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Book SynopsisThe Psychology Industry Under a Microscope! explores why psychology treatment efficacy rates are so poor, why psychological testing is unreliable, and why diagnosis is uncertain. He also explores the weaknesses inherent in 115 APA accredited doctoral programs and what changes may help improve the effectiveness of the psychology clinician. He introduces a cognitive/behavioral diagnostic system that is far more cohesive and sensible than the piecemeal and confusing system currently in place. This book introduces an easy to understand and innovative visual model that integrates all of clinical psychology and far surpasses any previous attempts at developing models. The author also challenges the recent resurgence of the disease model for diagnosis as well as the politics and economics that lie behind its current popularity. The reader may feel challenged by this book but will find it difficult to refute its content. This thought-provoking book is essential for any clinician or teacher.Trade ReviewI was not the same after reading this book. It convinced me of the need for change and reform in my profession as a clinical psychologist. This book will dispel much of the diet of myths mental health professionals are fed in their training. Dr. Stein not only offers new concepts and ideas, but an entirely new Zeitgeist that I believe can lead psychology in a far more fruitful direction. -- Robert Foltz, Psy.D.Dr. Stein in this and his other writing has taught me that much of the assumptions in the psychology business are erroneous and mythical. He is one of the clearest thinkers that I have ever been blessed to meet. This book goes farther and deeper than he has ever gone before. -- DuBose Ravenel, M.D.I have learned so much from Dr. Stein in his previous writings that I now incorporate into my clinical practice, my teaching, and my writings. This book shook me to my core and after reading it, I can never go back. The reader will never be the same after this book. . . . This is a must read for all mental health professionals. -- Dathan Paterno, Ph.D.

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Book SynopsisThe Psychology Industry Under a Microscope! explores why psychology treatment efficacy rates are so poor, why psychological testing is unreliable, and why diagnosis is uncertain. This thought-provoking book is essential for any clinician or teacher.Trade ReviewI was not the same after reading this book. It convinced me of the need for change and reform in my profession as a clinical psychologist. This book will dispel much of the diet of myths mental health professionals are fed in their training. Dr. Stein not only offers new concepts and ideas, but an entirely new Zeitgeist that I believe can lead psychology in a far more fruitful direction. -- Robert Foltz, Psy.D.Dr. Stein in this and his other writing has taught me that much of the assumptions in the psychology business are erroneous and mythical. He is one of the clearest thinkers that I have ever been blessed to meet. This book goes farther and deeper than he has ever gone before. -- DuBose Ravenel, M.D.I have learned so much from Dr. Stein in his previous writings that I now incorporate into my clinical practice, my teaching, and my writings. This book shook me to my core and after reading it, I can never go back. The reader will never be the same after this book. . . . This is a must read for all mental health professionals. -- Dathan Paterno, Ph.D.

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Book SynopsisThis book is designed to give students and researchers the confidence to understand, assess, treat, and research test anxiety. Marty Sapp presents the various cognitive and behavioral theories of test anxiety along with instruments for measuring test anxiety.Trade ReviewPraise for the Second Edition The book is incredibly well-written . . . the author communicates in a strikingly clear, straightforward, and importantly, concise manner . . . a valuable handbook of tools and information that will facilitate the research process. * Apa Review Of Books *Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Part 1: Applied Research Chapter 1: Variables Employed in Test Anxiety Research Chapter 2: Internal Validity Chapter 3: Difficulties that Occur with Test Anxiety Research Chapter 4: Common Research Designs Chapter 5: Measures of Central Tendency and Measures of Variability Part II: Measurement Issues Chapter 6: Measurement Issues Chapter 7: Introduction to Structural Equation Modeling Using EQS Part III: Assessment Chapter 8: Assessment Part IV: Treatment Interventions Chapter 9: Treatment Interventions Index

