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Board Certification in Clinical Neuropsychology: A Guide to Becoming Abpp/Abcn Certified Without Sacrificing Your Sanity - Paperback

$123.12

by Kira E. Armstrong Phd Abpp (Author), Dean W. Beebe Phd Abpp (Author), Robin C. Hilsabeck Phd Abpp (Author)Pursuit of board certification through the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP) has become a standard expectation for clinical neuropsychologists. At the time this book was published, the American Board of Clinical Neuropsychology (ABCN) was the fastest growing specialty board of ABPP with over 1,000 active members. However, the board certification process is challenging an...

Child and Adolescent Anxiety Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: A Treatment Manual - Paperback

$109.44

by Sabina E. Preter (Author), Theodore Shapiro (Author), Barbara Milrod (Author)Child and Adolescent Anxiety Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, CAPP, is a new, manualized, tested, 24-session psychotherapeutic approach to working psychodynamically with youth with anxiety disorders. This book describes how clinicians intervene by collaboratively identifying the meanings of anxiety symptoms and maladaptive behaviors and to communicate the emotional meaning of these symptoms to the child. The treatment...

Madness of Fear: A History of Catatonia - Paperback

$114.57

by Edward Shorter (Author), Max Fink (Author)What are the real disease entities in psychiatry? This is a question that has bedeviled the study of the mind for more than a century yet it is low on the research agenda of psychiatry. Basic science issues such as neuroimaging, neurochemistry, and genetics carry the day instead. There is nothing wrong with basic science research, but before studying the role of brain circuits or cerebral chemistry, shouldn't we be able to specify how the various d...

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Advancing Health and Well-Being: Using Evidence and Collaboration to Achieve Health Equity - Paperback

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by Alonzo L. Plough (Editor)The case for evidence and collaboration in pursuit of health equity In this second volume of the Culture of Health series, Advancing Health and Well-Being convenes experts from academia, policy, journalism, and community-based organizations, among other sectors, to examine how data and narrative can catalyze progress toward building a national Culture of Health. Tackling topics such as health inequity, mass incarceration, and climate change, Advancing Health and We...

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by Peter Novak (Author)DDisorders associated with dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system are quite common yet frequently unrecognized. The quantitative autonomic testing presented here can be invaluable tool for evaluation of these disorders. This manual fills a gap in the literature and deals mainly with practical aspects of autonomic testing. In accord with the "good picture is worth a thousand words" mantra, signal drawings are heavy used throughout the text to facilitate the readers'...

Finishing Our Story: Preparing for the End of Life - Paperback

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by Eastwood (Author)This book is for people who have questions about the end of life - in other words, all of us. Gregory Eastwood, a physician and ethicist, confronts questions such as: what to expect, how to prepare for death, what to do when you get there. The book helps us to prepare for our death or that of loved ones in a careful, thoughtful, and practical way.Author BiographyGregory L. Eastwood, MD, is University Professor of the State University of New York (SUNY) and Professor of Bio...

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Global Health Priority-Setting: Beyond Cost-Effectiveness - Hardcover

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by Ole F. Norheim (Editor), Ezekiel J. Emanuel (Editor), Joseph Millum (Editor)Global health is at a crossroads. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development has come with ambitious targets for health and health services worldwide. To reach these targets, many more billions of dollars need to be spent on health. However, development assistance for health has plateaued and domestic funding on health in most countries is growing at rates too low to close the financing gap. National and internati...

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Medical Management of Neurosurgical Patients - Paperback

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by Rene Daniel (Editor), Catriona M. Harrop (Editor)Emerging as a new sub-specialization within the hospitalist community, the neurosurgery hospitalist provides preoperative risk stratification, advises on managing pre- and postoperative complications, and helps doctors make decisions about when to involve specialists other than neurosurgeons. This collaborative approach to the neurosurgery patient has been shown to offer effective care since hospitalists can be better attuned than specialist...

Social Injustice and Public Health - Paperback

$148.77

by Barry S. Levy (Editor)"An invaluable primer on how inequity breeds ill health" -New England Journal of Medicine AN ESSENTIAL WORK ON SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH, NOW UPDATED AND EXPANDED This newly revised edition of the classic text is a comprehensive, up-to-date resource for understanding and addressing the profound impacts of social injustice on public health. Across chapters from experts in health and medicine, readers learn to recognize both the threads of inequity and the health im...

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by Sandro Galea (Editor), Catherine K. Ettman (Editor), David Vlahov (Editor)An essential collection that advances our understanding of how cities influence our health More than half the world's population lives in cities -- a figure that will grow to two-thirds by 2030. As global populations rapidly consolidate around urban centers, the scientific understanding of what this means for human health faces a new and greater urgency. Urban Health connects urban exposures -- the experiences, choi...

A Family Guide to Coping with Substance Use Disorders - Paperback

$61.54

by Dennis C. Daley (Author), Antoine Douaihy (Author)The potentially devastating impact of substance use disorders (SUDs) on family and concerned significant others has been well-documented, but there is hope. Loved ones can learn strategies to help them cope with the impact of SUDs, and these strategies will in turn help them to support recovery efforts. Family-friendly and accessible, A Family Guide to Coping with Substance Use Disorders provides readers with important information on substa...

