Psychology Books

Book SynopsisThe facts about LSD A new book on LSD is long overdue, but this was worth waiting for. The material is thoughtful and carefully prepared, and the collection brings the topic into the 1990s. The book should be in every library, and read by everyone interested in the American drug scene. --James A. Inciardi, Ph.D., professor and director, Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies, University of Delaware The authors offer an insightful look at LSD use and provide an essential resource for parents, counselors, and educators. Far from fading out after the 1960''s LSD has in fact never gone away, and the percentage of high school seniors using the drug is now only slightly lower than it was twenty years ago. The book examines why young people in the 1990s are using LSD--its appeal, its experience, and where kids are getting it. Solidly researched and dispassionately written, this book weaves current studies and anecdotes with recent statistics to create a vivid, cTrade Review"A new book on LSD is long overdue, but this was worth waiting for. The material is thoughtful and carefully prepared, and . . . brings the topic into the 1990s. The book should be in every library, and read by everyone interested in the American drug scene." (James A. Inciardi, Ph.D., professor and director, Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies, University of Delaware)Table of ContentsWhat is a Trip--and Why Take One (J. McDonald & M. Agar). About LSD. Adverse Reactions to LSD. LSD Use and LSD Users: Questions and Answers About LSD. An LSD Distribution Network (C. Favret). Legal Issues.

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Book SynopsisA step-by-step programme to help families, therapists and counsellors craft a responsible, deliberate process that targets the emotional well-being of both parents and children in divorce.Trade Review"A wise and practical guidebook for divorcing parents. There issomething useful here for any point in the process. Divorcingparents who take this book seriously will inevitably protectthemselves from much grief." (Richard A. Gardner, clinicalprofessor of child psychiatry, Columbia University, and author ofThe Boys' and Girls' Book About Divorce) "This is a solid book written by two well-respected leaders in thefield of divorce counseling and mediation. It is an excellentresource for professionals and parents alike." (Isolina Ricci,author of Mom's House, Dad's House) "At long last, a practical, informed, and sensitive guide forparents and children navigating the painful passages of separation,divorce, and remarriage. Erasing the pain is impossible, butproviding guidance through fourteen predictable stages removes theunknown and eradicates fear." (William C. Nichols, editor ofContemporary Family Therapy) "Healthy Divorce is a very valuable book, containing practicalanswers to difficult questions." (Dan Kiley, author of The PeterPan Syndrome and The WAndy Dilemma) "A usesful resource for persons whose families are touched by thedivorce process." (Journal of Family Psychotherapy)Table of ContentsUnderstanding the Divorce Experience. Early Warning Signs. The Process of Separating. The Decision to Divorce. Ending the Dance: The Decisions You Must Make in the Divorce. Divorce: Collaboration or Gunfight. Co-Parenting After Divorce: A Cold War or a New Begining. Starting a New Life: When Remarriage Occurs. Living in a BlAnded Family Network. Epilogue. Questions and Answers About Health Divorce.

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Book SynopsisA controversial and persuasive analysis of addiction A tour de force, a spectacular effort of research andunderstanding. This book gives us the courage to bypass diseasenotions to deal with intrapsychic, family system, and social andcultural dynamics in addiction. ?David Cook, Counseling and Psychological Services, University ofWisconsin This compelling and controversial book challenges the widelyaccepted belief that alcohol and drug addiction have a genetic orbiological basis. The so-called disease theory suggests that a substance or activity can cause the addict to losecontrol of his behavior. Stanton Peele demonstrates how this notionfails to make sense of scientific observations. Analyzing studies of drug and cigarette addiction, alcoholism,obesity, and other potential compulsions such as running and sex,Peele reveals the surprising frequency of self-cure as part of theevidence. The author finds that compulsive habits and depAndencyare a way of coTrade Review"A tour de force, a spectacular effort of research andunderstanding. This book gives us the courage to bypass diseasenotions to deal with intrapsychic, family system, and social andcultural dynamics in addiction." (David Cook, Counseling andPsychological Services, University of Wisconsin) "The Meaning of Addiction presented a new paradigm of addiction.The field has since become more open to the kind of complex,contextual view of addiction and compulsive behavior that itpresents. Nonetheless, it remains the classic source for expressingthis point of view." (Archie Brodsky, Department of Psychiatry,Harvard Medical School) "Peele's theory of 'addiction as an experience' in The Meaning ofAddiction remains a pathbreaking one that offers readers anaccessible and empowering understanding of their own experiences,desires, and addictions. For understanding addictions, Peele is inmy view (and for my courses on this subject) still the source ofall sources." (Richard J. DeGrandpre, Department of Psychology, St.Michael's College, Burlington, Vermon) "Stanton Peele's books have been instrumental in helping meunderstand my own underlying causes of addiction and how, howeverwell-intentioned the 12-step model is, it led me to focus on thewrong aspects of addiction." (Marianne Gilliam, author, HowAlcoholics Anonymous Failed Me) "Offers a thought-provoking, insightful, and controversialperspective on the etiology of addictive behaviors. Peelechallenges the biological model and provides an importantalternative view on addictive behaviors. The Meaning of Addictionshould be required reading for students and professionals alike."(Kim Fromme, Department of Psychology, University of Texas) "Given the extraordinary, but largely unsubstantiated, confidencethat many in both the public an professional ranks have insimplistic conceptualizations of addictive behavior, it isreassuring that sophisticated and provocative alternatives such asthose proposed by Stanton Peele in The Meaning of Addiction surfacefrom time to time. It offers hope for constructive change byputting reason an choice back into the addiction formula." (Alan R.Lang, Department of Psychology, Florida State University) "This is a book to be read slowly, to be taken seriously, and to bedebated hotly by every professional in the field. This wholesubject is one of the major medical political and society problemsof our civilization, and we seem unable to find any workablesolution." (John A. Owen, Jr., M.D., Professor of InternalMedicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine)Table of ContentsThe Concept of Addiction: Opiate Addiction in the United States andthe Western World Divergent Evidence about Narcotic AddictionNonbiological Factors in Addiction The Nature of Addiction. The American Image of Alcohol: Does Liquor Have the Power toCorrupt and Control?: The Disease of Alcoholism Historical, Social,Ethnic, and Economic Factors in Alcoholism in the United States TheSocial Science Challenge to Disease Theory Controlled-DrinkingTherapy for Alcoholism. Theories of Addiction: Stanton Peele and Bruce K. Alexander GeneticTheories Exposure Theories: Biological Models Exposure Theories:Conditioning Models Adaptation Theories The Requirements of aSuccessful Theory of Addiction. Adult, Infant, and Animal Addiction: Bruce K. Alexander, StantonPeele, Patricia F. Hadaway, Stanley J. Morse, Archie Brodsky, andBarry L. Beyerstein. Addiction to an Experience: Elements of the Addictive ExperienceSusceptibility to Addiction and the Choice of Addictive Object:Social and Cultural Factors Susceptibility to and Choice ofAddiction: Situational Factors Susceptibiltity to and Choice ofAddiction: Individual Factors Susceptibility to and Choice ofAddiction: Developmental Factors The Nature of Addiction: TheAddiction Cycle. The Impaired Society: The Narcotic Connection--Supply and DemandThe Negative Effects of the Belief in Chemical Dependence Can WeTreat Away the Drug Problem? The Alcoholism and Chemical DependenceIndustry Spreading Diseases The Cure for Addiction.