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Book SynopsisThis book is the third in a trilogy of books on introductory psychology. It emphasizes the application of psychological principles for the improvement of individual and group behaviors. The two principles of greatest relevance are the Law of Effect and the Principle of Human Agency. The universally-accepted Law of Effect states that rewarded behaviors tend to be repeated, whereas unrewarded or punished behaviors are not likely to be repeated. The controversial Principle of Human Agency states that individuals can make voluntary choices of behaviors that may, or may not, be successful in achieving their goals in life. If this second principle is true, the behaviors of individuals are not totally determined by the personal heredity of the individuals or by their environmental rewards or punishments. Applied Psychology for Servant Religion discusses problem solving, interpretation of test results, and ways to improve individual and social behaviors.Table of ContentsBiblical Message List of Figures List of Tables Preface Acknowledgements Chapter 1: A Most Useful Psychology Chapter 2: Problem Solving Chapter 3: Interpreting Tests Chapter 4: Improving Individual Behaviors Chapter 5: Improving Society References Glossary Subject Index Author Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisThis book is a comprehensive reference on both the structure and content of the clinical interview, and its authors present the strategies and fundamental knowledge required to conduct the clinical interview with different kinds of patients and for specific psychopathologies.Trade ReviewThis is definitely a textbook that can be used to advantage by clinical educators in graduate programs in nursing, social work, psychology, and other helping professions....Clinical and Diagnostic Interviewing makes a good addition to the library of anyone who engages in clinical supervision and training in a variety of practive settings. * Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic: A Journal for the Mental Health Professions, Spring 2008 *Psychotherapy is both an art and a science and if, in practice, therapists incline to one or the other, students need to learn both. The second edition of Clinical and Diagnostic Interviewing is an attempt to ensure that they do. Part textbook, andpart reference, it provides both a general introduction to the clinical interview and an account of how different theoretical traditions approach it. Broad in scope and comprehensive in its review of the literature, it accommodates the taxonomy of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, is inclusive of structured and more phenomenological approaches to the interview and is sensitive to how the interview must be adapted to specific populations, diagnoses, and settings. As such, itbalances the soulful with the practical and serves the reader well. Students will be forced to consider the multiple factors affecting a clinical interview and the complex balance that a therapist must achieve among theory, skill, diagnosis, patient need, and setting. Graduate students should therefore find it a helpful introduction to the process of clinical interviewing and the multiple ways in which it can be undertaken, and in some instances they will benefit from its review of the literature and d * PsycCRITIQUES *Psychotherapy is both an art and a science and if, in practice, therapists incline to one or the other, students need to learn both. The second edition of Clinical and Diagnostic Interviewing is an attempt to ensure that they do. Part textbook, and part reference, it provides both a general introduction to the clinical interview and an account of how different theoretical traditions approach it. Broad in scope and comprehensive in its review of the literature, it accommodates the taxonomy of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, is inclusive of structured and more phenomenological approaches to the interview and is sensitive to how the interview must be adapted to specific populations, diagnoses, and settings. As such, it balances the soulful with the practical and serves the reader well. Students will be forced to consider the multiple factors affecting a clinical interview and the complex balance that a therapist must achieve among theory, skill, diagnosis, patient need, and setting. Graduate students should therefore find it a helpful introduction to the process of clinical interviewing and the multiple ways in which it can be undertaken, and in some instances they will benefit from its review of the literature and description of various protocols as they set out on their own research. * PsycCRITIQUES *Table of ContentsChapter 1 Teaching Clinical and Diagnostic Interviewing Chapter 2 The Clinical Process of Interviewing Chapter 3 Phenomenological Orientation to the Interview Chapter 4 Psychoanalytic Interviewing Chapter 5 The Behavioral Interview Chapter 6 The Existential/Humanistic Interview Chapter 7 The Family Therapy Interview Chapter 8 Anxiety Disorders Chapter 9 Substance Abuse Chapter 10 Alcoholism Chapter 11 Motivational Interviewing Chapter 12 Anorexia and Bulimia Chapter 13 Personality Disorders Chapter 14 Severely Mentally Ill Chapter 15 Diagnostic Assessment of Children Chapter 16 Clinical Interviews with Adolescents Chapter 17 Child and Adolescent Abuse Chapter 18 The Mental Status Examination Chapter 19 Suicide Assessment Chapter 20 Interviewing in Medical Settings Chapter 21 The Forensic Interview

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Book SynopsisThis book, a veritable road map for DSM-IV explains the technical language and hierarchical classifications of DSM-IV while demonstrating how the system can be adapted to a clinical approach.Trade ReviewThis book will be welcomed by many with both gratitude and relief: an engaging, thoughtful, moral, and humanistically responsible guide to the DSM-IV. This erudite and thoroughly readable work should be used generously as an indispensable and required text for psychopathology courses in all training institutions for mental health professionals. The explicit focus on issues of diversity in culture, gender, ethnicity, and sexual orientation is not only laudable for its presence, but for its clarity of exposition. -- Theodore J. Ellenhorn, Ph.D, Antioch New England Graduate SchoolLaBruzza and Méndez-Villarrubia have written a highly readable companion book to DSM-IV. The unique chapter dealing with mental illness in Hispanic cultures is particularly informative. This volume will be very useful for a wide range of mental health professionals. -- Malcolm B. Bowers, Jr., M.D., Yale University School of MedicineDr. LaBruzza goes beyond making DSM-IV user friendly. He brings a descriptive manual to life by placing it in the context of the broad scope of Western thought about the form and nature of mental illness. -- Peter Kramer, M.D., author of Listening to ProzacA real lodestar for mental health professionals that explains the whys, wheres, and whens of our latest diagnostic bible and its development. This book, less than half the size of the DSM-IV, is a gem of information and erudition that should be within reach of any colleague involved in patient evaluation. -- Stephen Fleck, M.D., Yale University School of Medicine

