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Book SynopsisEliminates several misconceptions about depression in the elderly--namely: that it is an inevitable consequence of aging and that the hazards involved in its treatment outweigh those of the condition itself.Table of ContentsClinical Features of Depression in Old Age. The Measurement of Depression in Old Age. The Epidemiology of Depression in Old Age. The Aetiology of Depression in Old Age. Depression and Physical Illness in Old Age. Suicide and Attempted Suicide in Old Age. The Management of Depression in Old Age. The Prognosis of Depression in Old Age. Future Directions. Index.

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Book SynopsisInternationally renowned authorities from diverse fields present the principles and practice regarding the measurement of drug effects in humans and its role in the analysis and development of new chemical entities.Table of ContentsContributors. Preface. SURROGATE ENDPOINTS AS A MEASURE OF DRUG EFFECTS. A Regulatory Authority's Opinion About Surrogate Endpoints (R.Temple). What to Measure in Dementia (L. Whalley & S. Gerhand). Twenty-foour-hour ambulatory arterial (blood) pressuremeasurement and the assessment of antihypertensive drug efficacy(J. Hasford, W. Meister). Potential Measurements in Patients with Osteoporosis (C.Miller). Are bronchial challenge studies indicators of antiasthmaticactivity? (A. J. Frew, S. T. Holgate) DRUGS AFFECTING BLOOD FLOW TO THE PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION. Measurements of Blood Rheology for the Evaluation ofPharmacological Agents (G. Nash). Platelet Function Tests (P. Wyld). Assessment of the Effects of Drugs on the Peripheral Vasculature(D. Webb & M. Hand). PRECISION, VALIDITY AND REPRODUCIBILITY OF MEASUREMENT. Bias and Confounding in Clinical Studies (D. Jones). What Does Good Clinical Practice Have to Say About ClinicalMeasurement? (E. Hvidberg). Measurement of bioequivalence and its relevance to tthe clinicalsituation (T. Salmonson) The 'Clinical Trial' of the Clinical Trial (A. Feinstein). Patient compliancewith prescribed drug regimens: overview of thepast 30 yers of research (j. Urguhart). MEASUREMENT OF ADVERSE EVENTS. Prediction of drug interactions: implications of recent advancesin drug metabolism (G. T. Tucker). What number of patients is necessary to establish drug safety?(P. R. Jackson, E. J. Wallis, W. w. Yeo, L E. Ramsay) Accuracy of adverse data from post-marketing studies and theinfluence on extension of licensed indications (D. H.Lawson). Controlled Clinical Trials: Contribution to Drug Safety (M.Langman). Predicting Adverse Drug Reactions (C. George). THE EDINBURGH DRUG ABSORPTION FOUNDATION LECTURE. Interactions in First-Pass Metabolism and Variability in DrugResponse (P. Neuvonen). Index.

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Book SynopsisThe main principle behind cognitive behaviour therapy is that a client's emotional and behavioural disturbances are not determined by events, but by the way he or she views them. This book describes the clinical guidelines and detailed therapy procedures used in the practice of cognitive behaviour therapy for patients with schizophrenic disorders.Table of ContentsPartial table of contents: THEORY. The Problems of People with Psychosis. Coping with Psychotic Illness. Toward a Better Understanding of the Experiences and Beliefs ofPsychosis. Cognitive Models of Psychosis 1: Neuropsychology and PsychoticExperience. Cognitive Models of Psychosis 3: Emotional Disorder andPsychosis. PRACTICE: A TREATMENT MANUAL FOR COGNITIVE BEHAVIOUR THERAPY FORPSYCHOSIS. Getting Started: Engagement and Assessment. Techniques to Promote Self-Regulation of Psychotic Symptoms. Techniques to Address Delusions and Beliefs About Voices. Strategies to Address Dysfunctional Assumptions. Strategies to Address Social Disability and Risk of Relapse. Evidence for the Effectiveness of Cognitive BehaviouralInterventions for Psychosis. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisInternationally respected authors, actively working in this area, establish theoretical reasons for extending cognitive therapy to these symptoms.Trade Review"…on my last visit [to Amazon] the recommendations were [this book]…" (The Independent {Review}, 8 October 2003)Table of ContentsA Cognitive View of Delusions and Voices. The Practice of Therapy and the Problem of Engagement. Delusions: Assessment and Formulation. Challenging Delusions. Voices: Engagement and Assessment. Disputing and Testing Beliefs about Voices. Cognitive Therapy for Paranoia. Challenging Cases and Issues. From a Symptom Model to a Person Model. References. Appendices. Index.

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Book SynopsisThe book draws upon the exciting and illuminating understanding of trauma and dissociation that has developed within the last decade and shows how this can transform our view of many severe personality disorders. MPD is presented as a disorder based upon trauma and pretence - a pretence which structures the personality.Table of ContentsAbout the Author xSeries Preface Mark G. Willaims xiPreface xiiiAcknowledgements xviChapter 1 Dissociation 1 Chapter 2 A Reconsideration of Freud's Views of Trauma 16 Chapter 3 Back to Janet: Early Studies of Trauma, Repression and Dissociation 29 Chapter 4 The Effects of Trauma and Abuse on the Developing Self 41 Chapter 5 The Effects of Trauma and Abuse upon Internal and External Object Relations, Belief Systems, and Psychobiology 60 Chapter 6 Remembering, Forgetting and Confabulating: Terror in the Consulting Room 73 Chapter 7 Multiple Personality Disorder/Dissociative Identity Disorder 103 Chapter 8 What is Going on in Multiple Personality Disorder/Dissociative Identity Disorder? 121 Chapter 9 Therapeutic Considerations with MPD/DID 140 Chapter 10 Illustration of Therapy with MPD/DID: A Composite Fictitious Case - Discussion 160 Chapter 11 Reflections of Evil: The Mystery of Deep Perversion 170 Epilogue 185 Appendix: Guidelines for Patients Regarding Memories of Childhood Events 188 References 191 Index 203

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Book SynopsisThis text examines the purpose, methods and implementation of clinical audit programmes in mental health care. It reviews the historical development of audit in psychiatric/mental health, particularly since the governmental-inspired health reforms of 1989/90.Table of ContentsAudit: An Introduction. Defining Clinical Audit. Clinical Audit in Mental Health. Care Plans and Audit. Introducing Clinical Audit. Audit of Care Plans and the Care Programme Approach at Claybury Hospital. Methods of Audit and Data Collection. Methods of Audit Data Analysis. Future Developments. References. Appendices. Index.

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Book SynopsisCognitive therapies are based on the idea that behavior and emotions result largely from an individual's appraisal of a situation, and are therefore influenced by that individual's beliefs, assumptions and images. This book is a comprehensive guide to cognitive therapy of anxiety disorders.Table of ContentsCognitive Theory and Models of Anxiety: An Introduction. Assessment: An Overview. Cognitive Therapy: Basic Characteristics. Cognitive Therapy: Basic Techniques. Panic Disorder. Hypochondriasis: Health Anxiety. Social Phobia. Generalised Anxiety Disorder. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Future Developments in Cognitive Therapy. Rating Scales. Appendix. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisFor all readers interested in the historical development and modern-day context of the pharmaceutical industry, socially, economically and politically, this volume aims to provide an insight into how and why this industry operates as it does.Trade Review"This book is an informative and readable account of the present situation in the pharmaceutical industry. Furthermore, references are given at the end of each section. A useful book for anyone in, or thinking about being in, the business.", , , Laboratory News#Table of ContentsHistorical Background. Market Structure. Dynamic Competition (R&D), Regulations and Government Policy, Promotional Activities. Pricing and Profitability. Relationship with the Third World. Single European Market. Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisThis book examines the latest developments in theory and research in post--traumatic stress disorder. Drawing on the literature exploring personality and social psychology, it presents an integrative model of psychosocial factors affecting adjustment following traumatic stressors.Table of ContentsNormal and Abnormal Reactions to Trauma. Assessment and Measurement. Types of Trauma: From Natural Disaster to Political Violence. Theoretical Paradigms and Perspectives. Evidence for an Integrative Model of Adjustment. Intervention and Treatment. Conclusions. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisAn essential book for all those clinicians and reserachers undertaking clinical trials. It will ensure that all involved in clinical trials undertake their investigation according to standard operating procedures.Table of ContentsClinical Research. Phases of a Clinical Trail. Clinical Trial Design. History and Development of GCP. Good Clinical Practice - What is It? Responsibilities of the Investigator. Standard Operating Procedures. Organisation of Clinical Trials. Abbreviations. SOP 0: Preparation, Approval and Review of SOPs. SOP 1: Study Organisation and Planning. SOP 2: Study Team: Definition of Responsibilities. SOP 3: Study Files and Filing. SOP 4: Local Management Requirements. SOP 5: Review and Validation of the Protocol. SOP 6: Review of Protocol Amendments. SOP 7: Case Report Form (CRF) Review. SOP 8: Investigator's Brochure. SOP 9: Estimation of Patient Numbers. SOP 10: Ethics Committee. SOP 11: Indemnity, Compensation and Insurance. SOP 12: Laboratory. SOP 13: Pre-Study Monitoring Visits. SOP 14: Patient Recruitment and Intention to Enrol. SOP 15: Obtaining Personal Written Informed Consent. SOP 16: Obtaining Informed Consent for Patients Unable to Give Personal Consent. SOP 17: Randomisation and Stratification. SOP 18: Blinding: Codes and Code Breaking. SOP 19: Case Report Form (CRF) Completion. SOP 20: Study Drugs. SOP 21: Monitoring Visits. SOP 22: Adverse Event and Serious Adverse Event Reporting. SOP 23: Nursing Procedures. SOP 24: Clinical Procedures. SOP 25: Trial Report. SOP 26: Archiving. SOP 27: Audits and Inspections. FDA Regulations Concerning Clinical Trials. Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the care of mentally ill patients--psychiatric and geriatric--in community settings. It addresses the implications for hospitals, community services and staff, and patients. It examines the central issues of patient outcomes, service provision and effectiveness, economics of provision and impact on staff and community.Table of ContentsPartial table of contents: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL. Evolution of Policy (J. Carrier I. Kendall). Lessons from the American Experience in Providing Community-BasedServices (L. Bachrach). PERSPECTIVES ON COMMUNITY CARE: PATIENTS, STAFF AND PUBLIC. Residential Care for the Mentally Ill in the Community (N.Trieman). Costing Care in Hospital and in the Community (J. Beecham, etal.). The Effect of Reprovision on the Acute Services (R. Sammut J.Leff). Training Level and Training Needs of Staff (V. Senn, et al.). Attitudes of the Media and the Public (G. Wolff). THE PITFALLS AND HOW TO AVOID THEM. The Downside of Reprovision (J. Leff). Patients Who are too Difficult to Manage in the Community (N.Trieman). Providing a Comprehensive Community Psychiatric Service (J. Leff N.Trieman). The Future of Community Care. (J. Leff). Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book describes the symptoms, prevalence rates, individual case histories and etiology of phobias. It explores treatment and covers current methodologies, outcome efficacy, and comparisons between different therapeutic techniques.Table of ContentsTHE NATURE AND DESCRIPTION OF PREVALENT PHOBIAS. Social Phobia: A Cognitive Approach (A. Wells & D.Clark). Agoraphobia (P. Salkovskis & A. Hackmann). Blood-Injury-Injection Phobia (L. Ost & K. Hellstrom). Animal Phobias (S. Thorpe & P. Salkovskis). Dental Phobias (G. Kent). Water Phobia (R. Menzies). Height Phobia (R. Menzies). Accident Phobia (K. Kuch). Claustrophobia (S. Rachman). Atypical Phobias (R. McNally). Specific Phobias in Children (T. Ollendick, et al.). THE TREATMENT OF PHOBIAS. Rapid Treatments of Specific Phobias (L. Ost). A Comparison of Behavioral and Cognitive Treatments of Phobias (M.Craske & M. Rowe). The Use of Medication in the Treatment of Phobias (P. Hayward &J. Wardle). GENERAL THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON AETIOLOGY ANDMAINTENANCE. A Conditioning Model of Phobias (G. Davey). Evolutionary Models of Phobias (H. Merckelbach & P. deJong). Unconscious Pre-Attentive Mechanisms in the Activation of PhobicFear (A. Ohman). The Match-Mismatch Model of Phobia Acquisition (A. Arntz). Information-Processing Approaches to Phobias (C. Cameron). The Epidemiology of Fears and Phobias (T. Chapman). Indexes.