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Book SynopsisMediating Divorce is the most readable text on mediation thus far. The book really is a philosophical guide to divorce mediation and clearly spells out the elements and processes of divorce mediation. The book should have been written years ago and is destined to be a classic.

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Book SynopsisRevealing the truth behind the legend of Ayn Rand, author of Atlas Shrugged, Nathaniel Branden tells the story of his relationship with the literary genius, 25 years his senior. It lasted 18 years and went from student/teacher, to friends, to colleagues, to lovers, and to bitter adversaries.Trade Review"Dr. Branden's account of his complex relationship with theliterary great . . . allows us a fascinating glimpse into thepassions of their lives--intellectual and personal. . . . [It is]not only a memoir of a mythic woman . . . but a chronicle of astirring intellectual commitment to a political morality thatindivudally could only fail." (NAPRA ReView) "What a story! It's heroic, romantic, deadly, horrifying,tender-and I couldn't put it down." (George Leonard, author of TheTransformation and Education and Education and Ecstasy) "Relentlessly revealing. . . the myth of Ayn Rand gives way to afull-sized portrait in contrasting colors, appealing and appalling,potent and paradoxical. . . . it takes a special kind of nerve towrite such a book." (Norman Cousins, author of Head First and TheHealing Heart) "Non-stop theater. All the ingredients are there: conflict,colorful characters, suspense, and a Greek inevitability of tragedyborn of hubris. There's a nexus of sex nearly dizzying in itspermutations." (Dale Wasserman, playwright and screenwriter, Man ofLa Mancha and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest) "Branden plots his relationship with Rand from a psychologicalvantage point, with devastatingly articulate results. . . . Afascinating portrait of Rand and her disciples." (KirkusReviews) "Do you know my greatest reward for 'The Fountainhead?' You." (AynRand to Nathaniel Branden)Table of ContentsAuthor's Note Dedication Introduction Part One Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Part Two Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 13 Part Three Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Epilogue The Author Index

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Book SynopsisA hands-on workbook that shows parents how to intervene when they suspect their child has an eating disorder. The book shows how to recognize, confront and conquer the disorder, presenting it as a disease that can be treated successfully.Trade Review“…written in a confident and approachable style, avoiding jargon, and the text is well broken up… a valuable book..” (www.edr.org.uk, 23 November 2004)Table of ContentsAcknowledgements ix Introduction xi How to use this book xv Part One The Truth About Eating Disorders 1 1 Learning all you can 3 2 Recognizing signs of disease 37 Part Two Taking Action 57 3 Beginning the dialogue with you child 59 4 Understanding treatment options 92 5 Reaching out for professional help 133 Part Three Recovery 169 6 Understanding the recovery process 171 7 Recognizing and overcoming recovery setbacks 207 Appendix A Answers to exercises 243 Appendix B Taking and eating disorder to college 250 Appendix C Resources 255 Notes 265 About the author 271 Index 273

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Book SynopsisA Controversial Argument Against the Disease Theory of Addiction Diseasing of America is a powerful and controversial rebuttal to the addiction as disease model that many vested interests-including doctors, counselors, psychologists, treatment centers, and twelve-step programs that specialize in addiction treatment-don''t want you to read.I found the arguments in Diseasing of America persuasive and carefully documented. While I find current addiction-treatment models helpful, I think it is critical to look at Stanton Peele''s work to question our fundamental assumptions and adjust them on the basis of data.-Jennifer P. Schneider, author of Back From Betrayal and Sex, Lies, and Forgiveness, and member of the American Society of Addiction MedicineA provocative review of the uses and abuses of the disease model in the past three decades. This important book has significantly added to my education and clinical understanding of addiction in my professional practice.-Richard R. Irons, M.D., Trade Review"A courageous indictment of the destructive mindset that alldeviant behavior is a disease. Peele offers mindful alternatives tothose suffering from addictions and to professionals seeking tohelp them." (Ellen Langer, professor of psychology, HarvardUniversity) "I found the arguments in Diseasing of America persuasive andcarefully documented. While I find current addiction-treatmentmodels helpful, I think it is critical to look at Stanton Peele'swork to question our fundamental assumptions and adjust them on thebasis of data." (Jennifer P. Schneider, author of Back FromBetrayal and Sex, Lies, and Forgiveness, and member of the AmericanSociety of Addiction Medicine) "A provocative review of the uses and abuses of the disease modelin the past three decades. This important book has significantlyadded to my education and clinical understanding of addiction in myprofessional practice." (Richard R. Irons, The MenningerClinic) "Peele makes it clear that the disease model of addiction is anemperor without clothes. By placing addictive behaviors in thecontext of other problems of living, he emphasizes personalresponsibility for one's habits. The book empowers the reader toview addiction in a new optimistic light." (G. Alan Marlatt,director, Addictive Behaviors Research Center, University ofWashington, and coauthor of Relapse Prevention)Table of ContentsWhy Addiction Is Not a Disease (And Why We Should Care that It NotBe Treated as Such). Alcoholism in America (How We Discovered that Alcohol is Addictiveand that So Many People Are Alcoholics). Who Says what the Truths about Alcoholism Are? Transforming the Addict onto a Role Model, and the Person into anAddict. The Addiction Treatment Industry. What Is Addiction, and How Do People Get It? (Values, Intentions,Self-Restraint, and Environments). How People Quit Addictions, Usually on Their Own. Our Confusion over Law, Morality, and Addiction. How We Lost Control of Our World. Creating a World Worth Living In (Community, Efficacy, and Values).

