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Conjuring Hope: Healing and Magic in Contemporary Russia - Paperback

$59.76

by Galina Lindquist (Author) Notions of magic and healing have been changing over past years and are now understood as reflecting local ideas of power and agency, as well as structures of self, subjectivity and affect. This study focuses on contemporary urban Russia and, through exploring social conditions, conveys the experience of living that makes magic logical. By following people's own interpretations of the work of magic, the author succeeds in unraveling the logic of local practice and...

Erythrocytes: Physiology and Pathophysiology - Hardcover

$144.18

by Florian Lang (Editor), Michael Foller (Editor)The book covers the functional significance and properties of erythrocytes, their generation, senescence, and suicidal death. It further summarizes knowledge about hormones influencing erythrocyte formation including erythropoietin as well as disorders affecting and involving erythrocytes such as anemia, malaria, and sepsis.This seminal work forms a unique reference on the most abundant cell type in mammals and will be an invaluable resource fo...

Nonlinear Mixture Models: A Bayesian Approach - Hardcover

$174.96

by Tatiana V. Tatarinova (Author), Alan Schumitzky (Author) This book, written by two mathematicians from the University of Southern California, provides a broad introduction to the important subject of nonlinear mixture models from a Bayesian perspective. It contains background material, a brief description of Markov chain theory, as well as novel algorithms and their applications. It is self-contained and unified in presentation, which makes it ideal for use as an advanced textbook by gradu...

Nobel Prizes That Changed Medicine - Paperback

$77.76

by Gilbert R. Thompson (Editor) Tony Seed, Gilbert Thompson, Jackie Downs and John MacDermot at the book's launch in LondonThis book brings together in one volume fifteen Nobel Prize-winning discoveries that have had the greatest impact upon medical science and the practice of medicine during the 20th century and up to the present time. Its overall aim is to enlighten, entertain and stimulate. This is especially so for those who are involved in or contemplating a career in medical research.An...

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Chinese Shamanic Cosmic Orbit Qigong: Esoteric Talismans, Mantras, and Mudras in Healing and Inner Cultivation - Paperback

$35.57

by Zhongxian Wu (Author)Chinese Shamanic Cosmic Orbit Qigong is an advanced form of Qigong from one of China's esoteric traditions. Never before written about in the West, this form offers great cumulative benefits from regular daily practice. Master Wu describes the practice in detail, including the meaning and significance of the Chinese names for each movement, with its shamanic roots, and provides the mantra, visualization, and mudra for each as well as explaining the therapeutic benefits...

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The Spark in the Machine: How the Science of Acupuncture Explains the Mysteries of Western Medicine - Paperback

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by Daniel Keown (Author)Why can salamanders grow new legs, and young children grow new finger tips, but adult humans can't regenerate? What is the electricity that flows through the human body? Is it the same thing that the Chinese call Qi? If so, what does Chinese medicine know, that western medicine ignores? Dan Keown's highly accessible, witty, and original book shows how western medicine validates the theories of Chinese medicine, and how Chinese medicine explains the mysteries of the bod...

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A Field Guide to the Huángdì Nèijing Sùwèn: A Clinical Introduction to the Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic, Plain Questions - Paperback

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by Amy Chang (Author)The most important classical text of Chinese Medicine, The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Chinese Medicine is often seen as daunting by students who are faced with a variety of different translations, of which some may not be reliable. This introductory guide makes it accessible to all, providing a summary of each chapter which emphasises the clinical relevance of the text. The author draws out how the text can be used to inform and improve clinical practice. It avoids overl...

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by J. Cresswell (Author) by Janet Cresswell ISBN 13: 978 1 84747 017 1 Published: 2006 Pages: 260 Description A life in Broadmoor at the hands of psychiatric oppression reveals the real truth about mental health services. About the Author Janet Cresswell was born in 1931 in Bushey, Hertfordshire, she is the only child of a research chemist father and schoolteacher mother. She was educated at Watford Grammar School, became a secretary and married and divorced an architect by whom she ha...