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Book SynopsisThe physical properties of ultrasound, particularly its highly directional beam behaviour, and its complex interactions with human tissues, have led to its becoming a vitally important tool in both investigative and interventional medicine. This book treats the phenomenon of ultrasound in the context of medical and biological applications.Trade Review"…an excellent reference, providing a starting point and more for the many avenues of interest in this rich and important topic." (Medical Physics, December 2004) "This book can be an excellent textbook for a graduate course in medical ultrasonics and a valuable desk reference for researchers in the field." (IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology, July/ August 2004) “This is an excellent update to the first edition of this book and should form a standard reference for many years to come. (Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology, Vol.30, No.5, 2004) “I know of no other book that treats this subject with comparable breadth and depth”. (Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, November 2004)Table of ContentsList of Contributors. Preface. Chapter 1. Basic Acoustic Theory (S. Leeman). Chapter 2. The Generation and Structure of Acoustic Fields (C. Hill). Chapter 3. Detection and Measurement of Acoustic Fields (C. Hill). Chapter 4. Attenuation and Absorption (J. Bamber). Chapter 5. Speed of Sound (J. Bamber). Chapter 6. Reflection and Scattering (R. Dickinson and D. Nassiri). Chapter 7. Physical Chemistry of the Ultrasound-tissue Interaction (A. Sarvazyan and C. HIll). Chapter 8. Ultrasonic Images and the Eye of the Observer (C. Hill). Chapter 9. Methodology for Clinical Investigation (C. Hill and J. Bamber). Chapter 10. Methodology for Imaging Time-Dependent Phenomena (R. Eckersley and J. Bamber). Chapter 11. The Wider Context of Sonography (C. Hill). Chapter 12. Ultrasonic Biophysics (G. ter Haar). Chapter 13. Therapeutic and Surgical Applications (ter Haar). Chapter 14. Assessment of possible Hazard in Use (G. ter Haar). Chapter 15. Epilogue: Historical Perspectives (C. Hill). List of Symbols. Index.

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Book SynopsisThe twentieth century has been a great success for modern medicine, and has resulted in the generation of a plethora of drugs to treat most common illnesses. However, in the light of increasing regulatory demands, spiralling costs and diminishing commercial returns, the question of how, when, where and whether to conduct pharmaceutical R&D has profound implications, and not just for those within the pharmaceutical industry. In response to these and other dilemmas, the authors define the processes involved in drug research, and examine the advantages and disadvantages of collaborative methods of drug research, and examine the roles that academia, CROs, small biotechnology companies and research boutiques, and possibly even the virtual research company might play as contractors and collaborators.Table of ContentsThe Pharmaceutical Development Process. The Advantages of Contracts and Collaborations. The Disadvantages of Contracts and Collaborations. The Role of Academic Institutes. The Role of CROs and Small Research Companies. Towards the Virtual Research Company. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisResearch has demonstrated that brief therapy for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) tends to be more successful than long-term work. Traumatic Incident Reduction is a relatively new and exciting treatment technique that has proven in studies to be more effective than the widely used direct therapeutic exposure technique.Trade Review."immensely useful book for therapists..well written and manages to make some difficult concepts accessible to readers" (Profbook.com 21/08/2001)Table of ContentsAbout the Authors viii Series Preface x Preface xi Acknowledgements xiii How to Use This Book xiv 1 An Overview of Traumatincident Reduction as a Brief Therapy Approach for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder 1 2 The Nature of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder 19 3 Who Is Suitable 45 4 Engaging the Client 55 5 Choosing Which Incident to Work on First 80 6 Using Unblocking 85 7 Working with Traumatic Incidents 99 8 Use of Additional Questions 127 9 When Things Don't Go as Planned 134 10 Ending the Counselling 154 References 160 Appendix 1 Counselling Assessment Form 163 Appendix 2 Expanded List of Unblocking Concepts 168 Appendix 3 Revised Shock, Impact Resolution Model 169 Index 170

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Book SynopsisThis title is a book written by students, for students. It aims to provide an accessible and exhaustive, yet concise account of pharmacology. The material has been selected so as to cover the main features of most pharmacology courses.Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION: BASIC PRINCIPLES. CHEMICAL TRANSMISSION. Peripheral Neurotransmission. Central Neurotransmission. Local Transmission. Hormonal Transmission. SYSTEMATIC PHARMACOLOGY. The Circulatory System. The Central Nervous System. Drug Therapy of Inflammatory Disorders. Anaesthetic and Opioid Analgesics. Chemotherapy. The Gastrointestinal Tract. Disorders of Blood and the Vasculature. Endocrine Pharmacology. Reproductive Pharmacology. DICTIONARY OF DRUGS. SELF-ASSESSMENT. Index.

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Book SynopsisPatients with complex problems, including co-morbidity, chronicconditions, enduring vulnerabilities, psychotic conditions,persistent difficulties with social relationships and destabilisingsocial environments, are increasingly recognised as the reality ofthe therapist''s case load. The cognitive behavioural caseformulation approach can be particularly suited to the treatment ofsuch complex cases. This book brings together some of the most experienced and expertcognitive behavioural therapists to share their specialistexperience of formulation and treatment of these complex cases. Theexperienced clinician will find in these accounts: * Evidence-based approaches to assessment and formulation ofcomplex cases * A wide range of problems not restricted to disorder categories,including anger, low self-esteem, abuse and shame * A concern with the realities of clinical practice which involvescomplex cases that do not fit neatly into simple caseconceptualisations or diagnostTrade Review"...goes beyond offering helpful conceptualizations of complex problems..." (Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy) "...a very useful book..." (Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapy, July 2001)Table of ContentsCognitive Therapy of Social Phobia (A. Wells). Cognitive Therapy with Panic and Agoraphobia: Working with ComplexCases (A. Hackmann). The Devil is in the Detail: Conceptionalising and TreatingObsessional Problems (P. Salkovskis, et al.). Where There's a Will...Cognitive Therapy for People with ChronicDepressive Disorders (J. Scott). Cognitive Behavioural Treatment for Complicated Cases ofPost-Traumatic Stress Disorder (M. Kimble, et al.). Eating Disorders, Self-Image Disturbance and Maltreatment (R.Calam). Assessment and Formulation in the Cognitive Behavioural Treatmentof Psychosis (G. Haddock & N. Tarrier). Cognitive Behavioural Therapy of Psychosis: Complexities inEngagement and Therapy (D. Kingdon). Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Psychotic Symptoms in Schizophrenia(A. Morrison). Low Self-Esteem (M. Fennell). Shame and Humiliation in the Treatment of Complex Cases (P.Gilbert). Parasuicide (G. Sidley). Cognitive Behavioural Interventions for Anger, Aggression andViolence (K. Howells). Cognitive Behavioural Treatment of Personality Disorders (A.Freeman & J. Jackson). Schema-Focused Therapy for Personality Disorders (J. Young & W.Behary). Issues in Treating Rape and Sexual Assault (T. Weaver, etal.). Complex Relationship Cases: Conceptualisation, Assessment andTreatment (W. Halford & R. Bouma). Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides an overview of current innovative treatments (cognitive behavior therapy, family therapy, compliance therapy, and cognitive deficits remediation), and describes how the theoretical understanding of some of the psychological factors which maintain symptoms can lead to further advances.Trade Review"... a great asset ... will indeed find valuable facts.."(Behavioural Cognitive Psychotherapy, Vol.30 2002) "...Each author's contribution illuminates the issue from aninteresting angle and in an unique way..." (Cognitive BehaviouralPsychotherapy)Table of ContentsInnovation and Outcome in Psychological Treatments forSchizophrenia: The Way Ahead? (T. Wykes, et al.). The Cognitive Origins of Schizophrenia and Prospects forIntervention (K. Nuechterlein & K. Subotnik). The Measurement of Outcome in Schizophrenia (R. Drake, etal.). Cognitive Behaviour Therapy of Schizophrenia (D. Kingdon & D.Turkington). Depression and Suicidal Thinking in Psychosis: A Cognitive Approach(M. Birchwood & Z. Iqbal). The Evaluation of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Psychosis (P.Garety, et al.). Psychological Processes and Delusional Beliefs: Implications forthe Treatment of Paranoid States (R. Bentall & P.Kinderman). The Effects of a Remediational Approach to Cognitive Therapy forSchizophrenia (W. Spaulding, et al.). Coercion, Adherence or Collaboration?: Influences on Compliancewith Medication (M. McPhillips & T. Sensky). Biobehavioural Therapy: Interactions Between Pharmacotherapy andBehavior Therapy in Schizophrenia (R. Liberman, et al.). Working with Carers: Interventions for Relative and Staff Carers ofThose who have Psychosis (E. Kuipers). Training and Dissemination: Research to Practice in InnovativePsychosocial Treatments for Schizophrenia (N. Tarrier, etal.). Outcome and Costs of Psychological Therapies in Schizophrenia (H.Brenner & M. Pfammatter). Economic Evaluation of Psychological Treatments for Schizophrenia(M. Knapp & A. Healey). Index.