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Book SynopsisThe devastating effects of childhood sexual abuse have been widely chronicled, validating the difficulty with which many survivors struggle. Often overlooked are the millions of women who have overcome early trauma to lead successful, happy lives. Why do these women-whom we might otherwise have expected to fail-have such tremAndous strength and resilience? This question is at the heart of With the Phoenix Rising as it paints a moving and optimistic portrait of ten women who have overcome the trauma of childhood sexual abuse and shows how their resilient success can be encouraged in others who have suffered similar traumas.Trade Review"Through its emphasis on survivors' strengths and resilience overthe life course, this book brings a new focus to the study of childsexual abuse. Therapists, researchers, and survivors will gain animportant understanding of resiliency in the context of family,community, and women's lives. The authors give voice to women whohave overcome the trauma of abuse." --Linda M. Williams, directorof research, the Stone Center, Wellesley College "This important book breaks new ground. . . . For any readerwishing to be inspired by stories of the human spirit's triumphover adversity." --Daniel Brown, Harvard Medical School, SimmonsSchool of Social Work "The women's voices of With the Phoenix Rising bring to life thespirit and hope every survivor can discover. This wonderful bookhas something to offer new clinicians as well as seasoned traumaprofessionals." --Linda T. Sanford, author of Strong at the BrokenPlaces "Full of practical wisdom and perspective for trauma cliniciansworking with all trauma survivor groups. Survivors will find theirstrengths and dignity cherished without the slightestaid-and-comfort given to perpetrators and their apologists. Withthe Phoenix Rising palpably enlarges what we know about how atrauma survivor can construct a good human life." --Jonathan Shay,staff psychiatrist, Department of Veteran Affairs; author ofAchilles in Vietnam: Combat Trauma and the Undoing of CharacterTable of ContentsPreface vii Part I: Setting the Stage 1 Resiliency 3 2 The Women’s Stories 23 Part II: Safe Havens, Important Relationships 3 School and Work 49 4 Intimate Relationships 69 5 Relationships with Children 79 6 Relationships Outside the Family 95 Part III: Processes and Strategies for Developing Resiliency 7 The Role of Psychotherapy 113 8 The Management of Feelings 137 9 The Importance of Self-Care 171 10 Making Sense of the Abuse 189 Part IV: A Lifelong Process 11 Revisiting the Participants 215 Appendix: Research Methodology 239 References 243 About the Authors 249 Index 253

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Book SynopsisThis work offers an expose of the epidemic of so-called Multiple Personality Disordered women in America. It describes how the US mental health industry created and exploited this bogus diagnosis, and unveils the suffering of the victims, caused by hypnotic suggestion.Trade Review"At long last we have a volume that takes a hard look at the"epidemic" of multiple personality disorders and comes up with somesurprising conclusions." (Aaron T. Beck, M.D., University Professorof Psychiatry, Department of Medicine, University ofPennsylvania) "Creating Hysteria exposes one of the most frightening mentalroller coaster rides taken by thousands of people in modern times.Joan Acocella brilliantly illuminates how the mental healthprofession spearheaded, perhaps inadvertently, a fin-de-sieclehysteria, the fallout from which will take us into the nextmillennium. Anyone who has ever been interested in mental healthshould read this book." (Elizabeth Loftus, president, AmericanPsychological Society) "A remarkable expose of an embarrassing and mischievous epidemicinstigated by a small group of 'multiple personality' proponents.This book provides ample warning for patients and therapistsalike." (Herbert Spiegel, pschiatrist, expert on "Sybil"case) "Multiple personality disorder is both fascinating and sad, but thestory of its recent social evolution is deeply disturbing. CreatingHysteria tells a gripping tale that will captivate anyoneinterested in the pathology of the human mind and the culturalforces that shape it." (Daniel L. Schacter, professor and chair ofpsychology, Harvard University) "As Acocella makes devastatingly clear, MPD was a diseaseessentially created by unethical or incompetent therapists andimposed upon their vulnerable female patients. Creating Hysteriatells a sorrowful, infuriating story that compels and deservesattention." (WAndy Kaminer, public policy fellow, RadcliffeCollege)Table of ContentsOne Woman's Story. The History. The Epidemic. The Therapy. The Science. The Crisis. The Attack. The Retrenchment. The Effects. The Intellectuals. Women. Notes. Bibliography. Index. About the Author.

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Book SynopsisThe Adult Years is a compelling look at adulthood as an opportunityfor continual revitalization, reorientation, and positive change.In this revised edition, Frederic Hudson updates and refines hisvision, reflecting the extraordinary challenges we all face intoday''s fast-paced, ever-changing society. Whether you are eighteenor eighty-eight, this classic best-selling guide will inspire youto unlock the power of personal renewal. Praise for the First Edition The most compelling book ever written on personal transition andtransformation. If you are concerned about your own renewal and therenewal of our planet, you must read this book.--James M. Kouzes,coauthor of The Leadership Challenge, Second EditionTrade Review"The most compelling book ever written on personal transition andtransformation. If you are concerned about your own renewal and therenewal of our planet, you must read this book." --James M. Kouzes,coauthor of The Leadership Challenge, Second Edition "The Adult Years will help you to think about your life-and to stayvital all your life." --John W. Gardner, consulting professor,Stanford University, former secretary of Health, Education andWelfare "If you want to sustain personal empowerment throughout your adultyears, read this book. Whether you are young or old, up or down,married or divorced, you will be inspired and informed by thisbook." --Harville HAndrix, author of Getting the Love You Want: AGuide for Couples "I recommAnd Hudson's book with great enthusiasm to all who areinterested in quality of life and peak performance in life's middleyears." --Charles A. Garfield, author of Peak Performers: The NewHeroes of American Business "A rare blAnd of personal experience and testimony from people ofmany ages. This book provides a refreshingly optimistic perspectiveon age and aging." --Judy Stevens-Long, author of Adult Life,fourth edition "I have taught adult development for years, and there simply is nobook that is more informative about the growth and development ofadults than Hudson's Adult Years. It is an amazing distillation ofthe field, and so exciting to read. It should be a text in adultdevelopment courses everywhere." --Judy Stevens-Long, author ofAdult Life, This Andorsement was supplied specifically for thesecond editionTable of ContentsPrefaceAbout the AuthorPrologue Part One: The Emerging Adult 1. In Over Our Heads 2. Finding Fulfillment in Cyclical LivesTable 1. Linear andCyclical Views Part Two: The Renewal Cycle: Life Chapters and LifeTransitions 3. An Overview of the Renewal CycleDiagram 1. The Renewal Cycle:Life Chapters and Life TransitionsDiagram 2. Ten Life Skills forSustaining Purpose and Passion in the Renewal Cycle 4. Life ChaptersDiagram 3. Phase 1_Dreaming, Planning, andPlateauingDiagram 4. Phase 2_Managing the Doldrums 5. Life TransitionsDiagram 5. Phase 3_Cocooning: Coming to Termswith YourselfDiagram 6. Phase 4_Getting Ready for the Next Chapter:A Time for Experimenting Part Three: The Adult Life Cycle 6. Meaning and Mission Across the Life CycleDiagram 7. The LifeCycleDiagram 8. The Adult Life Cycle: Eight Versions of HumanPurposeTable 2. Decade Orientations in the Life Cycle 7. The Twenties, Thirties, and Midlife Transition: Breaking Out,Staking Out, and Making It 8. The Forties and Fifties: Taking Stock, Individuating, andEnjoying Life 9. The Sixties, Seventies, Eighties, and Nineties: The Longest andLeast-Defined Life Phase 10. Getting from Here to There: Six Principles of DevelopmentalChangeTable 3. Historical Values Part Four: Adults and Global Change 11. Valuing the Global Context: The Adult Challenges of theTwenty-First Century 12. The Self-Renewing Adult, the Resilient Society: Ten Qualitiesof Self-Renewing Persons 13. A New Profession of Adult Mentors and Coaches Notes Reading ListIndex