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by S. Broughton (Author)By Stephen Broughton ISBN: 9781847470799 Published: 2007 Pages: 274 Key Themes: humour, suicidal thoughts, abuse Description one man's journey of discovery finding mental ill health as a gift pointing the way understanding dreams and suicidal thoughts meeting the man he should have been little dick surviving an upbringing by a narcisstic mother and a disinterested father, Big Dick. About the Author Author Stephen has been a trustee of his local MIND group for nearly 2...

The King and Di: The True Story - Paperback

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by Howard Hodgson (Author)Description Howard Hodgson's biography of Princess Diana and Prince Charles is a refreshing approach to the urban myth of two of the most well known and revered public figures of the late twentieth and early twenty first century. Hodgson reveals how Prince Charles cared for Diana in her time of need and how family members support the suffering of their lovedvones. Hodgson writes with sensitivity, honesty and pathos. He shows how Prince Charles and his family are lovi...

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Resisting Illegitimate Authority: A Thinking Person's Guide to Being an Anti-Authoritarian--Strategies, Tools, and Models - Paperback

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by Bruce E. Levine (Author)The capacity to comply with abusive authority is humanity's fatal flaw. Fortunately, within the human family there are anti-authoritarians--people comfortable questioning the legitimacy of authority and challenging and resisting its illegitimate forms. However, as Resisting Illegitimate Authority reveals, authoritarians attempt to marginalize anti-authoritarians, who are scorned, shunned, financially punished, psychopathologized, criminalized, and even assassinated...

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Dementia, Culture and Ethnicity: Issues for All - Paperback

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by Julia Botsford (Editor), Karen Harrison Harrison Dening (Editor), Omar Khan (Contribution by)With contributions from experienced dementia practitioners and care researchers, this book examines the impact of culture and ethnicity on the experience of dementia and on the provision of support and services, both in general terms and in relation to specific minority ethnic communities. Drawing together evidence-based research and expert practitioners' experiences, this book highlights the ways...

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What's Happening to Tom?: A Book about Puberty for Boys and Young Men with Autism and Related Conditions - Hardcover

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by Kate E. Reynolds (Author), Jonathon Powell (Illustrator)Tom notices that his body is changing. Tom's voice is different and hair is growing in new places. There are other changes happening too. Tom learns that he has started growing into a man. Following Tom as he begins to notice changes to his body, this simple resource helps parents and carers teach boys with autism or other special needs about puberty. It covers all the changes that they will experience, both emotional such as new feel...

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Multifaith Care for Sick and Dying Children and Their Families: A Multi-Disciplinary Guide - Paperback

$55.01

by Paul Nash (Author), Zamir Hussain (Author), Madeleine Parkes (Author)What do you need to know in order to provide the best possible care for sick children of different faiths? What, in the context of the young person's faith, might it be helpful to know to support the child and the family, improve care, communicate sensitively and avoid causing offence? Drawing on extensive, evidence-based research and practice, this practical resource addresses the multi-faith needs of sick and dying chi...

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Mindfulness for Carers: How to Manage the Demands of Caregiving While Finding a Place for Yourself - Paperback

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by Cheryl Rezek (Author)Carers are particularly vulnerable to feeling stressed, worried and worn down by the vast demands that often come with caregiving, be they physical, psychological or emotional. Mindfulness can be enormously beneficial to carers, whether professional or voluntary, as a means of developing greater inner stability, resilience and gaining more control over their thoughts, feelings and emotions. Mindfulness is an evidence-based approach that is proven to help protect agains...

Developmental Neuropsychology - Paperback

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by Vicki Anderson (Author), Elisabeth Northam (Author), Jacquie Wrennall (Author)This fully updated edition of Developmental Neuropsychology: A Clinical Approach addresses key issues in child neuropsychology with a unique emphasis on evidence-informed clinical practice rather than research issues. Although research findings are presented, they are described with emphasis on what is relevant for assessment, treatment and management of paediatric conditions. The authors focus on a number of are...