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Book SynopsisMany people seek treatment for life problems without knowing that the real problem is an addiction. If the patient does not report an addiction as part of the presenting problem, it is likely to remain unrecognized. This book addresses how to recognize and assess for undisclosed addictions in the context of health and mental health care settings.Trade ReviewThis book is as academic as a serious textbook needs to be but it is also very readable, practical and persuasive. Psychotherapists reading this book are sure to realize that addressing addictions is certainly their role and that they have many of the skills that addiction specialists use to loosen or eradicate addictive behaviours. Marilyn Freimuth provides much of the additional information that is needed to uncover these behaviours, to screen for abuse and dependence and to expand the psychotherapeutic process to deal with them.The book should move a pre-contemplative psychotherapist through contemplation to action with just one bound; but why only psychotherapists? This book should have a wider readership. Uncovering and dealing with hidden addictions would improve the practice of most health professionals and social workers. * Addiction *This book provides a much-needed resource for psychotherapists and other clinicians who have not had extensive exposure to assessment and treatment of addictions. Marilyn Freimuth has done a wonderful job of compiling a large amount of relevant information into a comprehensive and manageable volume. Overall, this book is an excellent educational resource that is worthy of inclusion in any clinician's library. Kudos to Freimuth for a job well done. * PsycCRITIQUES *This book is the optimal reference for both practicing professionals and postgraduate students in the mental health field. Although it is not an easy task to provide coverage and depth at the same time, Freimuth has done a good job. She has provided a reader-friendly reference book for helping professionals to assess and benefit their clients. Postgraduate students, too, will find the book very useful, particularly the summaries at the conclusion of each chapter. For researchers and scholars, this book serves as an academic refresher—an impetus to reformulate our research agenda. This is because the author has re-conceptualized the construct of addiction in a new and very productive context. The publication of this book will call attention to the roots of the problem of addictions, not just the manifestations of it.. * British Journal of Social Work *Freimuth helps health-related professionals of various orientations understand how to asses for and recognize addictive behaviors and their consequences in patients who come in for different reasons. * Scitech Book News *This book provides a wealth of information to help therapists and other health professionals recognize and assess for possible 'hidden addictions' among their patients and clients. Even when patients seek treatment for other problems, many have co-occurring problems with alcohol, other substances, or 'process addictions' such as excessive shopping, gambling, or cybersex. Therapists will benefit from the author's description of multiple assessment strategies designed to uncover addictive behavior patterns that will facilitate treatment planning. I highly recommend this valuable resource for all therapists and clinical students in training. -- G. Alan Marlatt, PhD, Addictive Behaviors Research Center, University of WashingtonMarilyn Freimuth has written a book that is edifying, illuminating, and immensely practical. It is also a must for every psychotherapist's desk. Dr. Freimuth provides a valuable source of information for helping clinicians sort through the confusion that the typical substance abuser, addict, and alcoholic brings to the therapeutic encounter. Not only does this text help dispel the misinformation about addiction that often contributes to both the misdiagnosis and poor clinical management of the addicted individual, this book also provides many pragmatic hands-on methods for helping the addicted patient recognize and accept their diagnosis. -- Philip Flores, PhDThis book is the optimal reference for both practicing professionals and postgraduate students in the mental health field. Although it is not an easy task to provide coverage and depth at the same time, Freimuth has done a good job. She has provided a reader-friendly reference book for helping professionals to assess and benefit their clients. Postgraduate students, too, will find the book very useful, particularly the summaries at the conclusion of each chapter. For researchers and scholars, this book serves as an academic refresher—an impetus to reformulate our research agenda. This is because the author has re-conceptualized the construct of addiction in a new and very productive context. The publication of this book will call attention to the roots of the problem of addictions, not just the manifestations of it. * British Journal of Social Work *Graduate students learning the mysteries of addicition will find this mateiral illuminating and clinically useful and experienced therapists will welcome this refocusing of therapeutic emphasis in dealing with a broader range of seemingly nonaddicted but potentiallly addictive patients. -- W. W. Meissner, SJ M.D. * Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic: A Journal for the Mental Health Professions, Vol. 71, No. 4 (Fall 2007) *Table of ContentsChapter 1 What qualifies as an Addiction Chapter 2 Lessons Learned From a Brief History of Addiction Treatment Chapter 3 The Need For Addiction Assessment in Health Care Settings Chapter 4 Impediments to Accurate Addiction Assessment Chapter 5 Standardized Approaches to Substance Based Addictions Assessment Chapter 6 Assessment of Process Addictions Chapter 7 Clinical Interview Based Approaches to Assessment Chapter 8 Addiction Assessment with Diverse Populations Chapter 9 The Nature of the Addiction: A Further Source of Camouflage Chapter 10 Transforming the Assessment Process into Treatment Chapter 11 Assessing Hidden Addictions in Psychotherapy: Case Illustrations Chapter 12 Autobiographies of Addiction