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Book SynopsisThis is one of the most coherent and comprehensive theories ofevaluation yet formulated and one that makes a most valuablecontribution. The authors are pioneering in important newdirections. --Ernest R. House, author of Professional Evaluation and Evaluatingwith Validity This book is the best I''ve ever read detailing a practical theoryof evaluation. It is comprehensive, beautifully written, and makessense of the evaluation enterprise. It does so by emphasizing themajor function of evaluation as sense-making about policies andprograms. --Thomas D. Cook, professor, sociology, psychology, education, andpublic policy, Northwestern University Programs that serve the needs of the public continually facechanges brought by social, political, and economic forces. Tosurvive these changes, organizations must evaluate their programswisely and realistically. This book offers a new approach toevaluation, one that will encourage all kinds of organizations andagencies to impTrade Review"It is a text thoroughly worth the attention of anyone interested in the field of evaluation." (CharityChannel.com, August 4, 2003)Table of ContentsA Brief Overview of the Evaluation Enterprise. A Framework for Describing and Planning Evaluations. Social Betterment. Realist Foundations for Sensemaking Through Evaluation. Aligning Betterment, Purposes, Modes of Inquiry, and Methods forSensemaking in a Realist World. Evaluation Planning for Sensemaking in a Real(ist) World. Methods for Description. Classification. Methods for Causal Analysis. Values Inquiry. Evaluation as Assisted Sensemaking: A Reprise.

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Book SynopsisIt is during the critical first session with substance abusers that clinicians have the first, and all too often the last, opportunity to break through the wall of denial and create an atmosphere of trust that is so crucial to changing behavior. Written by a father-daughter team of clinical psychologists, The First Session with Substance Abusers outlines a proven plan for conducting an initial session that can uncover substance abuse problems with clients no matter how resistant or manipulative they may be. Applying the methods outlined in this book, psychologists and health professionals can use the first session to assess and evaluate the depth and duration of the substance abuse problem and motivate the client to begin the most appropriate form of treatment.Trade Review"Therapists may have failed to detect underlying addictions because they had no compelling model for assessment and treatment. Cummings and Cummings illuminate this previously murky area and provide an easy-to-follow beacon for clinicians of all persuasions. My highest recommAndation." (Jeffrey K. Zeig, director, The Milton H. Erickson Foundation) "Full of insights and pearls of clinical wisdom. The Cummings' experience spans over five decades-they have seen trAnds come and go, and as a result they have rather solid information as to what truly works. Also, since a substantial number of clients seen in psychotherapy settings have substance abuse problems unknown to the therapist, the effective and modern clinician cannot afford not to have this book nearby." (J. Lawrence Thomas, neuropsychologist, New York University Medical Center, and author of Do You Have Attention Deficit Disorder?) "The First Session with Substance Abusers is a book built on the authors' combined 50 years of rich clinical experience. The father-daughter team of Drs. Nick and Janet Cummings have written a book full of practical suggestions, anecdotes, stories, and sage perceptions. For all of those working in the field of substance abuse treatment, this book provides a clear point of view and specific ideas about ways to carry out the challenging task of treating substance abuse." (Simon H. Budman, president, Innovative Training Systems, Inc., and assistant professor, Harvard Medical School and staff, Children's Hospital, Boston) "Drs. Cummings skillfully describe the biopsychosocial ramifications of substance abuse. Anyone who treats substance abusers but is not fully familiar with the facts that this book so eloquently documents is bound to bypass significant assessment-treatment processes-to the detriment of their patients and themselves." (Arnold A. Lazarus, distinguished professor emeritus of psychology, Rutgers University) "This book is a worthwhile addition to the book shelves of addiction counsellors and health professionals in general." (Addiction Today, September 2001)Table of ContentsForeword, Jeanne Albronda Heaton. Introduction. Who Is the Substance Abuser? Presenting Problems: Different Tugs from Different Drugs. Identifying the Problem in the First Session. Modalities of Treatment. Diagnostic and Treatment Considerations. Establishing the Therapeutic Alliance. Further Interviewing Strategies: The Games. The First Interview with the Enabler. Countertransference: Denial Is a Two-Way Street. Appendix. Suggested Readings. The Authors.

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Book SynopsisThis guidebook shows therapists and counsellors how to make the most of that crucial first contact with teenagers. It aims to show how to bridge the generation gap and understand the teens perspective, and create an effective treatment plan with short and long term goals.Trade Review"Practical and comprehensive . . . an excellent resource forbeginning therapists, as well as for those wanting to expand theirskills with adolescents." (Holly Stejskal, Youth and FamilyCounselor, SAY, San Diego, Inc.) "Neil Ribner doesn't talk in generalities, rely on clinical jargon,or underestimate the complex issues involved in working withadolescents. Using a large number of clinical vignettes from hisvast experience, he shows how the therapist's ability to align himor herself with the adolescent client is what typically spells thedifference between being helpful or getting blown off. Inculturally sensitive, down to earth language, Ribner describes howto empathically connect with the fears, anxieties, and resentmentsof troubled teenagers and their families in ways that promotechange." (Fred Weiner, psychologist, Counseling and PsychologicalServices Center, Ohio University) "In the most readable prose, Dr. Ribner outlines everything youwant to know about initiating treatment with the adolescent client.Psychotherapists in training in all disciplines should read thismanageable and straightforward book; their supervisors and otherexperienced clinicians could also benefit from this compact yetcomprehensive reminder." (Donald J. Viglione, professor anddirector, Clinical Doctor of Psychology Program, California Schoolof Professional Psychology, San Diego) "Refreshing and direct . . . this book will benefit those who workwith adolescents in a variety of settings." (oanne E. Callan,professor, California School of Professional Psychology)Table of ContentsForeword, Jeanne Albronda Heaton. Acknowledgments. Preface. Introduction. Adolescent Development. Presenting Problems. Preparing for the First Session. The First Session. The Process of the First Session. Special Populations. Case Study: Jeremy. Afterword. Notes. References. The Author. Index.