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The Secrets in Their Eyes: Transforming the Lives of People with Cognitive, Emotional, Learning, or Movement Disorders or Autism by Changing the - Paperback

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by Melvin Kaplan (Author), Manuel Casanova (Foreword by)Vision therapy techniques can correct not only visual problems, but also cognitive, emotional and physical difficulties. Based on the pioneering work of Dr Melvin Kaplan, this research-based book explains the basis of vision therapy, who it can help, and the outcomes it can bring. Visual perceptual problems can cause an array of difficulties, from reading and writing, to issues with balance, clumsiness, and tunnel vision. Severe symptom...

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Nerdy, Shy, and Socially Inappropriate: A User Guide to an Asperger Life - Paperback

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by Cynthia Kim (Author)Cynthia Kim explores all the quirkyness of living with Asperger Syndrome (ASD) in this accessible, witty and honest guide looking from an insider perspective at some of the most challenging and intractable aspects of being autistic. Her own life presents many rich examples. From being labelled nerdy and shy as an undiagnosed child to redefining herself when diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome as an adult, she describes how her perspective shifted to understanding a previou...

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Integrating Art Therapy and Yoga Therapy: Yoga, Art, and the Use of Intention - Paperback

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by Karen Gibbons (Author)This dynamic approach to therapy combines yoga and art to heal the whole person - body, mind and spirit - through the use of intention. In this practical guide art therapists will learn how to incorporate yoga poses, mudras and meditation, and yoga therapists to introduce art directives, into individual and group clinical work for a more holistic healing process. Readers will discover the parallels that exist between the two modalities, and how to use a specific inte...

Social Neuroscience: Biological Approaches to Social Psychology - Paperback

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by Eddie Harmon-Jones (Editor), Michael Inzlicht (Editor)Social Neuroscience provides an updated and critically important survey of contemporary social neuroscience research. In response to recent advances in the field, this book speaks to the various ways that basic biological functions shape and underlie social behavior. The book also shows how an understanding of neuroscience, physiology, genetics, and endocrinology can foster a fuller, more consilient understanding of social behavior and ...

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Asperkids: An Insider's Guide to Loving, Understanding and Teaching Children with Asperger Syndrome - Paperback

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by Jennifer Cook (Author), Liane Holliday Willey (Foreword by)As a parent, a teacher and an Aspie herself, Jennifer O'Toole provides the definitive insider's view of Asperger syndrome. She shows how to help children on the spectrum by understanding how they think and by exploiting their special interests to promote learning. Her strategies work because she thinks like the children that she teaches. This exciting book is full of effective and fun ways of engaging with children with Asperger sy...

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Kids in the Syndrome Mix of Adhd, LD, Autism Spectrum, Tourette's, Anxiety, and More!: The One-Stop Guide for Parents, Teachers, and Other Professiona - Paperback

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by Martin L. Kutscher (Author), Anthony Attwood (Contribution by)The completely updated and expanded new edition of this well-established text incorporates DSM-5 changes as well as other new developments. The all-in-one guide covers the whole range of often co-existing neuro-behavioral disorders in children - from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), obsessive-compulsive disorder, and anxiety, to autism spectrum disorders, nonverbal learning disabilities, Tourette's, sensory integ...

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The Autism Discussion Page on Anxiety, Behavior, School, and Parenting Strategies: A Toolbox for Helping Children with Autism Feel Safe, Accepted, and - Paperback

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by Bill Nason (Author)The Autism Discussion Page green book covers anxiety and stress, challenging behaviors, stretching comfort zones, discipline, and school issues. It also provides more general teaching and mentoring strategies for coaching children on the autism spectrum in basic daily living strategies to improve their day-to-day lives. Based on posts on the popular online community page and organised by subject for ease of reference, this book offers an excellent understanding of how ch...

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The Autism Discussion Page on the Core Challenges of Autism: A Toolbox for Helping Children with Autism Feel Safe, Accepted, and Competent - Paperback

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by Bill Nason (Author)The Autism Discussion Page blue book focuses on the core challenges associated with autism (cognitive, sensory, social, and emotional) and provides concise, accessible information and simple tools for supporting children with these vulnerabilities. Based on posts on the popular online community page and organised by subject for ease of reference, this book offers an excellent understanding of how children with autism process and experience the world and effective strateg...