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Book SynopsisThe early recognition and treatment of psychosis--particularly in adolescents and young adults--is increasingly accepted as an important factor in the individual experience of mental illness, which can have major implications for mental health care and treatment. This book is one of the first books available on the treatment of psychosis.Trade Review"...this book provides an excellent summary of the arguments forchange." (Behaviour Research & Therapy, No.40, 2002) "..it is robust, clinically applicable and, in a word,excellent..." (Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy, Vol.30,2002)Table of ContentsAbout the Editors. List of Contributors. Preface. THE CONCEPT OF EARLY INTERVENTION. The Scope for Preventive Strategies in Early Psychosis: Logic,Evidence and Momentum (P. McGorry). The Critical Period for Early Intervention (M. Birchwood). Psychological Adjustment to Early Psychosis (C. Jackson and Z.Iqbal). Psychological Formulation of Early Episodes of Psychosis: ACognitive Model (D. Fowler). The Early Development of Expressed Emotion and Burden in theFamilies of First Onset Psychosis (E. Kuipers and D. Raune). STRATEGIES FOR EARLY INTERVENTION. Can Duration of Untreated Illness be Reduced? (T. Larsen, etal.). Early Intervention in Psychosis: Pharmacotherapeutic Strategies (P.Bebbington). Cognitive Behaviour Therapy in Early Psychosis (V. Drury). The Treatment of Secondary Morbidity in First-Episode Psychosis (H.Jackson, et al.). Relapse Prevention in Early Psychosis (E.Spencer, et al.). The Early Phase of Psychosis and Schizophrenia: A Critical Periodfor Patients, Families and the Profession (D. Linszen and M.Birchwood). IMPLEMENTATION. Models of Early Intervention in Psychosis: An Analysis of ServiceApproaches (J. Edwards, et al.). The IRIS Programme (F. Macmillan and D. Shiers). Creative Journeys of Recovery: A Survivor Perspective (A.Reeves). Early Intervention: The Economic Issues (N. Bosanquet). Index.

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Book SynopsisBipolar disorder or manic depression is a serious mental disorder attracting increasing interest and could represent the next major area for the wider application of cognitive behavioral therapy. The authors have treated manic depressive patients on a routine clinical basis and have included in this book a detailed description of the techniques and issues in working with this client group.Trade Review"A readable and informative text..." (British Journal ofPsychiatry, June 2000) "..I found this book to be highly resonant...and easy to dip intoin search of specific information..I strongly recommend it toclinical psychologists and other mental health professionals andtheir trainees (Behaviour Research & Therapy, No.40, 2002)Table of ContentsIntroduction to Bipolar Disorder. Review of Current Treatment. Psycho-Social Models in Bipolar Disorder. A Model of Cognitive Behavioural Intervention for BipolarDisorder. Pre-Therapy Assessment. Introducing the Model to the Patient. Goal Setting. Cognitive Techniques. Behavioural Techniques. Self-Management and Coping with Prodromes. Long-Term Issues; Manic Depression and the Self. Family and Social Aspects. Interpersonal Issues in Therapy and Issues Related toServices. Appendices. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisThis long--awaited Second Edition of the successful Clinical Data Management has been extensively revised and updated with the addition of new chapters and authors.Trade Review"The key to enduring research is data quality and data quality depends upon data management. How fortunate then that the start of the New Millennium sees the publication of the second edition of 'Clinical Data Management'. ... Admirably concise and authoritatively penned, it provides an excellent introduction to a subject at the heart of pharmaceutical R&D.", Dr Hugh Boardman, Partner in Boardman Clarke, Pharmaceutical Physician#Table of ContentsChapter Review (S. Cummings). The International Conference on Harmonisation and its Impact (B. Smith & L. Heywood). Case Report Form Design (M. Avey). Data Capture (E. Waterfield). Planning and Implementation (C. Thomas). Data Validation (P. Patel). Quality Assurance and Clinical Data Management (H. Campbell & J. Sweatman). Performance Measures (J. Wood). Data Presentation (M. Mehra). Coding of Data-MedDRA and other Medical Terminologies (E. Brown & L. Wood). Database Design Issues for Central Laboratories (T. Tollenaere). Computer Systems (L. Palma). Systems Software Validation Issues-Clinical Trials Database Environment (S. Hutson). Re-engineerng the Clinical Data Management Process (S. Arlington, et al.). Working with Contract Research Organizations (K. Buchholz). Data Management in Epidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics (M. Ryan & A. Pleil). Future Revisited (R. Lane). Index.

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Book SynopsisConducting GCP-Compliant Clinical Research Wendy Bohaychuk and Graham Ball Good Clinical Research Practices, UK and Canada The overall aim of this work is to provide a reference book which describes the general framework for conducting GCP-compliant clinical research, particularly pharmaceutical industry clinical research. Wendy Bohaychuk and Graham Ball run a consultancy, GCRP Ltd., which has conducted over 820 GCP audits involving more than 200 companies in the last 10 years. More than 5,000 individuals have been involved in their training courses to help people perform GCP-compliant clinical research. They have authored several books and articles including: Standard operating procedures for investigators Standard operating procedures for sponsors and CROs GCP - an indexed reference Drawing on their wealth of experience, they have produced this enlightening and practical reference work which fills an educational gap in the understanding of GCP atTable of ContentsThe Current Roles for Conducting Clinical Research - Setting up Clinical Studies - Ethical Considerations - Monitoring and Safety Reporting - Collecting Data with Integrity - Managing Study Medications/Devices - Final Stages in Clinical Studies.

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Book SynopsisContains questions in paediatrics for the MRCP Part II exam.Trade Review"This is one of the best books of its kind that I have seen. It certainly manages to achieve its aims regarding problem-solving skills and would make an extremely useful revision aid for candidates studying for postgraduate examinations in paediatrics. In addition, it could also serve as a problem-orientated refresher course for clinicians in Child Health, Accident & Emergency departments and Primary Care. In summary, this is a well prepared, well presented book which fills a real gap in the publication market which is easy to use and represents good value for money." Southampton Health Journal" Professor Tim David: "The concept of this book is valid and the book is likely to remain useful for the next 5 years - 10 years bearing in mind that examination formats change. The data interpretation questions as currently formatted test knowledge rather than ability to solve problems or to approach a problem in a logical fashion. The MRCP Part II exam represents very old fashioned approachs to summative assessment and I would anticipate that this will change over the next 5-10 years. However, I would think such change will be sufficiently delayed to make such a book worthwhile.Table of ContentsPreface;. Acknowledgements;. Questions;. Answers

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Book SynopsisThis book is designed to help develop a GPs skill in disease recognition and treatment. It approaches the subject from a symptoms specific rather that a disease specific angle.Trade ReviewPre-publication review quotes "I particularly like the idea of a symptom orientated approach. This is exactly how patients present" J Buchan "...a book written for GPs by a GP is more likely to be relevant and interesting to its proposed readers than a similar book written by a consultant with no experience of the realities of general practice." P Bradbury "Dermatology is a look and feel speciality. Whilst the feel element cannot be mimicked, good quality photographs should be included as a pre-requisite." P LittleTable of ContentsIntroduction. . 1 How to use the book. . 2 Rashes on the face. . 3 Scalp problems. . 4 Rashes on the trunk and limbs. . 5 Hands and feet. . 6 Nails. . 7 Flexural rashes. . 8 Lumps and bumps. . 9 Treatment of common skin diseases. . 10 Therapies for common skin problems. . 11 The team approach

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Book SynopsisGeneral practioners are often the first stop for patients with hair and scalp problems. However, most GPs have little if any knowledge and training in this field. This small pocket book is a clear, well-written text for quick reference, with a guide to diagnosis and suggestions as to the current best treatments available. The book provides information about the physiology of hair and hair defects, advice on carrying out an examination, hair loss, and cosmetic damage. The author then describes dermatological disorders of the scalp and their management. It is highly visual, containing many photographs and micrographs to aid the non-specialist in diagnosis. This book is designed for primary-care practice, but will also be of use to junior dermatologists and other doctors working in this area.Table of ContentsI. Hair Structure, physiology and Properties;. II. Hair Loss;. III. Childhood disorders;. IV. Extraneous Matter;. V. The Scalp