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Book SynopsisExplores a group caught betwen the homosexual and heterosexualworlds This greatly expanded edition of Gay Fathers contains a wealth ofnew real-life stories and up-to-date information that celebratesthe power of gay fatherhood. Inspiring, definitive, scientificallyresearched, and experientially based, this thoroughly updatedvolume offers the most current data and concrete suggestions fordealing with the myriad and complex issues of gay parenting. GayFathers is the definitive resource for the more than one milliongay fathers and their families and loved ones living in the UnitedStates and Canada.Trade Review"For gay men who have struggled to create a family in a world ofbias and obstacles, this book is a wonderful tribute to thechallenges and joys of parenting. Gay Fathers is a wonderful,honest tribute to fathers who have overcome all odds to make thisworld a better place for our children, an essential book for gayfathers and those who are considering parenthood." (C. Ray Drew,executive director, Family Pride Coalition) "Gay Fathers, which was a wonderful contribution to the developmentof knowledge about gay men when it was first printed a decade ago,is even better in its new and revised form. Utilizing rich caseexamples, Bob Barret and Bryan Robinson give voice to a group thathas for too long been ignored. In their examination of the manyfaces of gay fatherhood, the authors permit the reader to fullyconsider the complexity of what it means to be a gay father."(Gerald P. Mallon, assistant professor, Hunter College School ofSocial Work, New York)Table of ContentsPreface. Introduction and Overview. Gay Fathers: Myths and Realities. The Many Faces of Gay Fatherhood. Children of Gay Fathers. Gay Male Relationships, Spiritual Issues, and GayGrandfathers. Parents and Wives of Gay Fathers. Problems in Studying Gay Fathers. Appendix. References. The Authors. Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides HR professionals and I/O practitioners a greater understanding of executive dynamics, development tools, and proven techniques for managing executives. Bringing together leading-edge practitioners, this volume explores executive performance and effectiveness and documents unique executive-level human resource applications.Table of ContentsForeword (Eduardo Salas). Preface. The Authors. Part One: Defining Executive Effectiveness. 1 Deciphering Executive Failures (Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld). 2 What the Best Business Leaders Do Best (Anthony J. Rucci). 3 Understanding the Personality of the Executive (Leslie Pratch,Harry Levinson). Part Two: Managing Executive Resources. 4 Selecting Leaders at the Top: Exploring theComplexity ofExecutive Fit (Rob Silzer). 5 Leveraging Executive Teams: What s New (andWhat s Not) in theStrategic Enterprise (Janet L. Spencer, J. Carlos Rivero, David A.Nadler). 6 Coaching Executives: Individual LeaderDevelopment (George P.Hollenbeck). 7 Developing Executives (Val H. Markos). 8 Rewarding Executives (Marianna Makri, Luis Gomez-Mejia). Part Three: Understanding Executive Perspectives. 9 Finding the Key to the Executive Suite: Challengesfor Women andPeople of Color (Karen S. Lyness). 10 E-Executives: Leadership Priorities for theNew Economy (D.Douglas McKenna, Robert B. McKenna). 11 Growing Global Executives (John R. Fulkerson). 12 Getting an Executive View: An Interview witha Chief ExecutiveOfficer (Lawrence A. Bossidy, Marcia J. Avedon). Name Index. Subject Index.

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Book SynopsisProviding essential theoretical and practical guidelines for clinicians, educators, policymakers, and public health professionals, The Handbook of Addiction Treatment for Women is a comprehensive resource of the most current research and knowledge from recognized experts in the field of addiction and treatment. This much needed guide offers an historical context on the issue of women and addiction, examines the myriad challenges of the female addict, and includes recommendations for choosing a course of treatment that will meet the specific needs of an individual woman addict.Trade Review"...a much-needed resource." (Psychiatric Services, January2004) "...one would hope that this book will be widely accepted andutilized for its strengths..." (Addiction, No.97, 2002) "...provides a comprehensive overview of the many facets ofsocial work practice with women who suffer from variousaddictions." (Journal of Social Work Practice in theAddictions, Summer 2003)"The Handbook of Addiction Treatment for Women brings to thefield the thinking of researchers and practitioners in a veryreadable, practical compendium. This book is for anyone who caresabout women with addictions." --Mary Beth Johnson, director,Addiction Technology Transfer Center, National Office "This is a wonderful book that addresses an unusually diverseset of issues, some of which are often neglected. It is not onlyuseful to clinicians, but also to educators, researchers,policymakers, and anyone responsible for treatment program design."-- Joan E. Zweben, clinical professor of psychiatry,University of California, San Francisco; executive director, EastBay Community Recovery Project and 14th Street Clinic, Oakland,CaliforniaTable of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgments. PART ONE: UNDERSTANDING ADDICTED WOMEN. 1 Women s Addiction and Treatment Through a HistoricalLens(Shulamith Lala Ashenberg Straussner and Patricia RoseAttia). 2 Women and Addiction: Expanding Theoretical Points ofView(Stephanie Brown). 3 Helping Women Recover: Creating Gender-ResponsiveTreatment(Stephanie S. Covington). PART TWO: MAJOR ADDICTIONS AMONG WOMEN. 4 Drug- and Alcohol-Abusing Women (Lynn E. O Connor, MilenaEsherick, and Cassandra Vieten). 5 The Queen of Diamonds: Women and Compulsive Gambling (Diane RaeDavis). 6 Women and Eating Disorders (Susan D. Raeburn). 7 Sexually Addictive Behavior in Women (Judith E. Rubin). 8 Women and Relationship Addiction (Carol Tosone). 9 Women and Spending Addictions (Linda Barbanel). 10 Women and Smoking (Jeannine Crouse). PART THREE: LIFE CYCLE ISSUES FOR ADDICTED WOMEN. 11 Adolescent Girls and Addiction (Rose Fajardo Latino). 12 Addiction and Recovery in Midlife (Nancy Waite-O Brien). 13 Older Women and Addictions (Renee S. Katz). PART FOUR: ADDICTIONS ISSUES FOR ETHNICALLYDIVERSE WOMEN. 14 Black Women and Addictions (Muriel Gray and Melissa B.Littlefield). 15 Latinas in Cultural Transition: Addiction, Treatment,andRecovery (Juana Mora). 16 Asian and Pacific Islander Women and Addiction (Kerrily J.Kitano and Liane J. Louie). PART FIVE: SPECIAL POPULATIONS AND SETTINGS. 17 Addiction and Women in the Workplace (Jane M. Nakken). 18 Effective Intervention and Treatment for Lesbians (LaurieDrabble and Brenda L. Underhill). 19 Addictions and Women with Major Psychiatric Disorders (Diana M.DiNitto and Catherine Crisp). 20 Homeless Addicted Women (A. Meredith Deming, Karen McGoff-Yost,and Anne L. Strozier). 21 Addictions and Women in the Criminal Justice System (Katherinevan Wormer). 22 Women Affected by Addictions (Elizabeth Zelvin). PART SIX: TREATMENT APPROACHES AND MODALITIES. 23 Group Treatment of Substance-Abusing Women (Eileen P. Beyer andKaren Carnabucci). 24 Women in Self-Help Programs (Joyce Schmid). PART SEVEN: EPILOGUE AND RESOURCES. 25 Epilogue (Shulamith Lala Ashenberg Straussner and StephanieBrown). Resources (Nancy K. Brown and Rita Rhodes). About the Authors. Name Index. Subject Index.