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis book is as academic as a serious textbook needs to be but it is also very readable, practical and persuasive. Psychotherapists reading this book are sure to realize that addressing addictions is certainly their role and that they have many of the skills that addiction specialists use to loosen or eradicate addictive behaviours. Marilyn Freimuth provides much of the additional information that is needed to uncover these behaviours, to screen for abuse and dependence and to expand the psychotherapeutic process to deal with them.The book should move a pre-contemplative psychotherapist through contemplation to action with just one bound; but why only psychotherapists? This book should have a wider readership. Uncovering and dealing with hidden addictions would improve the practice of most health professionals and social workers. * Addiction *This book provides a much-needed resource for psychotherapists and other clinicians who have not had extensive exposure to assessment and treatment of addictions. Marilyn Freimuth has done a wonderful job of compiling a large amount of relevant information into a comprehensive and manageable volume. Overall, this book is an excellent educational resource that is worthy of inclusion in any clinician's library. Kudos to Freimuth for a job well done. * PsycCRITIQUES *This book is the optimal reference for both practicing professionals and postgraduate students in the mental health field. Although it is not an easy task to provide coverage and depth at the same time, Freimuth has done a good job. She has provided a reader-friendly reference book for helping professionals to assess and benefit their clients. Postgraduate students, too, will find the book very useful, particularly the summaries at the conclusion of each chapter. For researchers and scholars, this book serves as an academic refresher—an impetus to reformulate our research agenda. This is because the author has re-conceptualized the construct of addiction in a new and very productive context. The publication of this book will call attention to the roots of the problem of addictions, not just the manifestations of it.. * British Journal of Social Work *Freimuth helps health-related professionals of various orientations understand how to asses for and recognize addictive behaviors and their consequences in patients who come in for different reasons. * Scitech Book News *This book provides a wealth of information to help therapists and other health professionals recognize and assess for possible 'hidden addictions' among their patients and clients. Even when patients seek treatment for other problems, many have co-occurring problems with alcohol, other substances, or 'process addictions' such as excessive shopping, gambling, or cybersex. Therapists will benefit from the author's description of multiple assessment strategies designed to uncover addictive behavior patterns that will facilitate treatment planning. I highly recommend this valuable resource for all therapists and clinical students in training. -- G. Alan Marlatt, PhD, Addictive Behaviors Research Center, University of WashingtonMarilyn Freimuth has written a book that is edifying, illuminating, and immensely practical. It is also a must for every psychotherapist's desk. Dr. Freimuth provides a valuable source of information for helping clinicians sort through the confusion that the typical substance abuser, addict, and alcoholic brings to the therapeutic encounter. Not only does this text help dispel the misinformation about addiction that often contributes to both the misdiagnosis and poor clinical management of the addicted individual, this book also provides many pragmatic hands-on methods for helping the addicted patient recognize and accept their diagnosis. -- Philip Flores, PhDThis book is the optimal reference for both practicing professionals and postgraduate students in the mental health field. Although it is not an easy task to provide coverage and depth at the same time, Freimuth has done a good job. She has provided a reader-friendly reference book for helping professionals to assess and benefit their clients. Postgraduate students, too, will find the book very useful, particularly the summaries at the conclusion of each chapter. For researchers and scholars, this book serves as an academic refresher—an impetus to reformulate our research agenda. This is because the author has re-conceptualized the construct of addiction in a new and very productive context. The publication of this book will call attention to the roots of the problem of addictions, not just the manifestations of it. * British Journal of Social Work *Graduate students learning the mysteries of addicition will find this mateiral illuminating and clinically useful and experienced therapists will welcome this refocusing of therapeutic emphasis in dealing with a broader range of seemingly nonaddicted but potentiallly addictive patients. -- W. W. Meissner, SJ M.D. * Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic: A Journal for the Mental Health Professions, Vol. 71, No. 4 (Fall 2007) *Table of ContentsChapter 1 What qualifies as an Addiction Chapter 2 Lessons Learned From a Brief History of Addiction Treatment Chapter 3 The Need For Addiction Assessment in Health Care Settings Chapter 4 Impediments to Accurate Addiction Assessment Chapter 5 Standardized Approaches to Substance Based Addictions Assessment Chapter 6 Assessment of Process Addictions Chapter 7 Clinical Interview Based Approaches to Assessment Chapter 8 Addiction Assessment with Diverse Populations Chapter 9 The Nature of the Addiction: A Further Source of Camouflage Chapter 10 Transforming the Assessment Process into Treatment Chapter 11 Assessing Hidden Addictions in Psychotherapy: Case Illustrations Chapter 12 Autobiographies of Addiction

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Book SynopsisWeaves together contemporary thinking about the individual into the family systems approach to therapy. This work introduces concepts that professional and readers can adopt to begin to decode symbolic issues and, in turn, generate the understanding that builds empathy between partners.

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Book SynopsisThis important new work encompasses the entire range of cultural influence in clinical work today.Trade ReviewPersonality Development and Psychotherapy in Our Diverse Society comprehensively explores the vicissitudes of culture, ethnicity, language, gender, and social class as contextual influences on personality development, psychopathology, and the provision of mental health services in our pluralistic society. Professors Javier and Herron achieve a balanced presentation of the issues by including contributions from renowned scholars, practitioners, and researchers whose analyses lead to different views on the roles of different factors. I applaud the editors' success in creating in a single volume an integrated multicultural perspective for analyzing complex relationships. It should be required reading for those interested in cultural diversity and mental health and especially for those who provide mental health services. -- June Chisolm, Ph.D., Pace UniversityThis book is an important contribution to the literature in multiculturalism and mental health. Anyone who does not consult it will miss the opportunity to be informed by intelligent and responsible professionals. -- Robert Rieber, Ph.D., John Jay College of Criminal Justice and CUNY Graduate Center