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Book SynopsisKassianos gives a description of the disease followed by the data on notification and immunisation coverage. Each vaccine is presented separately, with information on contraindications, local and general side effects, and dosage schedules.Trade Review'This is a thoroughly comprehensive book which contains almost everything the busy GP or practice nurse could wish to know about immunisation.' Doctor 'George Kassianos has produced a book that is both readable and understandable . As this is the only book of its kind on this subject, covering such a wide and comprehensive range of material, it should be regarded as one of the undisputed classics of general practice reading.' Infections 'Any health professional involved in immunization or travel health will find this book invaluable.' Practice Nurse 'Dr Kassianos in this small reference book brings together all the information likely to be required for general practitioners to provide a comprehensive immunisation service and to answer all those questions normally posed by awkward patients!' Maternal and Child HealthTable of ContentsForeword vii Preface viii List of abbreviations xi Part 1 Introduction to Immunization and Vaccines 1 History of immunization 3 2 Timescale of vaccine introduction in the UK 8 3 Immunology immunization and vaccine development 9 4 The cold chain and vaccine storage 21 5 Transmission of infection 23 6 Infectivity and exclusion periods of infections 24 7 Immunization in practice 25 8 Expanded programme on immunization 30 9 Vaccine damage payment scheme 37 10 Information sheet for parents 38 11 Viral and bacterial vaccines 41 12 Special precautions for all vaccines 42 13 Special precautions for live vaccines 44 14 Treating anaphylaxis 46 Part 2 The UK National Immunization Programme Vaccines 15 Complications of infectious diseases and vaccines: an aide-memoire 51 16 Diphtheria/tetanus/pertussis (DTP) combined and diphtheria/tetanus (DT,Td) combined 54 17 Diphtheria 57 18 Tetanus 61 19 Pertussis 65 20 Haemophilus influenzae 76 21 Poliomyelitis 81 22 Measles/mumps/rubella combined vaccine 88 23 Measles 100 24 Mumps 104 25 Rubella 107 26 Meningococcal infection 112 27 Tuberculosis 122 Part 3 The Other Vaccines 28 Anthrax 135 29 Cholera 137 30 Hepatitis A 141 31 Hepatitis A and typhoid combined vaccine 151 32 Hepatitis B 153 33 Hepatitis A and B combined vaccine 177 34 Influenza 180 35 Japanese B encephalitis 193 36 Plague 197 37 Pneumococcal infection 199 38 Rabies 206 39 Tick-borne encephalitis 215 40 Typhoid 220 41 Varicella 226 42 Yellow fever 231 Part 4 The Practice and Immunization 43 Immunization fees and the UKGP 239 44 Immunization and audit 248 45 Electronic recall systems for completion of immunization 252 46 The practice nurse and immunization 261 47 Practice nurse: pre-vaccination checklist 267 Part 5 Travel Health 48 Introduction to travel health 271 49 Travel clinics 276 50 Advice to travellers 280 51 Legal aspects of advice for travellers 291 52 Air travel 293 53 Tunnel travel 305 54 Motion sickness 306 55 Sea cruises 308 56 High altitude sickness 309 57 Travellers at risk 311 58 The returned traveller 330 59 Malaria 364 Part 6 Immunization and Travel Information Resources 60 International Society of Travel Medicine 391 61 Specimen immunization exemption certificate 392 62 Notifiable diseases 393 63 Reciprocal healthcare agreements between the UK and other non-EEA countries 395 64 Sources of travel information: useful addresses/telephone numbers/websites 399 65 Embassies and High Commissions in London 412 66 World travel advice checklist 415 67 Travel vaccines administration summary 422 Index 425

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Book SynopsisDual diagnosis is the concurrent existence of substance misuse and psychiatric disorders in an individual. There has been an increase in the number of people being dual diagnosed and this impacts psychiatry services in primary care and general hospital settings. This book will provide practitioners with a comprehensive text on the contemporary issues of working with dual diagnosis patients from both clinical and theoretical perspectives.Trade Review"An invaluable resource for all healthcare professionals who may come into contact with clients with complex needs. I will certainly keep it on my bookshelf for reference." Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal (hcpj) "this book gloriously achieves its goal ... a valuable addition to our understanding of the debates, research, theory and best practice around dual diagnosis." Point "This book is an especially useful primer and resource for all nursing and healthcare specialties, but is an essential text for psychiatric nursing students and practitioners." "Few books are available on this topic and none have represented the entire clinical issue as well." Doody's Rating “This book gloriously achieves its goal…a valuable addition to our understanding of the debates, research, theory and best practice around dual diagnosis.” Psychminded.co.ukTable of ContentsPart I: Dual diagnosis: fact or fiction?; Substance use and misuse: concepts and theories; Problems and issues of conceptualisation: Psychiatric disorders and substance misuse: psychopathology; European dimension of dual diagnosis; Misperceiving complex behaviour: a psychological research model;. Part II: The challenge of shared care; A synthesis of addiction and mental health nursing: a community approach; Enhancing the social service response; Treatment strategies and interventions; Nursing interventions in the care of dually diagnosed clients; Brief strategies therapy: working with the patient's motivation for change; Assessing the health and social needs to develop services: a public health perspective; Development of a community based model of service provision; A model of therapeutic interventions; Dual or separate services; Professional education in addiction and mental health issues: a case for less diagnosis and more action?; Index.

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Book SynopsisThe seventh edition of Basic Child Psychiatry has been completely revised and updated to take account of advances in this fascinating and important subject. The opening chapters set the scene with developmental considerations, epidemiology and assessment. Coverage includes causal factors and reflects the progress made in the understanding of the genetics of child psychiatric disorders. The main body of the book guides the reader through the major disorders. The final chapters address child abuse and neglect, treatment approaches and prevention. References are provided to enable readers to locate more information on subjects they wish to pursue further. The book refers to the widely used systems of classifying psychiatric disorders the World Health Organisation's ICD-10 Classification of Mental and Behavioural Disorders and the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR) - and providesTrade Review"This present [7th] edition is succinct and clearly written... I recommend this text as a reference for medical students and residents in family medicine, pediatrics, and general psychiatry. It would also be a useful text on the shelf of a family doctor." Canadian Journal of Psychiatry Review comments on previous editions "Its strengths are the systematic coverage of all the major disorders in a fashion that can be easily read and understood." Journal of Paediatric Child Health "Thoroughly revised, well referenced and written in an easy flowing style, this is an excellent introduction to child psychiatry." Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology "A book does not reach a sixth edition unless it has proved itself a leader in its field, and Basic Child Psychiatry is certainly a first choice for many readers seeking an introduction to the topic." Nursing TimesTable of Contents1. Developmental Considerations. Learning about normal child development. Developmental stages. The development of self-esteem. Development in adulthood. Family development. Further reading. 2. Causes of Child Psychiatric Disorders. Genetic factors. Intra-uterine disease and injury. Brain disease and injury. Temperamental factors. Environmental factors. Multifactorial causation. 3. Classification of Child Psychiatric Disorders. The American Psychiatric Association’s scheme. The World Health Organization’s diagnostic scheme. Summary. 4. Epidemiology. A classic study. Subsequent studies. Summary. 5. Assessing Children and Their Families. Family interviews. Taking the history. The developmental history. Examining the child. The physical examination. Other sources of information. Psychological tests. Other tests and investigations. The formulation. 6. Conduct and Oppositional Disorders. Definition and classification. Prevalence. Causes. Description. Specific symptoms. Juvenile delinquency. Associated disorders. Treatment. Outcome. 7. Hyperkinetic and Attention-Deficit Disorders. Definitions and prevalence. Causes. Description. Assessment and treatment. Outcome. 8. Anxiety Disorders. Definition and classification. Prevalence. Causes. Clinical features. A word of warning. School refusal. Other neurotic disorders: Neurasthenia. Treatment. Outcome. 9. Mixed Disorders of Conduct and Emotions. Clinical features. Treatment. Outcome. 10. Major Affective Disorders, Suicide and Dysthymia. Classification. Depression in children and adolescents. Prevalence. Causes. Depression. Suicide, suicidal behaviour and deliberate self-harm. Mania and manic states. Bipolar disorders. Dysthymia. Cyclothymia. Treatment. Outcome. 11. Pervasive Developmental Disorders. Prevalence. Causes. Autism. Atypical autism. Asperger’s disorder. Rett’s syndrome or disorder. Childhood disintegrative disorder. Other pervasive developmental disorders. Non-verbal learning difficulties. Treatment. Other treatment possibilities. Outcome. 12. Specific Disorders of Development. Speech and language problems and communication disorders. Reading and spelling problems. Problems with mathematics. Developmental disorders of motor function. Mixed specific developmental disorders. 13. Schizophrenia and Other Psychoses of Childhood. Childhood onset schizophrenia. Outcome. Schizoaffective disorders. Acute and transient psychotic disorders and brief psychotic disorder. Toxic confusional and delirious states. 14. Enuresis and Encopresis. Enuresis. Encopresis. 15. Reactions to Stress. Adjustment disorders. Post-traumatic stress disorder. Acute stress reaction and acute stress disorder. 16. Other Psychiatric Syndromes. Personality disorders. Psychosexual problems. Other psychosexual problems. Tics and Tourette’s Syndrome. Stuttering. Elective mutism/selective mutism. The Kleine-Levin syndrome. Episodic dyscontrol syndrome/intermittent explosive disorder. Factitious illness by proxy. 17. Mind-Body Relationships. The influence of the body on the mind. The effects of the mind on the body. Psychosomatic considerations in child psychiatry. Asthma. Eating disorders. 18. Infant Psychiatry. Assessment. Disorders of infants and young children. Regulatory disorders. Sleep disorders. Feeding difficulties and failure to thrive. Depression. Aggressive behaviour disorders. Treatment in infant psychiatry. 19. Special Problems of Adolescence. Prevalence of psychiatric disorders in adolescence. Unresolved childhood disorders. Disorders related to puberty and adolescence. Adult-type disorders arising in adolescence. Suicidal behaviour in adolescence. Drug and alcohol abuse. Treatment approaches. Outcome. 20. Psychiatric Disorders in Mentally Retarded Children. The prevalence of psychiatric disorders in the mentally retarded. Clinical associations and causes of mental retardation. Types of mental retardation. Clinical management. Treatment approaches. Some other points about management. Outcome. 21. Child Abuse and Neglect. Background. Incidence. Causes. Other associations of abuse and neglect. Clinical considerations. The role of psychiatrists. Some points about managing abusive and neglectful families. Outcome. 22. Treatment Approaches. Treatment goals. Individual psychotherapy. Therapy and counseling with parents. Family therapy. Group therapy. Behaviour therapy. Pharmacotherapy. Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy. Day treatment. Inpatient and residential treatment. Educational measures. Speech and language therapy. Removal from parental care. Child psychiatric consultation and liaison. 23. Prevention. Variations in vulnerability. Primary prevention methods. Secondary prevention. Tertiary prevention. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThe first edition of this book, published in 1982, was a pioneer in the development of logical, yet simple, analytic tools for discussion of the risks which we all face. This new edition, revised, expanded, and illustrated in detail, should be of value both to professionals in the field and to those who wish to understand these vital issues.Trade ReviewThis book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of the methodology for assessing and managing risks. Based on well-developed lectures given for many years at the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis and written by both an academic and a practitioner in this rapidly evolving field, it contains clear explanations, excellent examples, and duality figures and tables...The best yet on this topic. -- S. A. Batterman * Choice *