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Book SynopsisWritten by Mark Umbreit, internationally known for his work in restorative justice, this indispensable resource offers an empirically grounded, state-of-the-art analysis of the application and impact of victim offender mediation, a movement that has spread throughout North America and abroad.Trade Review"This book-by a peerless practitioner, proponent, and scholar ofvictim offAnder mediation-is filled with crucial information,knowledge, insights, and inspiration for lawyers, judges,mediators, social workers, and anyone else who cares about criminaljustice and the possibilities of healing people and communities."(Leonard L. Riskin, C.Leedy Professor of Law & director, Centerfor the Study of Dispute Resolution, University ofMissouri-Columbia) "Makes a significant contribution to the growing body of work inthe development of nonsettlement-driven approaches to mediationpractice. It clarifies what humanistic conflict intervention canachieve in the victim offAnder arena at this critical juncture inthe field." (Joseph P. Folger, cofounder, Institute for the Studyof Conflict Transformation, and professor, Temple University) "This is a must-read for any criminal justice professional orvolunteer who is serious about bringing victims and offAnderstogether to continue their journey of recovery. Where else can youget both a theoretical framework and a down-to-earth guide that issteeped in the roots of real lives?" (Mark Carey, deputycommissioner, Minnesota Department of Corrections) "Captures not only the heart and soul of restorative justice, butalso the value of victim offAnder mediation in helping victims andoffAnders and holding offAnders accountable to the individuals andcommunities they have harmed. The combination of theory, practice,and case studies combines to provide a timely and critical overviewof victim offender mediation as a key tenet and practicalapplication of restorative justice. It is, indeed, essentialreading for any professional or volunteer who seeks to promoteindividual and community safety and justice through restorativemeasures." (Anne Seymour, victim advocate, Justice Solutions,Washington, D.C.) "Brilliant! Mark Umbreit and his colleagues have written acomprehensive, practical, and inspirational book that weaves a richand varied tapestry depicting the principles, research, andpractice of restorative justice. Beyond its remarkable contributionto the literature on restorative justice, this book is essentialreading for those who want to learn more about the vitalrelationship among theory, research, and practice. (Michael Lang,professor and Special Advisor for Program and Faculty Development,Royal Roads University, Victoria, British Columbia, and editor,Mediation Quarterly) "..offers a practical state-of-the-art perspective onVOM...concludes with useful information on training materials,directories and profiles of programmes..."(Newsletter of theEuropean Forum for Victim Mediation and Restorative Justice)Table of ContentsForeword by Marlene Young. Introduction: Restorative Justice Through Victim OffenderMediation. PHILOSOPHY, PRACTICE, AND CONTEXT. Humanistic Mediation: A Transformative Journey ofPeacemaking. Guidelines for Victim-Sensitive Mediation and Dialogue withOffenders. The Mediation Process: Phases and Tasks. Multicultural Implications of Victim Offender Mediation. Case Studies. National Survey of Victim Offender Mediation Programs. Program Development Issues. WHAT WE ARE LEARNING FROM RESEARCH. The Impact of Victim Offender Mediation: Two Decades ofResearch. Cross-National Assessment of Victim Offender Mediation. Victim Offender Mediation in the United States: A MultisiteAssessment. Victim Offender Mediation in Canada: A Multisite Assessment. Victim Offender Mediation in England: A Multisite Assessment. EMERGING ISSUES. Advanced Mediation and Dialogue in Crimes of Severe Violence. Potential Hazards and Opportunities. Appendix A. Resources: Organizations, Publications,Videotapes. Appendix B. Directory of VOM Programs in the United States. Appendix C. Program Profiles. Appendix D. Promising Practices and Innovations. Appendix E. Summary of Forty VOM Empirical Studies. Appendix F. Assessing Participant Satisfaction with VOM. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisHow To Talk to Your Senior Parents About Really Important Things is a hands-on guide for adult children who want to talk to their parents about many of life''s most challenging issues, including sensitive topics such as driving safety, choosing alternative living arrangements, dealing with grief and bereavement, avoiding scams that target the elderly, unwise romances, and much more.This comprehensive and handy resource offers useful guidelines and expert advice that can be adapted to fit your family dynamics. It will give you a solid foundation for building frank and candid communication with your senior parents.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1 Part 1 Health and Well-Being 5 Activities of Daily Living 7 Driving Safety 21 Late-Onset Alcoholism 35 Late-Life Romance 55 Geriatric Care Managers 71 Part 2 Mental Health 87 Grief and Bereavement 89 Depression 103 Dementia 125 Part 3 Housing 139 Choosing to Live at Home 141 Alternative Living Arrangements 159 Part 4 Financial Issues 179 Daily Money Management 181 Consumer Fraud: Cons and Scams 205 Long-Term Care Insurance 219 Estate Planning 235 Part 5 End of Life 255 Funeral Arrangements 257 Chapter Notes 269 General Information Resources 273 The Author 277