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Chocolate as Medicine: A Quest Over the Centuries - Paperback

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by Philip K. Wilson (Author), W. Jeffrey Hurst (Author)The Mesoamerican population who lived near the indigenous cultivation sites of the "Chocolate Tree" (Theobromo cacao) had a multitude of documented applications of chocolate as medicine, ranging from alleviating fatigue to preventing heart ailments to treating snakebite. Until recently, these applications have received little sound scientific scrutiny. Rather, it has been the reputed health claims stemming from Europe and the United State...

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Chocolate and Health: Chemistry, Nutrition and Therapy - Paperback

$128.52

by Philip K. Wilson (Editor), W. Jeffrey Hurst (Editor)Chocolate and Health provides a comprehensive overview of the chemistry, nutrition and bioavailability of cacao and chocolate. The book begins with a brief historical introduction to the topic, outlining the current and historical medical uses of chocolate and chocolate derivatives. The remainder of the text is arranged into three sections that take the reader through various aspects of the nutritional and health aspects of cacoa. Each se...

Adult Cochlear Implant Rehabilitation - Paperback

$156.89

by Karen Pedley (Author), Ellen Giles (Author)Back JacketThis book provides information and resources to assist in all stages of a client' s implant program, building on a transdisciplinary model of practice. It includes material covering a wide variety of topics including assessment, switch-on, client focused auditory rehabilitation, techniques for telephone training, communication therapy for social interactions, speech-language therapy intervention and psychosocial aspects of implant work....

Communication Disorders in Spanish Speakers: Theoretical, Research and Clinical Aspects - Paperback

$63.18

by José G. Centeno (Editor), Raquel T. Anderson (Editor), Loraine K. Obler (Editor)This volume provides much-needed multidisciplinary bases to provide clinical services to Spanish speakers. Researchers and practitioners provide theoretical and empirical grounds to develop evidence-based clinical procedures for monolingual Spanish and bilingual Spanish-English children and adults with communication disorders.Author BiographyJosé G. Centeno, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Speech-Langua...

Where's My Pen? A Guide to Supporting People With Dyspraxia - Paperback

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by Sarah Johns (Author)Description Where's my pen? A Guide to supporting people with dyspraxia, aims to provide a down to earth look at dyspraxia and includes personal experiences to help encourage people to fulfil their goals in life. There are guides to help people of any age find life a bit easier. Hopefully this book will help answer any questions anyone may have about the condition. The aim of writing the book is to inspire people to see life in a positive way and not let dyspraxia or an...

Perinatal Mental Health: A Sourcebook for Health Professionals - Paperback

$80.98

by Riley Diana (Author)APPRAISAL AND REVALIDATION SERIES The new Appraisal and Revalidation Series helps doctors demonstrate their competence to the standard expected by the General Medical Council and to the standard expected if they are recognised as having 'special clinical interests'. It helps doctors gather evidence of their performance for appraisal and revalidation portfolios. This fifth book in the series examines the practical ways to identify learning and service needs within the ar...

King Death: The Black Death And Its Aftermath In Late-Medieval England - Paperback

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by Colin Platt (Author)This illustrated survey examines what it was actually like to live with plague and the threat of plague in late-medieval and early modern England.; Colin Platt's books include "The English Medieval Town", "Medieval England: A Social History and Archaeology from the Conquest to 1600" and "The Architecture of Medieval Britain: A Social History" which won the Wolfson Prize for 1990. This book is intended for undergraduate/6th form courses on medieval England, option course...

Psychological groupwork with acute psychiatric inpatients - Paperback

$93.60

by Jonathan Radcliffe (Editor), Katja Hajek (Editor), Jerome Carson (Editor)This book will be the first to focus exclusively on inpatient therapeutic groupwork in acute psychiatry, from a multi-disciplinary perspective. All authors are active groupwork practitioners, who provide vivid case material providing unique insights into the group process. Writers make the argument for the importance of therapeutic groupwork in acute inpatient settings. They describes survey data that show an absence ...