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Book SynopsisWhat do we mean when we refer to our “identity,” and how do we represent it in the stories we tell about our lives? Is “identity” a sustained private core, or does it change as circumstances and relationships shift? Mishler explores these questions through analyses of in-depth interviews with five craftartists.Trade ReviewStorylines is as much a narrative of Elliot Mishler’s love affair with the crafts and his own craft as a researcher in narratives of identity, as it is a richly textured account of the creative forces in the lives of the five craft artists he interviewed. On the basis of these interviews…[he] concludes that life narratives are not factual histories of the past but rather constructions that can only emerge in the dialogic process of talking about one’s life trajectory and personal identity to a participant listener… Mishler’s celebration of the craft artist and non-alienated labor is eloquently moral and well worth the effort… Expect to be alternately enchanted, challenged, bewildered, sometimes even disoriented and finally enlightened. -- Louise J. Kaplan * American Craft *In this case, the researcher’s affinity with the artists’ lives is clear and, to my mind, makes the work on theory more readable and more credible because it emerges from Mishler’s own story…ultimately, readers can learn more about difference from a researcher like Mishler, who has carved from more than a decade’s research an unusual book that is both personal and professional in scope, philosophy, and evidence. -- Claire Badaracco * Journal of Communication *In the last two decades, there has been a significant shift in the study of persons and social life, away from counted-data methods to a focus on the life-story or narrative. Much of this shift has been a result of Elliot Mishler’s pioneering contributions. In this newest book, Mishler explores the meaning of the ‘hand-made’ for artisans devoting their lives to crafts, and in the process, enlarges both theory and method of human science study. This is truly a fascinating, sophisticated, and important study and one unique in showing the significance of taking seriously a reflexive and dialogic perspective in the study of identity. -- Bertram J. Cohler, University of ChicagoTable of ContentsPreface 1. Studying the Lives and Work of Craftartists: Identity and Narrative 2. Sources and Routes: Variable Pathways in Identity Formation 3. Contingencies and Turning Points: Discontinuities in the Life Course 4. Tensions and Contradictions: Revisiting Claims for Coherence in Life Stories 5. Identities in/as Relationships within the Family and at Work 6. Narrative Studies of Identity: A Forward Look Notes References

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Book SynopsisWritten by many of Nigeria’s leading HIV experts, this book explores the dynamics of the country’s epidemic, analyzes prevention efforts, identifies crucial gaps, and formulates effective strategies for controlling the epidemic. Complementing the experts' words are the dramatic portraits of people whose lives have been forever transformed by AIDS.Trade ReviewAn effective response to Nigeria's AIDS epidemic, with analysis of prevention efforts and strategies for controlling the disease, is presented by some of the country's leading health experts. Their scholarship is complemented with courageous stories of people whose lives have been transformed by AIDS. -- Sandra L. Jamison * Black Issues Book Review *An extremely rich source of information on the AIDS epidemic as it begins to ravage one of the most populous countries on the African continent...The voluminous AIDS in Nigeria: A Nation on the Threshold provides a comprehensive overview of a single country, examining the dynamics of the epidemic through an analysis of prevention efforts, and offering valuable information to researchers and policymakers...AIDS in Nigeria: A Nation on the Threshold is a treasure trove of information on the nature of an epidemic and how to deal with it in Nigeria...[It] should prove useful for both policymakers, politicians, academics, and the wider lay community. -- Ezekiel Kalipeni and Richard O. Djukpen * African Studies Review *

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a set of high-resolution color cross-sections of the human brain. Each image is accompanied by state-of-the-art MRI and CT scans of the same specimen. The more than two hundred detailed and fully annotated images in this atlas provide a complete body of reference to the gross anatomy of the brain.Table of ContentsPreface Materials and Methods Acknowledgments Cross-sectional Atlas of the Brain Envoi Index

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Book SynopsisVernon Mountcastle has devoted his career to studying the neurophysiology of sensation in the hand. In The Sensory Hand he provides an astonishingly comprehensive account of the neural underpinnings of the rich and complex tactile experiences evoked by stimulation of the hand.Trade ReviewWhat is so special about primate hands? Few, if any, are more qualified to answer this question than Vernon Mountcastle. He and his colleagues have been the leading students of somatic sensibility (‘somesthesis’) in primates for over half a century. In The Sensory Hand, he offers an overview of a lifetime of influential, and sometimes controversial, research. The massive treatise begins with a review of the evolution and structure of the human hand. Mountcastle then ventures forth on a journey from manual behavior to tactile receptors all the way to the cerebral cortex. Through sixteen lengthy chapters, he reviews each level of the somatosensory pathway in rich detail… Mountcastle does a masterful job integrating the basics of what we know about how sensory information travels from the hand to the highest regions of the brain. Although there are a few excellent books on the evolution of the hands and how we use them, this is the only sophisticated book on the neural basis of how the hand works. -- Charles G. Gross and Asif A. Ghazanfar * Science *This volume will certainly become a definitive reference on the mechanisms of sensory processing in the hand… [It] will be essential for experts on the hand or somatosensory processing, an interesting read for scientists focused on sensation more generally, and a useful reference for graduate and undergraduate students early in their career. -- David J. Pinto * Quarterly Review of Biology *Table of Contents1. Perception and the World of Somesthesis 2. The Evolution and Structure of the Hand 3. General Features of Somatic Afferent Systems 4. Sensory Innervation of the Primate Hand 5. Large-Fibered Peripheral Interface 6. Dorsal Systems and the Dorsal Column Nuclear Complex 7. Small-Fibered Peripheral Interface 8. Ascending Spinal Cord Systems of Intrinsic Origin 9. Dual Functions of the Dorsal Thalamus 10. Postcentral Somatic Sensory Areas in Primates 11. Dynamic Neural Operations in Somatic Sensibility 12. Dynamic Neural Operations the Sense of Flutter Vibration 13. Parietal Lateral System and Somatic Sensibility 14. Parietal Frontal Sensory Motor Transition 15. Adaptive Reorganizations of Central Somatic Sensory Networks 16. Haptic Sense As Substitute for Vision

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Book SynopsisRichmond and Fein recount the fraught history of health care in America since the 1960s. As a new crisis looms, and the existing patchwork of insurance is poised to unravel, American leaders must again take up the question of health care. This book brings the voice of reason and the promise of compromise to that debate.Trade ReviewIn this authoritative and thoughtful book you will find what we need to know if we are to do anything about health care in America. -- Daniel Schorr, Senior News Analyst, National Public Radio, and author of Don't Get Sick in America!From their vast experience as both policymakers and respected scholars, Richmond and Fein have produced an authoritative account of the circumstances that created our present predicament and, more important, a thoughtful roadmap for how we can extricate ourselves from the quagmire. Their message is both practical and hopeful: the future of health care in this country is not 'preordained' by past decisions but will emerge from the choices still to be made. Their abiding optimism is both refreshing and timely. -- Jordan J. Cohen, M.D., President, Association of American Medical CollegesThe book is a tour de force, a cogent, comprehensive and deeply informed review of the condition of the American health care system. Highly readable and carefully referenced, it is a guided tour over the very complex terrain of American health care, including the complexities and disparities that make its potential benefits unavailable to so many and so expensive to all. The authors' plan for universally available health care offers a basis for a renewed national debate around the ideal of equity and justice in our health care system. This wonderful book should be read by everyone interested in better health for the American population. -- Jeremiah A. Barondess, M.D., President, The New York Academy of MedicineTwo of the giants of American medicine, public policy, and health policy have combined to produce a masterpiece detailing how our healthcare system came to be what it is, and how we can take it to the next level--providing quality care and access for all. It is must reading for students of medicine, public health and health policy. -- David Satcher, 16th US Surgeon General and Assistant Secretary for HealthRashi Fein and Julius Richmond bring a wealth of knowledge, long practical experience, and a welcome historical perspective to this excellent volume on the many aspects and causes of the steadily worsening health care crisis facing the nation. It's a continuing outrage that in today's America, the best and the worst in health care have existed side-by-side for so long in countless communities across the country. In this extraordinary era of nearly miracle-a-day new medical breakthroughs to prevent, treat, and even cure disease, inaction is unacceptable in the face of vast numbers of Americans with no health insurance, soaring inflation in the cost of health care, huge profits for the health insurance and pharmaceutical industries, and the very real danger of terrorist attacks with biological weapons. Genuine health reform is more urgent than ever, and the impressive recommendations of Fein and Richmond give us timely and important ideas about the direction such reform should take. Other modern nations have met and mastered this challenge, and America can too. -- Senator Edward M. KennedyWe spend far more than any industrialized country on health care and get far less for it. How did we get here? Former surgeon general Richmond and medical economist Fein offer a judicious account...Bringing to this...important subject authoritative knowledge and insight, the authors slice through the intricacies like an experienced surgeon. * Publishers Weekly *What sets Julius Richmond and Rashi Fein's The Health Care Mess apart from the pack is its expanded perspective. Rather than approaching health as a purely political issue, they detail the evolution of the health-care industry, especially the research sector, teaching infrastructure, and hubs of care delivery. For them, health care is a story not merely of failed political machinations but of new medicines and more advanced treatments. As both were involved in government efforts to expand care during the 1960s and 70s, they're particularly strong when discussing the 'bumper crop' of transformative health legislation and failed efforts to achieve universal coverage during that period. -- Ezra Klein * American Prospect *Over the course of their distinguished careers, the authors have participated in innumerable debates on matters of health care policy, large and small. They are veterans of fights over covering the uninsured, physician training, mental health, and substance abuse, and over funding for research, patient care, and medical education. They have extensive experience with the behavior of federal and state agencies, academic medical centers, insurers, and bureaucrats and bureaucracies, along with deep knowledge of the varying ways in which the United States has financed and delivered health care services. This book distills these experiences into a sophisticated historical and institutional perspective on why our health care system looks the way it does...The book is worth reading for the authors' perspective on how we ended up where we are and on ways and means of getting somewhere else. -- David A. Hyman * New England Journal of Medicine *Table of ContentsForeword by Jimmy Carter Introduction Part I. The Early Years (1900-1965) 1. The Educational and Scientific Revolution: Higher Standards and Changing Priorities 2. The Consumer Revolution: Increasing Access to Medical Care Part II. In the Wake of Medicare and Medicaid (1965-1985) 3. Emerging Tensions between Regulation and Market Forces: Dealing with Growth 4. Education for the Health Professions: The Impact of Growth Part III. Moving to the Present (1985-2005) 5. The Entrepreneurial Revolution: A Changing Face for Medicine 6. Beyond the Dollars: Progress in Health and the Role of Public Health Part IV. Anticipating the Next Revolution (2005 and Beyond) 7. Medical Challenges and Opportunities 8. Increasing Equity: Achieving Universal Health Insurance Notes Index