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Book SynopsisOffers instructions for handling large and small public controversies, from national to the community level. This book includes ten principles to manage conflict; a framework with step-by-step procedures; seven illustrative case examples; and advice on methods for collecting information, conducting interviews, and analyzing a conflict situation.Trade Review"This book has become a classic, offering sound advice about how tounderstand and use conflict resolution processes in the publicpolicy arena." (Chris Carlson, codirector, Policy ConsensusInitiative) "A classic must-read for professional mediators, public officials,and involved citizens! Managing Public Disputes is a masterfulblend of theory, practical application, and engaging stories thattake the conflict resolver step-by-step through the dynamics ofresolving public disputes." (Susanne Terry, mediator and faculty,Mediation Program, Woodbury College) "Required reading for anyone wanting to turn stalemate intoresults. It is foundational for the practice and teaching ofcollaborative policy making." (Susan Sherry, executive director,California Center for Public Dispute Resolution, A Joint Program ofCalifornia State University, Sacramento and McGeorge School of Law,University of the Pacific) "The book is a truly excellent starting point for readers,mediators and facilitators..." (Mediate.com, 1/02)Table of ContentsThe Authors. Part 1: Public Controversies and Conflict Management. 1 Understanding Public Disputes: The Spiral of UnmanagedConflict. 2 Dealing with Conflict Productively: Alternatives and CaseExamples. 3 Developing an Effective Program of Conflict Management: TenPrinciples. Part 2: A Step-By-Step Process for Managing PublicDisputes. 4 Analyzing the Conflict. 5 Designing a Strategy and Setting Up the Conflict ManagementProgram. 6 Adopting Procedures, Educating Parties, and DevelopingOptions. 7 Reaching and Carrying Out Agreements. Part 3: Ensuring the Success of Conflict Management. 8 Guidelines for Making the Program Work. 9 Paying Attention to Underlying Dynamics: Values, Trust,Power. 10 Handling the Human Side of the Process. 11 Removing Roadblocks. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisDiscover a wealth of issues in the field of consulting psychology with this landmark book. Explore key topics in assessment and evaluation, building teams, executive coaching, career counseling, interpersonal conflicts and relationships, benefit design, personality testing, and much more.Trade Review"Rodney Lowman has done it again! He has edited a book that isunique, comprehensive, and aimed squarely at the science andpractice of psychology in organizations. This book shows aremarkable breadth of coverage: topics traditional and cuttingedge, science and practice, issues within and across levels, bycontributions with extensive and diverse experience inorganizational consulting. There's something here for anyoneinterested in a psychological approach to consulting inorganizations." -- Rosemary Hays-Thomas, professor ofpsychology, The University of West Florida "The Handbook of Organizational Consulting Psychologyaddresses a longtime need for a new comprehensive major work inconsulting psychology. It is broad in scope and clearly integratestopics in consulting psychology that are at the core of the fieldand which reflect recent innovations in the application ofconsulting principles and techniques. The scope and depth of thisbook is not only timely but unique. I would expect this book tobecome an essential reference for all consulting psychologists."--Clyde A. Crego, California State University Long Beach andUniversity of Southern California and former president, AmericanPsychological Association Division of Consulting Psychology andFellow, APA "My one-word reaction: WOW! Aptly entitled a handbook, it couldnevertheless well serve as a basic text in the field. It may haveits greatest benefit to those who are transiting from morespecialized work into organizational consulting, since it lays outa broad range of issues that one may encounter and ought to beprepared to deal with along with some practical advice on how tohandle them." --Kenneth H. Bradt, consulting psychologist andpast president, Society of Consulting Psychology, AmericanPsychological AssociationTable of ContentsIntroduction (Rodney L. Lowman). PART ONE: FOUNDATIONS OF ORGANIZATIONAL CONSULTING PSYCHOLOGY. 1. Individual-Level Variables in Organizational Consultation (Andrew D. Carson and Rodney L. Lowman). 2. Organizational Consulting to Groups and Teams (Arthur M. Freedman and E. Skipton Leonard). 3. The Organizational Level of Analysis: Consulting to the Implementation of New Organizational Designs (Susan Albers Mohrman). 4. The Role of Systems Theory in Consulting Psychology (Dale R. Fuqua and Jody L. Newman). PART TWO: INDIVIDUAL LEVEL APPLICATIONS. 5. Individual Interventions in Consulting Psychology (Richard R. Kilburg). 6. The Effectiveness of Executive Coaching: What We Know and What We Still Need to Know (Sheila Kampa and Randall P. White). 7. A Consultant?s Guide to Understanding and Promoting Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace (Shani Robins). 8. Assessing Candidates for Leadership Positions (Andrew N. Garman). 9. Enhancing Peak Potential in Managers and Leaders: Integrating Knowledge and Findings from Sport Psychology (Sandra Foster). PART THREE: GROUP LEVEL APPLICATIONS. 10. Successfully Implementing Teams in Organizations (Douglas A. Johnson, Michael M. Beyerlein, Joseph W. Huff, Terry R. Halfhill, and Rodger D. Ballentine). 11. The Psychoanalytic Approach to Team Development (Pieter Koortzen and Frans Cilliers). 12. Organizational Consulting to Virtual Teams (Joanie B. Connell). PART FOUR: ORGANIZATIONAL LEVEL ISSUES. 13. Assessing Organizations (Harry Levinson). 14. Organizational Evaluation: Issues and Methods (E. Jane Davidson). 15. Leadership Development in Organizational Consulting (Steven W. Graham and Debra A. G. Robinson). PART FIVE: BRIDGING LEVELS. 16. Proactive Ways to Improve Leadership Performance (Fred E. Fiedler). 17. Psychological Consultation to Organizations: Linking Assessment and Intervention (Harry Levinson). 18. Integrating Individual Assessment, Position Requirements, Team-Based Competencies, and Organizational Vision: Roles for Consulting Psychologists (John T. Kulas, Brad A. Haynes, Suzanne M. Kalten, Pamela J. Hopp, and Rebekah L. Duffala). PART SIX: ISSUES IN CONSULTING TO SPECIFIC TYPES OF ORGANIZATIONS AND FOR SPECIFIC TYPES OF CONSULTING. 19. Consulting to For-Profit Organizations (Cecelia L. Brock). 20. The Role of Leaders and Consultants in Fostering International Organizations (Nurcan Ensari). 21. Assessment and Intervention Issues in International Organizational Consulting (Ann M. O?Roark). 22. Cross-Cultural Issues in International Organizational Consultation (Virginia Mullin and Stewart Cooper). 23. Consulting with Healthcare Organizations (Ira M. Levin). 24. Organizational Consulting on Healthy Lifestyles (Paul Lloyd and Louis Veneziano). 25. Appreciative Inquiry as an Approach for Organizational Consulting (Peter F. Sorensen, Jr. and Therese F. Yaeger). PART SEVEN: MEASUREMENT, EVALUATION, AND EFFECTIVENESS ISSUES. 26. Interventions That Work (and Some That Don?t): An Executive Summary of the Organizational Change Literature (Terry R. Halfhill, Joseph W. Huff, Douglas A. Johnson, Rodger D. Ballentine, and Michael M. Beyerlein). 27. Assessing the Impact of Organizational Consulting (Paul C. Winum, Tjai M. Nielsen, and Robert E. Bradford). 28. Understanding Organizational Processes and Performance: A Continuous Improvement Model for Consulting Psychologists (Delbert M. Nebeker and B. Charles Tatum). 29. A Strategic Approach to Measuring Organizational Performance: Tools for the Consulting Psychologist (B. Charles Tatum and Delbert M. Nebeker). PART EIGHT: PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE ISSUES. 30. Issues in the Ethical Practice of Consulting Psychology (Jody L. Newman, Sharon E. Robinson-Kurpius, and Dale R. Fuqua). 31. Recommendations for Managing Consultants: The View from Inside the Corporation (Karen M. Grabow). Appendix: Principles for Education and Training at the Doctoral and Post-Doctoral Level in Consulting Psychology/Organizational. About the Editor. About the Contributors. Name Index. Subject Index.

