Behaviourism, Behavioural theory

Originally published in 1975, Volume 2 of this Handbook looks at areas traditionally associated with learning theory such as conditioning, discrimination and behavior theory.

It has been said that how a society treats its least well-off members speaks volumes about its humanity.

This unique book brings together research and theorizing on human-animal relations, animal advocacy, and the factors underlying exploitative attitudes and behaviors towards animals.

Disneyization of Drug Use offers an innovative, ground-up understanding of the atypical patterns of illegal drug use that often permeate multi-day party zones such as nightlife tourist resorts and music festivals.

A book for men and women from middle age to advanced years who have suddenly and unexpectedly become confronted with the huge effects that the male prostate can have on the body.

Originally published in 1983, this volume is a collection of papers by research workers active at the time.

Depression is amorphous.

This edited collection of contributions explores non-normative genders, sexualities, and relationality among Autistic people.

Discover how to best provide effective mental health treatments for criminal offenders Prisons and jails are increasingly being filled with inmates who suffer from mental illness and need treatment.

This helpful resource shows you how to transform unconvincing messages into compelling copy.

Bill Starbuck has been one of the leading management researchers over several decades.

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Mindfulness and one of the roads to it, meditation, have become increasingly popular as a way to promote health and well-being.

Risk assessment and risk management are top of every mental health organisation's agenda.

Qualitative diary research is a unique tool with strengths that set it apart from other research methods.

Handbook of Forensic Mental Health Services focuses on assessment, treatment, and policy issues regarding juveniles and adults in the criminal and civil systems.

This volume encompasses deeply critical dialogues that question how the field of psychology exists within and is shaped by the current neoliberal political context.

This book examines the phenomenon of Community Justice Centres and their potential to transform the justice landscape by tackling the underlying causes of crime.

Today, American mental health law and policy promote the restoring of "e;law and order"e; in the community rather than protecting civil liberties for the individual.

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This groundbreaking volume of original essays presents fresh avenues of inquiry at the intersection of philosophy and psychiatry.

Problem-solving courts provide judicially supervised treatment for behavioral health needs commonly found among criminal offenders, including substance abuse and mental health disorders, and they treat a variety of offender populations.

The success of nearly all public- and private- sector policies hinges on the behavior of individuals, groups, and organizations.

With concerns rising over the ethical dimensions of behavioral research and the developments in ethical codification and the research review process, Ethical Issues in Behavioral Research looks at the research community s response to the ethical challenges that arise in the application of research approaches.

This book takes as its inspiration the assumption that the atmosphere of intellectual openness, scientific inquiry, aspiration towards diversity, and freedom from political pressure that once flourished in the American Psychological Association has been eclipsed by an "e;ultra-liberal agenda,"e; in which voices of dissent, controversial points of view, and minority groups are intimidated, ridiculed and censored.

This edited book addresses four themes of contemporary importance in the experimental and applied analysis of behaviour: chronobiology (relationships between time and behaviour), the emergence of rational thinking, language, and behavioural medicine.

Reclaiming the Self in Psychiatry: Centering Personal Narratives for Humanist Science diagnoses the fundamental problem in contemporary scientific psychiatry to be a lack of a sophisticated and nuanced engagement with the self and proposes a solution-the Multitudinous Self Model (MuSe).

This book explores the ethics around everything connected with setting up and running a therapy private practice.

Training and certification for Seafarers has been founded on technical aspects, but maybe the most important thing to do aboard a ship is dealing with people.

Originally published in 1977, this book considers the role language plays in psychological development.

A Programing Contingency Analysis of Mental Health presents Dr.

Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT) is an approach to counselling and psychotherapy in which great emphasis is placed on how emotional problems can be caused by the role of thoughts, beliefs and behaviour.

Alcohol, opiates, cocaine and marijuana, among other drugs, have been used and abused for millennia.

Extremely gender variant children and adolescents (minors), increasingly referred to as 'trans' or 'transgender children,' are small in number.

The chapters in this volume are selected from the best papers presented at the 10th Annual Consumer Culture Theory Conference held at the University of Arkansas, USA in June 2015.

Correctional officers face considerable stress, risk, and danger that lead to poor physical and mental health outcomes.

Personality Psychology: The Basics provides a jargon-free and accessible overview of the discipline, focusing on why not all individuals think, feel, speak, or act the same way in the same situation.

Originally published in 1974, a vigorous debate was in progress among psychologists about the fundamentals of psychology and its future.

A father's account of the story that captivated America, the murder of his daughter, reporter Alison Parker, on live television, and his inspiring fight for commonsense gun laws in the aftermath.