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Book SynopsisCombining clinical experience with patients’ own stories, the authors cover the causes of and prognosis for SCI through case studies, review common courses of rehabilitation, and answer the “what now?” questions—from daily routines to larger issues concerning sex, education and employment, childbearing, and parenting with SCI.Trade ReviewIn 2006, it was estimated that approximately 11,000 Americans sustained traumatic spinal-cord injuries (SCI) each year; that number is much higher now with injured soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. Physiatrist Alpert has compiled a timely and basic guide for SCI patients and their families, covering a multitude of important issues from basic spine anatomy, how injuries occur, and the impact of the injury's location to the first days after an injury, the emotional turmoil of the patient and family, and adjusting to work or school. Relationship issues, including dating, sex, fertility and pregnancy, and parenting, are painted in reassuring terms. Children with spinal cord injuries garner a separate chapter, as do the medical complications and challenges of SCI. This excellent overview with an emphasis on the physical effects of SCI will be invaluable to a growing, currently underserved audience. -- Janet M. Schneider * Library Journal (starred review) *Offers practical advice on dealing with the emotional turmoil that patients and families face as they make adjustments for work, school, dating, pregnancy, parenting, and other life events. This book is an invaluable resource for anyone touched by spinal cord injury. -- L. N. Massengale * Choice *Table of Contents* Foreword by Cindy and Ted Purcell * Abbreviations * Introduction to Spinal Cord Injury * Early Days: The ER, Rehab, and Beyond * Adjusting to SCI: The Return Home * Back to Productivity: Work, School, and Play * Dating after SCI: Out and About * Sexual Function after SCI: The Next Challenge * Couples and Relationship Issues: Making It Work * Fertility and Pregnancy: The Possibilities * Parenting with SCI: Moms and Dads on Wheels * Children and Adolescents with SCI: The Next Generation * Medical Complications of SCI: Do's and Don'ts * Appendix: Spinal Cord Injury by the Numbers * Resources * Suggested Reading * Acknowledgments * Index

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Book SynopsisGuaranteeing that all are insured does not create a system with the quality of care patients want, the flexibility clinicians need, and the internal dynamics for continual improvement of health care value. Luft presents a comprehensive new proposal, SecureChoice, which does all that while providing affordable health insurance for every American.Trade ReviewHal Luft's book deserves and will surely command a wide audience. Concerned public officials as well as concerned citizens will want to consider his comprehensive and detailed approach to ensuring access to quality medical care while controlling costs. -- Rashi Fein, coauthor of The Health Care Mess: How We Got into It and What It Will Take to Get OutThis book has some marvelous and novel ideas about how to restructure our health care system. -- Ezekiel J. Emanuel, author of Healthcare, Guaranteed: A Simple, Secure Solution for AmericaAn innovative, stimulating, well-written prescription for health care reform. -- Victor R. Fuchs, author of Who Shall Live? Health, Economics, and Social ChoiceIn America, we pay more than any other country does for health care that has inconsistent quality, leaves millions uninsured, and wastes billions of dollars on unnecessary care and administration. In Total Cure, Hal Luft recognizes that changing the payment system must be the foundation for any real health reform. -- Peter V. Lee, Executive Director, National Health Policy, Pacific Business Group on HealthLuft has written a sober, thoughtful volume...It may also prove very influential. -- David Gratzer * Forbes *Economist Harold Luft presents a thought-provoking and original proposal in Total Cure...Now is the time to evaluate SecureChoice and other health care proposals. Swift action is crucial if policymakers are to take advantage of this defining moment to enact health care reforms. -- Marian E. Gornick * New England Journal of Medicine *Of the numerous discussions of health care reform, many are longer on diagnosis than on prescription. Total Cure: The Antidote to the Health Care Crisis is a notable exception to that tendency. After presenting a brief overview of the state of U.S. health care, it turns quickly to developing an innovative reform proposal, and it does so in considerably greater depth than most similar books...SecureChoice is an ingenious, carefully constructed proposal...Some readers not versed in health policy may find Total Cure: The Antidote to the Health Care Crisis challenging. It rewards the effort, however, by providing both an important new health care reform option and an illuminating tutorial on the issues at stake. -- Samuel Y. Sessions * Journal of the American Medical Association *Total Cure in whole or in part should definitely be included in the syllabus of a course that addresses what we might do to reform the U.S. health care system. And for those who want to be challenged to think about how they would restructure our health care system, Total Cure is a great read--it makes you think hard. -- Katherine Swartz * Inquiry *Are you sitting down? I have in hand a 318-page health care reform plan that could actually work. Really. Harold Luft's Total Cure is a calm, fearless leap across the abyss of health policy cynicism and the greatest of improbabilities: a comprehensive, detailed, and practical CTRL-ALT-DEL for the U.S. health care system...Luft's Total Cure is just what the policy doctors on Capitol Hill will need: a wise, postpartisan, durable shop manual for how to make health reform actually happen in our time. -- J. D. Kleinke * Health Affairs *Brilliant and badly underappreciated...Luft seems to recognize that advances in medical technology make the traditional approach to private health insurance less viable. Yet he also sees the value in promoting constructive competition. Part of the appeal of Luft's approach is that it is very open-ended: While [Universal Coverage Pool] coverage for big-ticket costs is mandatory, wraparound coverage is optional. His plan could be financed through something like our current system of tax incentives for employers, or we could finance it through taxes. And though fairly complex in its details, the basic outlines are simple and attractive: With the UCP in place, no one will ever go bankrupt due to illness; private insurers and providers will compete on the basic of cost and quality; and the health system will get better and cheaper over time. -- Reihan Salam * Forbes.com *Table of Contents* Preface * List of Tables and Figures * List of Abbreviations * Introduction * Build on What You've Got, but Recognize Real-World Constraints * Overview of a Restructured Health Care System * Covering the Cost of Care: Rethinking Health Insurance * Organizing Care and Paying Providers * Choices: Harnessing Data to Inform Decisions * Financing SecureChoice * Malpractice, Pharmaceuticals, Medical Education, and Prevention * How SecureChoice Would Work for Patients and Physicians * Getting There: Policy Choices, Implementation, and Transition * Notes * Glossary * Index

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Book SynopsisFemale and male brains are different, thanks to hormones coursing through the brain before birth. This title argues passionately that the analysis of gender differences deserves far more rigorous, biologically sophisticated science.Trade ReviewI'm the ideal test reader for Brain Storm. I've always had reservations about the sweeping claims that there are fundamental differences in the organization of male and female brains, caused by prenatal hormones. But the sheer number of published studies that seemed to give incontrovertible evidence led me to assume that the theory was sound. This elegantly written and fascinating book has changed my mind. Jordan-Young's comprehensive analysis of the array of conflicting results and methodological weaknesses shows that we have closed the book on this topic far too soon. Her warning is one that all scientists can agree with: Careful! -- Lisa Diamond, author of Sexual FluidityThis important and intellectually powerful book shows that a dominant paradigm in human sex differences is held together by chewing gum. By painstakingly examining a large and contradictory literature, Jordan-Young shows the weakness of the brain organization hypothesis. She has so much respect for the scientific method that she can hope that reason and integrity will help create a better, more empirically sound theory of sex differences, and she reaches out to scientists to offer a glimpse of a new psychobiology. -- Anne Fausto-Sterling, author of Myths of GenderThis is a book of remarkable depth that sets a new standard for clear scientific thinking about complex behavioral traits, as well as for interdisciplinary scholarship. Rebecca Jordan-Young charts a fresh new course through the morass of questions about gender and sexuality with enviable humor, fairness, and intellectual power. -- Evan Balaban, McGill UniversityBrain Storm poses the most comprehensive challenge yet to the claim that prenatal hormone exposure permanently structures the brain to be either masculine or feminine, and does so in a highly engaging, fair-minded narrative that is a delight to read. -- Stephen J. Ceci and Wendy M. Williams, Cornell UniversityJordan-Young has written a stunning book that demolishes most of the science associated with the dominant paradigm of the development of sex and gender identity, behavior, and orientation. The current paradigm, brain organization theory, proposes: "Because of early exposure to different sex hormones, males and females have different brains"; and these hormones also create "gay" and "straight" brains. Jordan-Young interviewed virtually every major researcher in the field and reviewed hundreds of published scientific papers. Her conclusion: "Brain organization theory is little more than an elaboration of longstanding folk tales about antagonistic male and female essences and how they connect to antagonistic male and female natures." She explains, in exquisite detail, the flaws in the underlying science, from experimental designs that make no statistical sense to "conceptually sloppy" definitions of male and female sexuality, contradictory results, and the social construction of normality. Her conclusion that the patterns we see are far more complicated than previously believed and due to a wider range of variables will shake up the research community and alter public perception. * Publishers Weekly (starred review) *A carefully researched volume that exposes the problems with the widely accepted idea that gender differences are created by certain hormones in the womb. -- Alex Spanko * Boston Globe *What Jordan-Young's analysis uncovered is by turns fascinating and appalling...This book is not only a tonic, it's also full of scientific insights presented in plain, intelligent prose--an absorbing read, if you've ever wondered what was going on in the secret parts of your attic. -- Sara Lippincott * Los Angeles Times *It was with appreciation verging on glee that I read Barnard professor Rebecca Jordan-Young's devastatingly smart and definitive critique: Brain Storm: The Flaws in the Science of Sex Differences. Jordan-Young argues that the science of prenatal hormones, gender, and the mind "better resembles a hodgepodge pile than a solid structure." And she knows of what she speaks. An expert on measures and study designs, Jordan-Young has spent the last 13 years combing the literature on brain organization, unpacking assumptions, questioning methods and statistical practices, holding one paper up against another. She stresses that fetal hormones must matter to the brain--somehow. But after picking apart more than 400 studies that try to understand the genesis of particular psychological sex differences (real or supposed), she concludes that fetal T looks like an awfully anemic explanation...After decades of determined research, if robust links between prenatal hormones and "male" or "female" minds really exist, shouldn't we see those links across lots of different kinds of studies? This matters because the obsession with prenatal T can easily become a distraction. It can make us forget how much gender norms have changed--think of all those female accountants, lawyers, and doctors who weren't around 50 or even 30 years ago--and how remarkably similar men's and women's brains and minds actually are. All this unwarranted hammering away at difference (and its putative explanations) causes real trouble, too. As a growing body of research shows, cues that foreground gender and bring stereotypes to mind can dampen men's performance on tests of social sensitivity, women's scores on math tests, and women's stated interest in quantitative pursuits. Jordan-Young has done an enormous amount of work to untangle the gender claims. We ought to read her, cite her, thank her. And then, let's move on. -- Amanda Schaffer * Slate *Jordan-Young ferret[s] out exaggerated, unreplicated claims and other silliness regarding research on sex differences. The book [is] strongest in exposing research conclusions that are closer to fiction than science. -- Diane F. Halpern * Science *Exhaustively analyses every relevant study on hormonal sex differentiation of the human brain, and argues that they are riddled with weaknesses, inconsistencies and ambiguity. It's a clarion call for better science on the subject. -- Madeleine Bunting * The Guardian *In her exhaustive survey of the literature, Jordan-Young discovers a hodge-podge of tiny samples, inadequate controls, conflicting data and extravagant conclusions...By meticulously revealing the flawed research behind brain organization theory, she opens the way to a non-hierarchical study of sex difference that will be both more fruitful for science and less damaging for society. -- Hilary Rose and Steven Rose * London Review of Books *Jordan-Young's detailed and exhaustive critique of brain organization research is quite welcome. -- Vernon Rosario * Gay and Lesbian Review *