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Book SynopsisFocusing on the interplay of narcissism and countertransference, this book demonstrates with clinical examples how the intrapsychic focus is deepened when explored in this context.Trade ReviewThe central theme of this book, amply illustrated by clinical examples, is the importance of an intrapsychic perspective and the interplay of narcissism and countertransference. Dr. Giovacchini argues that clinicians must put intrapsychic processes, unconscious motivation, and transference projections in the forefront of their work. Presenting his views on other matters as well, the author skillfully deals with schools and fads that put old wine in murky bottles using new and fanciful words to say little or nothing, or in any case nothing new. Giovacchini's debunking, emperor's clothes approach makes a real contribution that should stimulate constructive controversy. He supports both his convictions and his doubts with rich clinical material. -- John S. Kafka, M.D., supervising and training analyst, Washington Psychoanalytic InstituteWith the wisdom of his lifelong experience as a psychoanalyst and psychotherapist, Giovacchini has never abandoned his pursuit of knowledge. He takes us on a masterful guided tour of the changes that psychoanalysis has undergone in recent years. His eyes are open to all possibilities and every variety of interest, and he considers clinical cases on which to base hypotheses and build theory. The impact of narcissism and its interplay with countertransference are central to the 'errant therapist's chaotic quest.' To repair this chaos and reduce our anxiety in confronting it, the author provides us with the lucid exposition of a genuinely penetrating mind. His insight will be inspiring to all mental health professionals. -- Renata Gaddini, M.D., Italian Psychoanalytic Institute and SocietyDr. Giovacchini belongs to the group of theoreticians and practitioners who have roamed freely in the realms of object relations but have never strayed away from considering intrapsychic conflict. With plenty of examples, this master clinician illustrates how he becomes a catalyst in the journey to health of patients with severe character disorder. He shows us how he becomes a transitional object for such patients, and how he and the patient render horrible conflicts harmless by 'playing' with them in the transitional space. Over many decades, I have learned from Dr. Peter Giovacchini's contributions to our field, and this book magnificently continues that trend. -- Vamik D. Volkan M.D., professor emeritus of psychiatry at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA and the author of Killing in the Name of Identity: Stories of Bloody Conflicts.

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Book SynopsisIs there a genetic predisposition to crime? Should mental illness be taken into account? Do family and social environments have a role? Do people become abusers because they have been abused? How can people who do terrible things consider themselves good people? This book addresses policy issues facing individuals, institutions, and governments.Trade ReviewDr. Samenow knows more about the criminal personality than anyone I know. The 'straight talk about criminals' he gives us, after spending more than twenty-seven years interviewing, evaluating, and treating men, women, and children convicted of a variety of crimes, is a must-read for anyone working with convicted felons as well as for the lay person with questions about the criminal personality and how it got to be that way. -- John Douglas, Ed.D., former chief, FBI Investigative Support UnitStanton Samenow drives home with unprecedented power the revolutionary discovery of his clinical experience—namely, that to treat the antisocial individual we must understand the self-serving distortions of the criminal mind. Only recently has cognitive-behavioral research caught up with and confirmed Samenow's discovery, which is lucidly articulated and expanded through a straightforward question-and-answer format. Straight Talk About Criminals should be required reading for anyone who would work with chronic offenders. -- John C. Gibbs, Ph.D., Ohio State UniversityTable of ContentsChapter 1 The Criminal Personality: An Introduction Chapter 2 Criminal Behavior Is a Result Not of Environment but of an Individual's Choices Chapter 3 Environmental Factors Do Not Cause Crime Chapter 4 Bad Parenting Does Not Cause Crime Chapter 5 People Do Not Become Abusers and Criminals Because They Were Abused Chapter 6 Biological/Genetic Contributions to Criminality Need Not Preordain Incarceration Chapter 7 The Alleged Increase in Crime: It Is Not Human Nature but Laws, Law Enforcement, and Deterrents that Change Chapter 8 Individuals with a Criminal Mind View Life Differently Than Do Responsible People Chapter 9 The Criminal Mind Exists Independent of Particular Laws, Culture, or Customs Chapter 10 The Criminal's After-the-Fact Excuses Rarely Reflect His True Motives Chapter 11 Criminals, Not Drugs, Cause Crime Chapter 12 Criminals Are Neither Mentally Ill Nor Victims of Addictions Chapter 13 Schools and Crime: Schools Must Combat Crime, Not Coddle Offenders Chapter 14 Criminals Can Change Chapter 15 Helping a Criminal Change Chapter 16 Agents of Change Chapter 17 Potential Criminal Patterns Can Be Identified Early and Preventive Steps Taken Chapter 18 Directions for Social Policy Chapter 19 Offbeat Questions Chapter 20 Personal Questions Chapter 21 A Final Note Chapter 22 Appendix 1: An Overview of The Criminal Personality Chapter 23 Appendix 2: Recommended Reading Chapter 24 Index

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewMezzich and Caracci certainly deserve immense admiration for willingly straying into territories where biological determinists and nosological pedants normally hunt.... A revolutionary book cloaked in establishmentarian language. * PsycCRITIQUES, April 2009, Vol 54 *Table of ContentsPart 1 Introduction Part 2 Historical and Conceptual Background of the Cultural Formulation: Section Introduction Chapter 3 Psychiatric Diagnosis: A Cultural Perspective Chapter 4 The Cultural Context of Diagnosis and Therapy: A View From Medical Anthropology Chapter 5 Help-Seeking Pathways: A Unifying Concept in Mental Health Care Chapter 6 On Illness Meaning and Clinical Interpretation: Not "Rational Man" but a Rational Approach to Man the Sufferer / Man the Healer Chapter 7 On Culturally Enhancing the DSM-IV Multiaxial Formulation Chapter 8 Cultural Comments on Multiaxial Issues Part 9 Development and Characteristics of the Cultural Formulation: Section Introduction Chapter 10 Cultural Formulation: Development and Critical Review Chapter 11 Cultural Formulation of Psychiatric Diagnosis Chapter 12 Cultural Formulation and Comprehensive Diagnosis Chapter 13 Issues in the Assessment and Diagnosis of Culturally Diverse Individuals Part 14 Reflections and Prospects on the Cultural Formulation: Section Introduction Chapter 15 Framing Research on Culture in Psychiatric Diagnosis: The Case of DSM-IV Chapter 16 The Place of Culture in DSM-IV Chapter 17 Using the DSM-IV Cultural Formulation to Teach Psychodynamics Chapter 18 Introducing the Cultural Formulation to Mental Health Care in Stockholm, Sweden Chapter 19 The Cultural Interview in the Netherlands: The Cultural Formulation in Your Pocket Part 20 Clinical Case Illustrations on the Cultural Formulation: Section Introduction Chapter 21 Psychosis Following Qi-Gong in a Chinese Immigrant Chapter 22 Diagnosis and Treatment of Nervios and Ataques in a Female Puerto Rican Migrant Chapter 23 Treatment of an Indian Woman with Major Depression by a Latina Therapist: Cultural Formulation Chapter 24 Cultural Formulation: Depression and BAck Pain in a Young Male Turkish Immigrant in Basel, Switzerland Chapter 25 Cultural Formulation Psychiatric Diagnoses: Disturbance of Mental and Spiritual Balance in a Javanese Woman

