Age groups and generations

Seven in ten Americans over the age of age of sixty who require medical decisions in the final days of their life lack the capacity to make them.

At the outbreak of the First World War, Great Britain quickly took steps to initiate a naval blockade against Germany.

At the outbreak of the First World War, Great Britain quickly took steps to initiate a naval blockade against Germany.

Many young people rely on music to guide them through the good and bad times of their lives.

Many young people rely on music to guide them through the good and bad times of their lives.

Despite the developing emphasis in current scholarship on children in Roman culture, there has been relatively little research to date on the role and significance of the youngest children within the family and in society.

Despite the developing emphasis in current scholarship on children in Roman culture, there has been relatively little research to date on the role and significance of the youngest children within the family and in society.

Lost Freedom addresses the widespread feeling that there has been a fundamental change in the social life of children in recent decades: the loss of childhood freedom, and in particular, the loss of freedom to roam beyond the safety of home.

Real understanding of past societies is not possible without including children, and yet they have been strangely invisible in the archaeological record.

Real understanding of past societies is not possible without including children, and yet they have been strangely invisible in the archaeological record.

The first comprehensive look at the global dilemma of child migrationWhy, despite massive public concern, is child trafficking on the rise?

Music therapy is an internationally recognised field of professional evidence-based practice.

Music therapy is an internationally recognised field of professional evidence-based practice.

Age is the silent shaper of work organizations and their human resource practices.

What is the difference between a lie and a fantasy, when the subject is a child?

What was life like for the British men, women, and children who lived in late imperial India while serving the Raj?

Concepts of childhood and the treatment of children are often used as a barometer of society's humanity, values, and priorities.

This volume contains a series of articles that examine the Roman family in Italy and the empire using a wide range of evidence and considering a number of critical issues.

During the 1990s lone mothers reached the top of the political agenda, viewed as both a drain on public expenditure and a moral threat.

Ageing is an activity we are familiar with from an early age.

Ageing is an activity we are familiar with from an early age.

During the 1990s lone mothers reached the top of the political agenda, viewed as both a drain on public expenditure and a moral threat.

Ninety percent of the world's youth live in Africa, Latin America and the developing countries of Asia.

Ninety percent of the world's youth live in Africa, Latin America and the developing countries of Asia.

Developmental and life-course criminology are both concerned with the study of changes in offending and problem behaviors over time.

Children in the Marshall Islands do many things that adults do not.

Children in the Marshall Islands do many things that adults do not.

Critical Service Learning Toolkit offers a strengths-based, interdisciplinary approach to promoting social competence while enhancing emotional and academic skill development.

Critical Service Learning Toolkit offers a strengths-based, interdisciplinary approach to promoting social competence while enhancing emotional and academic skill development.

Leading therapists and researchers have come to understand that many psychological disorders share common features and respond to common therapeutic treatments.

Leading therapists and researchers have come to understand that many psychological disorders share common features and respond to common therapeutic treatments.

Contemporary research on major emotional disorders emphasizes their commonalities rather than their differences.

Contemporary research on major emotional disorders emphasizes their commonalities rather than their differences.

Sponsored by the Adolescent Mental Health Initiative of the Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC) of the University of Pennsylvania and the Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands Trust, Treating and Preventing Adolescent Mental Health Disorders, Second Edition, provides a major update since the first edition in 2005.

Evidence Based Treatment with Older Adults: Theory, Practice, and Research provides a detailed examination of five research-supported psychosocial interventions for use with older adults: cognitive behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, life review/reminiscence, problem solving therapy, and psychoeducational/social support approaches.

The Impossible Imperative brings to life the daily efforts of child welfare professionals working on behalf of vulnerable children and families.

The Impossible Imperative brings to life the daily efforts of child welfare professionals working on behalf of vulnerable children and families.

Despite the stereotype of older adults primarily abusing alcohol, clinical practice insights indicate that the baby-boom generation frequently abuses the same substances as younger adults-including alcohol, benzodiazepines/z-drugs, cannabis, opioids, tobacco (nicotine), and neurostimulants.

Despite the stereotype of older adults primarily abusing alcohol, clinical practice insights indicate that the baby-boom generation frequently abuses the same substances as younger adults-including alcohol, benzodiazepines/z-drugs, cannabis, opioids, tobacco (nicotine), and neurostimulants.

Emerging Adults and Substance Use Disorder Treatment addresses how a societal shift in the timing of developmental tasks affects treatment outcomes for substance use disorders, which are among the most highly prevalent and costly mental health problems in the United States.

The transition to adulthood is a longer and more complex process than it was just a few decades ago, and a growing number of youth and young adults experience significant challenges in the establishment of an autonomous and independent lifestyle when compared to previous generations.

The first edition of A Guide To Assessments That Work provided a much needed resource on evidence-based psychological assessment.

Bipolar spectrum disorders are characterized by severe mood dysregulation, rage, irritability, and depression, along with low self-esteem and interpersonal struggles.

Many can attest to the importance of the self-growth that occurs for young people through the arts and their accompanying communities of support, understanding, and caring.

Many can attest to the importance of the self-growth that occurs for young people through the arts and their accompanying communities of support, understanding, and caring.

It's surprisingly common for children and adolescents to play with fire and to actually set fires.

Accessible and instructive,APalliative CareAguides and inspires health social workers to incorporate palliative care principles into their current clinical practice.

Accessible and instructive,APalliative CareAguides and inspires health social workers to incorporate palliative care principles into their current clinical practice.

Evidence-based mental health services are lacking in many school systems, but especially in secondary schools.

Safe, nurturing, and positive parent-child interactions lay the foundations for healthy child development.