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Book SynopsisHealth and Human Rights: Basic International Documents assembles in one book the basic instruments of international law and policy that express the values of human rights for advancing health. Topics include ethics; biotechnology; right to health; freedom from torture; women and reproductive health; children; right to a clean environment; and more.

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Book SynopsisAlthough cerebral dominance was discovered in the 1860s, almost nothing was known for many years about its biological foundations, the study of which has undergone a revolution in the past decade and a half. Geschwind and Galaburda have assembled a distinguished group of investigators, each a pioneer in some aspect of the biology of dominance.Trade ReviewWell written, conveys a wealth of information in a few hundred pages, and is obviously stimulating. It provides a new perspective for ophthalmic and neurophthalmic investigators and, like any truly new perspective, it comes from an unexpected direction. Geschwind…has left us a rich legacy of which this book is only a part. -- Simmons J. Lessell * Archives of Opthalmology *Clearly written and engaging accounts of state-of-the-art research on relatively precise topics… The result is a stimulating insight into the current status and possible future potential of a burgeoning area of neuroscience. -- J. Graham Beaumont * Biological Psychology *This book is exacting. It requires to be read, not skimmed. The text is conceptually stimulating… Geschwind was undoubtedly one of the most scholarly and creative behavioural neurologists of our epoch. Above all, he was a catalyst. This book should trigger further conceptual and technical advances in the field. -- Freda Newcombe * Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology *Filled with contributions from investigators working at the forefront of knowledge… The chapters are well-written, integrative, state-of-the-art reports. -- Sally P. Springer * Quarterly Review of Biology *This is an exciting collection…that presents a sizeable quantity of background information for this relatively new field of biological investigation… As a guidebook and reference source for future research, this volume may prove invaluable. -- D. Frank Benson * Trends in Neurosciences *Table of Contents1. Historical Introduction Norman Geschwind Part One Brain Asymmetry in Humans 2. Anatomical Asymmetries Albert M. Galaburda 3. Radiological, Developmental, and Fossil Asymmetries Marjorie LeMay 4. A Dendritic Correlate of Human Speech Arnold B. Scheibel 5. Brain Electrical Activity Mapping Frank H. Duffy, Gloria B. McAnulty, and Steven C. Schachter 6. Asymmetrical Lesions in Dyslexia Thomas L. Kemper Part Two Brain Asymmetry in Other Species 7. Learning, Forgetting, and Brain Repair Fernando Nottebohm 8. Behavioral Asymmetry Victor H. Denenberg 9. Age, Sex, and Environmental Influences Marian Cleeves Diamond 10 Functional and Neurochemical Asymmetries Stanley D. Glick and Raymond M. Shapiro 11 Lateralization of Neuroendocrine Control Ida Gerendai 12 Experimental Modification of Gyral Patterns Patricia S. Goldman-Rakic and Pasko Rakic Part Three Biological Associations of Laterality 13 Twinning, Handedness, and the Biology of Symmetry Charles E. Boklage 14 Laterality, Hormones, and Immunity Norman Geschwind and Peter O. Behan Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisGenerated by the use of fossil energy, respirable-sized particles pose a major threat to our environment and health. In this book the hypothesis that fossil fuels are the primary culprit is examined in detail, including the nature, generation, and transport of particulate air pollution.Trade ReviewThis edited volume on the health effects of air contaminants reflects the combined wisdom of twelve prominent academics...For those involved in air quality research or management, or for those teaching air quality measurement in the classroom, this is an essential book...It is a good high-level textbook, inexpensive and well-presented. -- Dona Schneider * The Environmentalist [UK] *Provides the best scientific attempt to estimate the level of fine particle exposure indoors, based on their outdoor concentration. However, these authors agree that fixed monitoring stations are poor surrogates for exposure to people...[Particles in Our Air] must be considered one of the clearest descriptions of scientific aspects of particles in air. Although the authors represent a specific scientific point of view, they are clearly leaders in their respective fields. This book is highly recommended. -- A. Alan Moghissi, Editor-in-Chief * Environment International *By controlling emissions and by dispensing pollutants, we have reduced their concentration. However, expanding population and energy demands have ensured that air pollution remains one of the most important environmental challenges faced by mankind. Drs. Spengler and Wilson have performed a unique service by bringing together in a most coherent way the thoughts of the most prominent researchers in this field. It gives context to today's concerns as we worry about "how far to go?" for particulate matter, ozone, SOx, NOx, VOCs and more. It's a must read not only for practitioners, regulators, the regulated and legislators, but for "students" of all inclinations who want to learn more about this fascinating field. -- The Honorable Don Ritter, Chairman, National Environmental Policy Institute, Former CongressmanLong before the publication of this invaluable volume, Richard Wilson and John Spengler were among the leaders in drawing constructive worldwide attention to the health effects of minute airborne particles. This volume confirms my earlier view that we have no better teachers on this crucial issue. They have produced a timely, compelling and lucid treatment of a public-health challenge that urgently merits everyone's attention. -- Ralph Cavanagh, Energy Program Director for the Natural Resources, Defense Council, and Visiting Professor, Stanford Law SchoolWritten by the leading scholars, this book is a masterful summary of the scientific literature on the health effects of air pollution. It explores what is known, what is controversial, and the scientific basis for the health effects, including lessons from animal and clinical studies. The book begins and ends with the public policy issues, building the case for more stringent control of air pollutants. -- Professor Lester Lave, Carnegie Mellon UniversityParticles in Our Air provides a timely and authoritative discussion of what is potentially the most serious pollution problem confronting us at the close of the twentieth century. The book discusses in detail the types, source, characterization, and measurement of airborne particles, the evidence linking such particles to the causation of various diseases, and the implications of data suggesting that existing concentrations of the particles may cause up to 60,000 deaths per year in the U.S. In view of the growing national and international concern about the impacts of airborne particles on human health, this volume should be of interest to a wide readership and should constitute an invaluable source book for health professionals, environmentalists, and others working in the field. -- Dr. Arthur C. Upton, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Center, Formerly Director, National Cancer Institute

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Book SynopsisThis book examines the effects of stress on children and parents and explores strategies for coping. The authors view the family as a dynamic system whose health is vitally related to internal relationships and interactions with other social networks. Stress in this context can be a positive or a negative influence on family health.Trade ReviewThrough poignant case histories, reviews of research, and policy analyses, the book demonstrates how support from all systems—educational, health care, and governmental—is vital to families… The strength of this book lies in its discussion of social policy, its well-defined approach to problems, and its delineation of successful factors in programs that have provided support for families and children. It is an invaluable resource for physicians, therapists, educators, and social workers interested in policy changes to help families. * New England Journal of Medicine *Offers a multidimensional survey of ways in which individual and family units cope with stress. The fifteen essays…present fresh slants on such subjects as single mothers, family life and corporate policies, teenage pregnancy, and education of families for parenting. Although targeted for therapists and specialists in family service agencies, this is also a helpful resource for laypersons interested in the changing status of families. * Cultural Information Service *This book examines the impact of stress on the family and offers a new perspective on methods of coping… In Support of Families lives up to its title and is highly recommended for all professionals who work with individuals as well as with families. The family systems model provides a clear and pragmatic focus, and it is refreshing to see the strengths and resiliencies in families emphasized. * Hospital and Community Psychiatry *This readable and significant book should be of wide appeal to mental health professionals; one hopes that its message will also reach policy makers. * Readings *This timely and integrated anthology of papers from the field gives a humanistic and scholarly approach to the subject… Sensitive and insightful. * Yale Scientific *Recommended as an excellent sourcebook for those interested in long-term coping strategies. -- J. S. McCrary * Choice *Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Family, Stressed yet Protected Michael Y. Yogman and T. Berry Brazelton I. Theoretical Overview: Stress and Coping in the Family System 1. Family Systems: Understanding the Family through Its Response to Chronic Illness David Reiss 2. Stress on and in the Family Jerome Kagan 3. A Developmental Perspective on Psychosocial Stress in Childhood Felton Earls II. Forces Within the Family: New Roles 4. Fathers: An Intrafamilial Perspective Ross D. Parke 5. Single Mothers and Joint Custody: Common Ground Richard N. Atkins III. Forces Outside the Family: Work and Family Life 6. Working It Out: Effects of Work on Parents and Children Ann C. Crouter and Maureen Perry-Jenkins 7. Family Life and Corporate Policies Ellen Galinsky 8. Utilitarianism in the Regulation of Corporate and Family Life Abraham Zaleznik 9. Supplemental Care for Young Children Gwen C. Morgan IV. Special Stresses 10. Family Adaptation to Divorce Kathleen A. Camara 11. The Family and Chronic Illness in Children John M. Leventhal and Barbara F. Sabbeth 12. Teenage Pregnancy Lorraine V. Klerman V. Policy Implications 13. Education of Families for Parenting Bettye M. Caldwell 14. The Social-Policy Context for Families Today Lisbeth B. Schorr, C. Arden Miller, and Amy Fine References Acknowledgments Index