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewProjective methods, such as the Rorschach inkblot test, are valued by some and questioned by others for their use in allowing patients to project on ambiguous stimuli aspects of the self they either cannot or do not wish to reveal to others. Tuber (CUNY City College) describes the value of four projective techniques for uncovering patients' psychodynamic issues: the Rorschach test ("Tell me what this ink blot could be"), the sentence completion task (fill in the blank, e.g., "I miss so much _____"), the animal preference task ("What animal would you like to be?"), and the Thematic Apperception Test ("Tell me a story about this card"). Several detailed case examples are given, including a complete analysis of "Nicholas." The author presumes a fair amount of familiarity with the projective techniques mentioned, including the administration and scoring protocols. Written in a semi-conversational manner (complete with grammatical errors), the study is richly interesting, thought provoking, and detailed in procedural and interpretive recommendations. Overall, Tuber models a thoughtful reverence for patients and for the process of identifying and working through their emergent problems. Summing Up: Recommended. * CHOICE *In the current climate of clinical psychology training in which depth approaches to assessment and treatment are being deemphasized or eliminated (e.g., American Psychological Association Division 12 Presidential Task Force, 1999) in favor of symptom-focused methods, Tuber’s Understanding Personality Through Projective Testing is a welcome and refreshing antidote. Tuber’s volume follows in the tradition of classics on psychoanalytic psychological assessment such as Rapaport, Gill, and Schafer (1968); Schafer (1954); Allison, Blatt, and Zimet (1968); and Lerner (1998). As important and relevant as those texts continue to be, Tuber communicates his ideas and methods in a manner that is more accessible to contemporary graduate students, pre- and postdoctoral trainees, and early career psychologists who may have had less immersion in psychoanalytic theory than their predecessors in past decades. An experienced clinician, teacher, and supervisor, Tuber strives to write as if the reader is 'sitting in my classroom, sharing the dialogue with me' (p. ix), and he is largely successful. ... Tuber has made a meaningful and accessible contribution to the psychological testing literature at a point in time when useful and sophisticated psychoanalytic theory-driven approaches are at risk of being lost (Lerner, 2007). Tuber’s conversational style in communicating complex theoretical and technical ideas exudes passion for psychoanalytic theory and assessment, a generative spirit, and empathy for his patients, students, and readers. Tuber’s book offers hope that future generations of psychologists will appreciate the immense value in this way of thinking and working. Understanding Personality Through Projective Testing would be a highly worthwhile addition to reading lists in assessment seminars for advanced graduate students, interns, and postdoctoral fellows. The value of this book will be further enhanced by classroom time devoted to the thinking along with Tuber in his process of drawing inferences from the data in his detailed case illustrations. * Psychoanalytic Psychology *Tuber's text is not merely for the graduate student, but also for the practicing clinician. His text is written with heart and soul, examining not just what the patient sees, but also how the patient sees it. Tuber beautifully illustrates difficult concepts through case examples, his own clinical experience, and even through the experiences of his students. He has artfully integrated, and illustrated, the theories of well known experts. -- Leonard Handler, professor emeritus, University of Tennessee, KnoxvilleFor years I have heard doctoral students rave about Steve Tuber’s assessment class—now I know why. Steve Tuber's voice shines through in this wonderful book which offers a clear structure for evaluation that is as useful to experienced evaluators as beginning students. Tuber wears his considerable erudition lightly and the writing reflects his easy command of the material by its humor, concision, and “readability.” A must for every tester, a book in the great tradition of Rappaport, Gill and Schafer, and Klopfer. -- Lissa Weinstein Ph.D, City College of CUNYSteven Tuber provides a superb, original, creative, highly readable, and pragmatic work that offers a new look at the Rorschach Inkblot Test, the TAT, and the Sentence Completion Test as methods to evaluate personality functioning. He integrates developmental, dynamic, and relational concepts to construct an understanding of the whole person and to form a scaffold that provides the reader with new steps to follow when using these projective tests to assess a person’s personality functioning, the meanings he/she assigns to experiences, and the developmental roots of these meanings. These steps, accompanied by clear, clinical illustrations, are very useful not only for professionals who are entering the field of projective testing in personality assessment, but also for experienced clinicians who are interested in expanding their understanding of, and effectiveness with, the use of projective testing in clinical practice. -- Sebastiano Santostefano, author, Child Therapy in the Great Outdoors: A Relational View In this, his third book, Steven Tuber again offers us a beautifully rendered teaching text that balances theory with the immediacy of his presence in the clinical moment. Tuber clearly loves his work—as a clinician and as a teacher—and this book illuminates projective testing with both a thoughtful, integrated mastery of his subject and an intimacy that testify to that love. From his rich and vivid portrayals of individual's psychologies as manifested in projective tests, Tuber draws the reader's attention to complexity and detail while never losing sight of the goal of testing—to explore with curiosity and compassion a person's internal world. This book holds promise to restore projective tests’ center stage position in training and in our efforts to serve our patients optimally. -- Gemma Marangoni Ainslie Ph.D, Past President, Academy of Psychoanalysis of the American Psychological AssociationTable of ContentsAuthor’s Note Acknowledgments Dedication Chapter 1: A Story Chapter 2: A Conceptual Framework for Personality Assessment: The Domains of Negative and Positive Object Relations Chapter 3: Affects, Defenses, Ego Functions and the Capacity to Play Chapter 4: The Rorschach: Translating The RIM to our Personality Domains Chapter 5: Linking RIM Movement, Shading And Color Responses to our Personality Domains Chapter 6: A RIM Case Example Chapter 7: The TAT Chapter 8: The Clinical Application Of the TAT Chapter 9: The Sentence Completion and Animal Preference Tasks Chapter 10: The Case of Nicholas: His RIM Chapter 11: The Case of Nicholas: His SCT and APT Chapter 12: The Case of Nicholas: His TAT, and a Case Summary Chapter 13: Epilogue: Some Concluding Remarks References Figures Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewAccelerated Ecological Psychotherapy shows how to use emotional transformation therapy® to resolve intransigent emotional and physical problems, such as addictions, sleep disorders, and chronic pain. Beyond healing dysfunction, ETT® can evoke spiritual growth, higher values, and the realization of a person’s greatest potential. -- Jenny Wade Ph.D, The Institute of Transpersonal PsychologyTable of ContentsForeword Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: The Philosophical Orientation of ETT® Chapter 2: Secrets of Our Relationship with Light Chapter 3: A Quantum Leap in Emotion Chapter 4: Putting Sleep Disorders to Rest Chapter 5: An End to Physical Pain Chapter 6: Light Years Ahead in Addiction Treatment Chapter 7: Healing Sexual Addictions Chapter 8: A Breakthrough in Couple Therapy Chapter 9: From Light to Enlightenment Chapter 10: The Boundless Possibilities of ETT® Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C References Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisMeet the challenges of high stakes testing in the practice of school psychology School psychologists can be a positive influence on how students, teachers, parents, schools, and communities cope with the challenges and opportunities associated with high stakes testing. Unfortunately, there has been a significant lack of literature to guide school psychologists and related school-based practitioners on this topic. High Stakes Testing: New Challenges and Opportunities for School Psychology is a timely groundbreaking book that provides useful and thought-provoking information to help psychologists meet the challenges of high stakes testing and create new roles for themselves in helping children succeed. This book discusses practical ways to help provide academic support to facilitate student success on high stakes tests, reduce the impact of stress associated with high stakes testing, assess the data from the tests to improve programs, and take a leadership role in the appropriaTable of Contents About the Contributors Introduction and Overview: High Stakes Testing (David Shriberg and Louis J. Kruger) SECTION 1: THE CHALLENGES, PROBLEMS, AND DILEMMAS ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH STATES TESTING Large-Scale Assessment, Rationality, and Scientific Management: The Case of No Child Left Behind (Andrew T. Roach and Jennifer L. Frank) Measurement Issues in High Stakes Testing: Validity and Reliability (Emanuel J. Mason) High Stakes Testing: Does It Increase Achievement? (Sharon L. Nichols) The Unintended Outcomes of High-Stakes Testing (Brett D. Jones) SECTION 2: NEW ROLES FOR SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS Providing Academic Support for Teachers and Students in High Stakes Learning Environments (Judy Elliott) Coping with the Stress of High Stakes Testing (Louis J. Kruger, Caroline Wandle, and Joan Struzziero) Using Data from High-Stakes Testing in Program Planning and Evaluation (Jeffery P. Braden) The School Psychologists as Leader and Change Agent in a High-Stakes Era (David Shriberg) Index Reference Notes Included