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Managing Your Substance Use Disorder: Client Workbook - Paperback

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by Dennis C. Daley (Author), Antoine B. Douaihy (Author)Managing Your Substance Use Disorder: Client Workbook is an interactive recovery guide that engages readers who have a substance use disorder in an active process of learning strategies to manage the daily challenges of sobriety and recovery and to reduce the risk of lapse and relapse. Designed to accompany Managing Substance Use Disorder: Practitioner Guide, this Workbook provides detailed information about substances of use, reader-fri...

Reclaiming Your Life from a Traumatic Experience: A Prolonged Exposure Treatment Program - Workbook - Paperback

$87.21

by Barbara Olasov Rothbaum (Author), Edna B. Foa (Author), Elizabeth A. Hembree (Author)Those who have experienced a traumatic event and are having trouble moving past feelings of fear, shame and guilt, or helplessness may be diagnosed with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Reclaiming Your Life from a Traumatic Experience: A Prolonged Exposure Treatment Program can help readers to overcome and reclaim their lives from PTSD. Best used in combination with treatment by a mental health profes...

Silent Partners: Human Subjects and Research Ethics - Paperback

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by Rebecca Dresser (Author)When is a human study ethical? For years, science and society have struggled with this question. Experts have put great effort into developing ethical principles and rules that adequately protect and respect volunteers in studies aimed at improving human health. But experts have missed something important. They have created a research ethics system without the help of people who know what it is like to be a research subject. This is a serious omission. Experienced r...

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Sherrington's Loom: An Introduction to the Science of Consciousness - Hardcover

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by Alan J. McComas (Author)In Sherrington's Loom, Alan McComas provides a historical account of the research that has led to recognition of key mechanisms underlying consciousness. Evidence is assembled from a rich variety of sources--neurological patients, animal behavior, laboratory studies, and especially brain stimulation and recording in humans and animals. Among the remarkable advances in the field has been the ability to identify nerve cells in the human brain that store memories of sp...

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Health Care Social Work: A Global Perspective - Hardcover

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by Ren Winnett (Editor), Rich Furman (Editor), Douglas Epps (Editor)Health Care Social Work aims to directly empower health care social workers around the world by providing valuable new information about the breadth and depth of the profession's health care contributions, legislative and policy influences upon practice, and implications for future practice and growth in different nations. Written by scholars and practitioners of health care social work from around the world, chapters encoura...

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by Rosalie A. Kane (Author), Robert L. Kane (Author), Richard C. Ladd (Author)Long-term care in the United States has taken the nursing home as its benchmark, but the monetary, social, and psychological costs of nursing home care are all too high. This book challenges the current dominance of nursing homes as the principal institution of long-term care. It offers a series of alternative models where both services and housing can be provided in a way that allows long-term consumers to enjoy di...

The Scleroderma Book: A Guide for Patients and Families - Hardcover

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by Maureen D. Mayes (Author)The Scleroderma Book has long been considered the leading source of information for patients suffering with this disease. Now comes the Second Edition of this highly respected volume, extensively revised by Maureen Mayes, M.D., the leading authority in this field. Writing specifically for patients and their families, Dr. Mayes draws on her extensive experience treating scleroderma to provide up-to-date, practical information that will help patients manage their sym...

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by Albert R. Jonsen (Author)This book is the first broad history of the growing field of bioethics. Covering the period 1947-1987, it examines the origin and evolution of the debates over human experimentation, genetic engineering, organ transplantation, termination of life-sustaining treatment, and new reproductive technologies. It assesses the contributions of philosophy, theology, law and the social sciences to the expanding discourse of bioethics. Written by one of the field's founders, i...

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Overcoming Your Alcohol or Drug Problem: Effective Recovery Strategies Therapist Guide - Paperback

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by Dennis C. Daley (Author), G. Alan Marlatt (Author)This expanded edition of the successful Graywind title, Managing Your Drug and Alcohol Problem: Therapist Guide provides an evidence-based treatment protocol for all types of substance use disorders. Designed to accompany the Managing Your Addictive Behavior: Workbook, Second Edition, this guide provides clinicians with valuable strategies for working with substance use disorders by focusing on specific issues involved in both stopping sub...

It's Only a False Alarm: A Cognitive Behavioral Treatment Program Workbook - Paperback

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by John Piacentini (Author), Audra Langley (Author), Tami Roblek (Author)It's Only a False Alarm, Workbook is written for children and adolescents ages 8 - 17 who are undergoing treatment for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Designed to be used in conjunction with the program outlined in the corresponding Therapist Guide, this workbook contains easy-to-read psychoeducational material that help children understand their disorder and how to covercome it. It is filled with interactive worksh...

Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Childhood Ocd: It's Only a False Alarmtherapist Guide - Paperback

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by John Piacentini (Author), Audra Langley (Author), Tami Roblek (Author)Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) affects an estimated 2% of children in the United States and can cause considerable anxiety. OCD is characterized by a pattern of rituals (or compulsions) and obsessive thinking. Common obsessions among children and teens include a fear of dirt or germs, a need for symmetry, order, and precision, and a fear of illness or harm coming to oneself or relatives. Common compulsions include g...

The Character of Consciousness - Paperback

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by David J. Chalmers (Author)What is consciousness? How does the subjective character of consciousness fit into an objective world? How can there be a science of consciousness? In this sequel to his groundbreaking and controversial The Conscious Mind, David Chalmers develops a unified framework that addresses these questions and many others. Starting with a statement of the "hard problem" of consciousness, Chalmers builds a positive framework for the science of consciousness and a nonreductiv...

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Improving Children's Mental Health Through Parent Empowerment: A Guide to Assisting Families - Paperback

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by Peter S. Jensen (Author), Kimberly Hoagwood (Author)Whether you call yourself a parent advisor, advocate, coordinator, support specialist, liaison, mentor, coach, or another term, this guide provides the essential information you need as a parent helping parents. The book is divided into four parts for easy reference: Part One: Addresses important skills you will want to hone, such as listening, collaboration, priority setting, and group management. Part Two describes the mental health s...

Evaluation of Competence to Stand Trial - Paperback

$114.57

by Patricia Zapf (Author), Ronald Roesch (Author)Forensic mental health assessment (FMHA) has grown into a specialization informed by research and professional guidelines. This series presents up-to-date information on the most important and frequently conducted forms of FMHA. The 19 topical volumes address best approaches to practice for particular types of evaluation in the criminal, civil, and juvenile/family areas. Each volume contains a thorough discussion of the relevant legal and psych...

Eye Movement Disorders [With CDROM] - Paperback

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by Agnes Wong (Author)Eye Movement Disorders, by Dr. Agnes Wong, fills a great void in the Ophthalmology and Neurology literature by presenting eye movement disorders in a full-color, highly illustrative format. This text explains eye movement disorders in a concise yet comprehensive manner, which makes it an excellent reference book and an outstanding learning text for anyone trying to master the intricate relationship between eye movement disorders, and their underlying neuroanatomy and pat...

Evaluation of Criminal Responsibility - Paperback

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by Ira K. Packer (Author)Forensic mental health assessment (FMHA) has grown into a specialization informed by research and professional guidelines. This series presents up-to-date information on the most important and frequently conducted forms of FMHA. The 19 topical volumes address best approaches to practice for particular types of evaluation in the criminal, civil and juvenile/family areas. Each volume contains a thorough discussion of the relevant legal and psychological concepts, follow...

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by David M. Oshinsky (Author)Here David Oshinsky tells the gripping story of the polio terror and of the intense effort to find a cure, from the March of Dimes to the discovery of the Salk and Sabin vaccines--and beyond. Drawing on newly available papers of Jonas Salk, Albert Sabin and other key players, Oshinsky paintsa suspenseful portrait of the race for the cure, weaving a dramatic tale centered on the furious rivalry between Salk and Sabin. He also tells the story of Isabel Morgan, perha...

Coping Power Child Group Program - Paperback

$196.65

by John E. Lochman (Author), Karen Wells (Author), Lisa (Author)The Coping Power Program is designed for use with preadolescent and early adolescent aggressive children and their parents and is often delivered near the time of children's transition to middle school. Aggression is one of the most stable problem behaviors in childhood. If not dealt with effectively, it can lead to negative outcomes in adolescence such as drug and alcohol use, truancy and dropout, delinquency, and violence. This...

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Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Postconcussion Syndrome: The New Evidence Base for Diagnosis and Treatment - Paperback

$136.80

by Michael A. McCrea (Author)This is the first neuropsychology book to translate exciting findings from the recent explosion of research on sport-related concussion to the broader context of mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) and post-concussive syndrome (PCS) in the general population. In addition, it includes a Continuing Education (CE) component administered by the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology. Traumatic brain injuries constitute a major global public health problem, but u...

Managing Chronic Pain: A Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Approachworkbook - Paperback

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by John Otis (Author)Chronic pain has a multitude of causes, many of which are not well understood or effectively treated by medical therapies. Individuals with chronic pain often report that pain interferes with their ability to engage in occupational, social, or recreational activities. Sufferers' inability to engage in these everyday activities may contribute to increased isolation, negative mood and physical deconditioning, which in turn can contribute to their experience of pain. Cogniti...

The Nature of Suffering and the Goals of Medicine - Paperback

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by Eric J. Cassell (Author)This is a revised and expanded edtion of a classic in palliative medicine, originally published in 1991. With three added chapters and a new preface summarizing our progress in the area of pain management, this is a must-hve for those in palliative medicine and hospice care. The obligation of physicians to relieve human suffering stretches back into antiquity. But what exactly, is suffering? One patient with metastic cancer of the stomach, from which he knew he woul...