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Book SynopsisThis book examines the effects of stress on children and parents and explores strategies for coping. The authors view the family as a dynamic system whose health is vitally related to internal relationships and interactions with other social networks. Stress in this context can be a positive or a negative influence on family health.Trade ReviewThrough poignant case histories, reviews of research, and policy analyses, the book demonstrates how support from all systems—educational, health care, and governmental—is vital to families… The strength of this book lies in its discussion of social policy, its well-defined approach to problems, and its delineation of successful factors in programs that have provided support for families and children. It is an invaluable resource for physicians, therapists, educators, and social workers interested in policy changes to help families. * New England Journal of Medicine *Offers a multidimensional survey of ways in which individual and family units cope with stress. The fifteen essays…present fresh slants on such subjects as single mothers, family life and corporate policies, teenage pregnancy, and education of families for parenting. Although targeted for therapists and specialists in family service agencies, this is also a helpful resource for laypersons interested in the changing status of families. * Cultural Information Service *This book examines the impact of stress on the family and offers a new perspective on methods of coping… In Support of Families lives up to its title and is highly recommended for all professionals who work with individuals as well as with families. The family systems model provides a clear and pragmatic focus, and it is refreshing to see the strengths and resiliencies in families emphasized. * Hospital and Community Psychiatry *This readable and significant book should be of wide appeal to mental health professionals; one hopes that its message will also reach policy makers. * Readings *This timely and integrated anthology of papers from the field gives a humanistic and scholarly approach to the subject… Sensitive and insightful. * Yale Scientific *Recommended as an excellent sourcebook for those interested in long-term coping strategies. -- J. S. McCrary * Choice *Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Family, Stressed yet Protected Michael Y. Yogman and T. Berry Brazelton I. Theoretical Overview: Stress and Coping in the Family System 1. Family Systems: Understanding the Family through Its Response to Chronic Illness David Reiss 2. Stress on and in the Family Jerome Kagan 3. A Developmental Perspective on Psychosocial Stress in Childhood Felton Earls II. Forces Within the Family: New Roles 4. Fathers: An Intrafamilial Perspective Ross D. Parke 5. Single Mothers and Joint Custody: Common Ground Richard N. Atkins III. Forces Outside the Family: Work and Family Life 6. Working It Out: Effects of Work on Parents and Children Ann C. Crouter and Maureen Perry-Jenkins 7. Family Life and Corporate Policies Ellen Galinsky 8. Utilitarianism in the Regulation of Corporate and Family Life Abraham Zaleznik 9. Supplemental Care for Young Children Gwen C. Morgan IV. Special Stresses 10. Family Adaptation to Divorce Kathleen A. Camara 11. The Family and Chronic Illness in Children John M. Leventhal and Barbara F. Sabbeth 12. Teenage Pregnancy Lorraine V. Klerman V. Policy Implications 13. Education of Families for Parenting Bettye M. Caldwell 14. The Social-Policy Context for Families Today Lisbeth B. Schorr, C. Arden Miller, and Amy Fine References Acknowledgments Index

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Book SynopsisMiriam Laugesen goes to the heart of U.S. medical pricing: to a largely unknown committee of organizations affiliated with the American Medical Association. Medicare’s ready acceptance of this committee’s advisory recommendations sets off a chain reaction across the American health care system, leading to high—and disproportionate—rate setting.Trade ReviewIn Fixing Medical Prices: How Physicians Are Paid, Miriam Laugesen opens the ‘black box’ of policy choices embedded in the nation’s health financing system. Her thorough analysis of physician pricing exposes how seemingly technical decisions on physician prices are actually highly political—riddled with conflicts of interest and largely immune from public accountability. Policymakers and the public owe Miriam Laugesen a debt of gratitude for shining a light on fundamental policy flaws. We now have no excuse for failing to correct them. -- Judith Feder, Georgetown UniversityOur medical prices are too high. Moreover, these prices are grossly misaligned with what Americans really need. Warped prices reflect the arcane political economy of our $3 trillion medical system. In this beautiful book, Miriam Laugesen combines the rigor of political science with the granular knowledge of health services research to illuminate these pathologies. Most importantly, she provides a road map to do better. This is an important book. -- Harold Pollack, University of ChicagoCombining interviews, thoughtful historical perspective, and statistical analysis, Miriam Laugesen offers the best study yet on the politics of physician payment in the United States. A weak administrative apparatus in Washington makes the power of the House of Medicine all the more formidable. The results of that process—including the power of specialty doctors and the weakness of primary care providers—should interest and trouble us all. -- Daniel Carpenter, Harvard UniversityWill people still care about these issues for the next four years? I hope so, because this is the best book I know of on Medicare pricing and its influence on pricing throughout the broader U.S. health care system. -- Tyler Cowen * Marginal Revolution *In Fixing Medical Prices, Miriam Laugesen takes a deep dive into the weeds of U.S. medical pricing policy to uncover problems with how Medicare sets physician payments. -- Kathleen M. Haddad * Health Affairs *Fixing Medical Prices is a superb book on a subject—how Medicare determines what it pays physicians—that is both exceedingly complex and arcane, yet also critically important in terms of impacting the structure of health care finance, organization and delivery…The book should be required reading for health policy scholars, medical students, medical historians, and anyone interested in how money—in the form of Medicare payment policy—shapes U.S. health care. -- Rick Mayes * Bulletin of the History of Medicine *

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Book SynopsisÉlisabeth Roudinesco's bold reinterpretation of Sigmund Freud is a biography for the twenty-first centurya sympathetic yet impartial appraisal of a genius admired but misunderstood in his time and ours. Alert to tensions in his character and thought, she views Freud less as a scientific thinker than as an interpreter of civilization and culture.Trade ReviewDo we think we know all there is to know about Freud? Not even close. Élisabeth Roudinesco’s book is full of fresh facts about Freud’s life and potent interpretation of his work. A sparkling and highly original intellectual biography. -- Mark Edmundson, author of The Death of Sigmund Freud: The Legacy of His Last DaysThrough seamlessly and eloquently weaving together details from Freud’s time and our own, [Roudinesco] provides a refreshingly new and welcome account—warts and all. -- Janet Sayers * Times Higher Education *[Roudinesco] provides an insightful, balanced, and sympathetic portrait of Freud. As she assesses Freud’s revolutionary ideas about rationality, sexuality, and the unconscious, Roudinesco demonstrates that Freud was less a scientific thinker who uncovered universal truths than a product of his time: a genius, to be sure, but very much a bourgeois shaped by society, family, and politics in the late 19th century…Her critique has an especially persuasive force because it is grounded not only in an analysis of Freud’s books, diaries, and letters but from accounts of his sessions with patients. -- Glenn C. Altschuler * Psychology Today *What makes Freud: In His Time And Ours…such a captivating read, is the author’s ability to explain what are often complex, deeply-layered, and dark taboo subjects, into a language that is easily understood…[A] brilliant biography. -- J. P. O’Mallery * Irish Examiner *Élisabeth Roudinesco’s new biography, Freud: In His Time and Ours, is a welcome reminder of Freud’s considerable influence on 20th-century intellectual life. More important, she puts center stage Freud’s complex brand of rationalism and the full scope of his achievements, which went far beyond offering a cure for individuals. In particular, Roudinesco captures Freud’s recognition of the insurmountable ways in which our irrational desires and longings shape who we are and how we act. This correction is needed not only to give us a more accurate sense of Freud’s innovations, but also to contrast it against today’s more complacent assumptions about human rationality. Despite what economists and psychologists and political scientists insist, the rational self is not always master in its own house—whether in individual life or in collective experience…Roudinesco recounts Freud’s life and the development of his thought with great flair. -- Samuel Moyn * The Nation *Freud, a pioneer in creative biography, meets his analyst, a woman who illuminates modern psychology and social evolution for general audiences. This is perhaps the most important Freud biography since that of Jones, and a welcome corrective. -- E. James Lieberman * Library Journal (starred review) *A new standard…[A] masterful achievement…It has the…tangible mix of insouciance, scholarly thoroughness and psychoanalytic acumen, and it demonstrates Roudinesco’s critical and philosophical talent. The book’s strength is not so much in providing new material, although it does supply intriguing details about Freud’s patients and his relationships with family, friends, opponents and disciples. Rather, Roudinesco offers us a rereading of Freud that makes sense of him in relation to his emergence in the Jewish Vienna of the second half of the 19th century, and to the ‘old Europe’ to which he was so attached until it crumbled in the 20th. -- Stephen Frosh * Jewish Chronicle *[A] compelling biography…Forget the science: Roudinesco presents a brilliant cultural commentator, a man who married Romanticism and science in a way attractive to the belle époque. In fact, the biographer anchors Freud to his time and place in a way he himself—for all his focus on ‘civilization and its discontents’—never managed. -- Brian Bethune * Maclean’s *This is a book which eschews simple answers and is thus a significant milestone in our understanding of Freud… Roudinesco’s work is both comprehensive and subtle… In reclaiming [Freud] as ‘the master interpreter of civilization and culture,’ she has provided an invaluable service. -- Stuart Kelly * Scotland on Sunday *A revealing portrait of a cultural revolutionary. -- Bryce Christensen * Booklist (starred review) *A balanced account of one of the most exceptional and daring thinkers and writers to emerge in the modernist era. -- J.P. O’Malley * Irish Times *

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Book SynopsisPopulation Policies Reconsidered brings together a rare combination of scholars, feminists, social activists, and policy-makers across many disciplines to critically reexamine the scientific foundation of contemporary population policies, exploring dilemmas from the perspective of ethics, women's empowerment and health, and human rights.

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Book SynopsisThis volume brings together feminist social and biomedical scholars from the Southern and Northern hemispheres to examine the aggregate forces that affect reproductive choice.Trade ReviewMany of these writers discuss phenomena that, if taken seriously by demographers, would have important influence in their approach to research and policy… They raise the issue of whether women really have choice in reproductive decisions or in family planning method given existing social, especially gender, inequalities and the hegemony of the population control movement. -- Nancy E. Riley * Signs *

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