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Book SynopsisExercising your brain is just as important as working out. If you don''t exercise your brain, it will atrophy, at least the part your not using. ''Use it or lose it'' is as true of our mental faculties as it is of our physical abilities. Fortunately, most of us do get plenty of stimulation in our daily lives, jobs, leisure activities and relationships. The problem is that our brain stimulation is often not very balanced, and that imbalance can affect your sense of well-being. This book provides exercises for all the major brain functions at several different levels.Inside you will be able to: test your brain fitness level, develop right brain association and creative ability, and improve your logic and numbers skills using left-brain workouts invented by scientists.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. What's True; What's Not 2. Evaluating Your Brain Fitness 3. The Unfamiliar: How to Make a Habit of It 4. The Artistic You--Waking Up Those Right-Brain Lobes! 5. Left-Brain Exercise--Logic is Not a Four-Letter Word 6. An Equal Partnership Makes for Creative Thinking 7. Visualization: The Key to Realization 8. Exercising Your Memory Systems 9. Daydreaming: The Key to Success 10. Brain Stretches 11. A Brain Exercise for the Couch Potato 12. How the Pros Exercise Their Brains 13. Learning is Exercise 14. The Games We Play--How to Get More Out of Them 15. Exercising the Brain's Dream and Hypnotic States 16. Brain Rest and a Final Word on Introspection

