational Theory for Clinical Practice offers students and practitioners a conceptual framework for thinking relationally about social work with clients within a biological, psychological, and socio-cultural framework.

The conceptualization of dementia has changed dramatically in recent years with the claim that, through early detection and by controlling several risk factors, a prevention of dementia is possible.

Diana Moran, aka The Green Goddess, is here to help spread the word about treatments and preventative measures we can all take to tackle osteoporosis.

Getting older doesn't matter.

China witnessed an unprecedented economic boom in the past four decades but will soon see the end of "e;demographic dividend"e;.

Developmental Juvenile Osteology was created as a core reference text to document the development of the entire human skeleton from early embryonic life to adulthood.

A complete reference on common health concerns for the aging manThe global population is aging, and this important text explores the common health concerns that accompany male aging, particularly the effects of declining testosterone levels, or andropause.

'Maisie's knowledge of hormones changed my life.

Human Behavior in the Social Environment: Interweaving the Inner and Outer Worlds is an essential human behavior textbook for social work students.

International bestselling authors of YOU: The Owner's Manual and YOU: On a Diet give you all the tools and know-how to stay young and defy the ageing process.

'The Midlife Cyclist is a triumph' Cycling Plus'Phil is eminently qualified to write The Midlife Cyclist.

Getting older doesn't matter.

World-wide migration has an unsettling effect on social structures, especially on aging populations and eldercare.