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Book SynopsisResearchers and practitioners interested in applying the dark triad in personnel work will find this book full of valuable information on how to undertake legally compliant processes and how to utilize the great potential these personality characteristics have in making decisions on aptitude.Trade ReviewThis book is an excellent starting point for everyone interested in learning about the Dark Triad traits and their relationships to a variety of social and workplace outcomes. An accessible, engaging, and informative introductory text for those who are interested in exploring the ways in which the Dark Triad may be relevant for understanding the world of work.;Prof. Peter D. Harms, PhD, Department of Management, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USATable of ContentsPreface 1 Introduction 1.1 The Dark Triad of Personality - A Trending Topic in Organizational Psychology 1.2 Do We Need to Consider Dark Personality Traits in the Workplace? 1.3 The Structure of This Book 2 (Dark) Personality, Work Performance, and Professional Success 2.1 From Physiognomy to the Five-Factor Model and the DSM-5 2.1.1 "Normal" Personality and Personality Disorders 2.1.2 The Big Five and the Absence of Dark Factors 2.2 Predicting Job Performance with Personality Traits 2.2.1 Job Performance and Success 2.2.2 Professional Aptitude Diagnostics with Personality Traits 2.3 Dark Side Personality Traits as a New Approach in Personnel Psychology 2.3.1 A General Taxonomy of Dark Personality in DSM-5? 2.3.2 Defining and Delimiting the Dark Properties 2.3.3 Dark Personality Traits in the Workplace 3 The Dark Triad of Personality 3.1 A Short History of Narcissism, Machiavellianism, and Psychopathy 3.1.1 Narcissism 3.1.2 Machiavellianism 3.1.3 Psychopathy 3.2 Selected Findings of the Joint Consideration of the Characteristics 3.2.1 (Evolutionary) Biological Aspects 3.2.2 Emotional Deficits and Moral Concepts 3.2.3 Broad Personality Models 3.2.4 Cognitive Skills and Related Characteristics 3.2.5 Interpersonal Behavior and Lifestyle 3.3 Structural and Measurement-Methodological Separation of the Triad Properties 3.3.1 Structural Concept of the Dark Triad 3.3.2 Methodological Approaches to the Acquisition of the Dark Triad 3.3.3 The Subfacets of the Dark Triad 4 Findings on the Dark Triad Relevant to Aptitude Diagnostics 4.1 Predicting Counterproductive Behavior in the Workplace 4.2 Predicting Job Performance and Success 4.2.1 Leadership Effectiveness and Destructive, Abusive Leadership Behavior 4.2.2 Criteria of Individual Performance 4.2.3 Career Success 4.3 Further Fields of Application in Personnel Psychology 4.3.1 The CEO and President Personality, and Entrepreneurship 4.3.2 Vocational Interests and Career Orientation 4.3.3 Occupational Motivation, Political Skills, and Well-Being at Work 5 Requirements for a Diagnostic Procedure for Assessing the Dark Triad in Organizational Practice 5.1 Overview of the Different Measurement Approaches and Their Special Features 5.1.1 Faking Test Results 5.1.2 External Assessments and Information Technology-Based Measurements 5.1.3 Self-Assessment Procedures With Forced- Choice vs. Likert-Type Formats 5.2 Legal and Technical Requirements for the Practical Operational Use 5.2.1 Legal, Subclinical Measurement of Dark Personality Traits 5.2.2 Technically Correct Measurement: Quality Criteria of Established Standard and Short Procedures for the Assessment of the Dark Triad 5.2.3 Social Validity 5.2.4 Occupation-Related Measurement 6 Work-Related Measurement of the Dark Triad - The Example of TOP 6.1 Design of the TOP 6.1.1 The Requirements, Objectives, and Database of Test Development and Item Construction 6.1.2 Item Analyses and Dimensionality Testing: The Structure of the TOP 6.2 Reliability, Validity, and Standardization 6.2.1 Objectivity, Reliability, and Distributional Characteristics 6.2.2 Construct-Related Validity: Standard Scales, Personality Models, and Relationships to Procedures and Constructs Used in Aptitude Diagnostics 6.2.3 Relationships to Integrity, Prosocial and Counterproductive Behavior 6.2.4 Criterion-Related Validity: Relationships to Job Performance and Success 6.3 Evaluation of the TOP 6.3.1 Legal and Professional Requirements 6.3.2 Feedback of Results and Social Validity 6.3.3 Acceptance 6.3.4 Standardization 6.3.5 Research-Practice Effects 7 Recommendations for Practice and Further Research 7.1 Recommendations for Research 7.1.1 The Need for Further Theoretical Foundation and Methodological Consolidation 7.1.2 The Need for Further Practical Research and Practical Experience 7.2 Recommendations for Practice 7.2.1 Requirements and Recommendations for the Practical Application of the Dark Triad 7.2.2 Personnel Selection with the TOP - Possibilities and Limitations 7.3 Conclusion: The Dark Triad of Personality in Personnel Selection

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