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Book SynopsisFighting forYour Empty Nest-Marriage offers clear-cut instructions for dealing with one of the most difficult periods in any marriage. . .the transition period when the children leave home. Based on the Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program (PREP) and the results of a national survey of long-term married couples, this warm and helpful guide is brimming with practical suggestions and wisdom for learning to let-go of the kids and preserving the sense of commitment, love, partnership, sensuality and fun within a marriage.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Before You Begin: A Personal Note from David and Claudia Arp xiii Part I: Understanding Your Empty Nest Marriage 1. Meet the Second Marriage of Your Marriage 1 2. Letting Go and Moving On 21 3. Becoming Partner Focused 41 Part II: Handling Conflict in the Empty Nest 4. Communication and Conflict: Four Danger Signs 59 5. Talking It Out: The Speaker-Listener Technique 81 6. Getting Beneath the Surface: Issues Versus Events 105 7. Problem Solving 131 8. Ground Rules for Handling Conflict 159 Part III: Dealing with Empty Nest Issues 9. When What We Want Isn't What We Get 183 10. Applying the Glue of Commitment 203 11. Core Beliefs and Developing Siprtual Intimacy 225 12. Relating to Adult Children and ging Parents 241 Part IV: Feathering Your Own Empty Nest 13. Becoming Empty Nest Lovers 265 14. Building Your Friendship 283 15. Having Fun When the Nest Empties 297 16. Keeping Your Relationship Strong 311 Research References and Further Reading 327 Finding a Counselor When You Need One 333 Resources and Training 337 Survey Results and Problem Ranking 341 The Authors 343 Index 345

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Book SynopsisOffers practical advice for parents, teachers, counselors, community leaders, and justice professionals those who wants to help at risk boys become strong, productive, caring, and compassionate men.Trade Review“…presented several ideas worthy of consideration…” (Youth & Policy, No. 83)Table of ContentsForeword. Preface. Bad Boys. Living in a House on Fire. Slipping Through the Cracks at School. Mean Streets. Juvenile Injustice. Drugs and Criminalization. Youth Corrections and Gangs. The American Gulag. From Bad Boys to Good Men. Honoring the Spirit of Young Men. Notes. Electronic Resources. About the Author. Index.

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Book SynopsisDancers experience pain, joy, frustration, rapture, failure, applause, and are above the worldly concerns of food, money, and financial security. They live only to dance. Or do they? The reality is dancers of all ages, types, and skill levels often experience incredible physical and psychological stress and have traditionally bore their pain in stoic silence. In this much needed new book, Dance Magazine''s Linda Hamilton offers dancers the same type of advice and understanding they have come to trust from her popular monthly column. Psychologist Hamilton--a former dancer with New York City Ballet under the legendary George Balanchine--offers a complete resource for coping with the day to day pressures of being a dancer. Page after page is filled with the insight that can only come from a person who has been intimately involved in the world of dance. Hamilton outlines strategies for dancers for dealing with a variety of common physical and psTrade Review"an inspiring book with an impressive repertory of solutions to the psychological and physical problems that challenge every dancer." (Dance Magazine, January 1999) Excerpt in Dance Magazine, October, 1997. Listed as a resource in Dance Magazine, January 1999. Dr. Linda Hamilton, an associate professor at Fordham University, lecturer, psychologist, former dancer with the New York City Ballet, and author of Advice for Dancers, also writes a monthly article, Advice for Dancers, in Dance Magazine.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 1 Accepting the Dancer You Are 9 2 Teaching Practices: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly 35 3 Focusing on Body Shape and Appearance 55 4 Your Relationships: Friends or Foes? 77 5 So You Want to Be a Professional 99 6 Performing at Your Peak 123 7 The Mind-Body Connection: Injuries and Your Health 147 8 Is There Life After Dance? 173 Resource Directory 193 Bibliography 213 Further Reading 217 About the Author 219 Index 221

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Book SynopsisThis is a collection of funny, sad, revealing, and inspiring stories of sex and gender diversity, as told by a variety of people who are on a journey towards finding the real me. They share their true and varied experiences within the sex and gender diverse community around the world.

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Book SynopsisOffers students and practicing clinicians who work with infant and preschool populations a resource for developing and honing their professional skills and clinical experiences.Table of ContentsPreface. Part One: General Training and Practice Constructs. 1 Returning the Treasure to Babies: An Introduction to Infant Mental Health Service and Training (Deborah J.Weatherston, Ph.D.). 2 Using Direct Observation in Prevention and Intervention Services in Infant and Preschool Mental Health: Training and Practice Issues (Martha Farrell Erickson, Ph.D.). 3 Training in Assessment of Birth to Five-Year-Olds (Karen Moran Finello, Ph.D.). 4 Diagnosis of Mental Health in Young Children (Marie Kanne Poulsen, Ph.D.). 5 Dyadic Therapy with Very Young Children and Their Primary Caregivers (Joan Maltese, Ph.D.). 6 Reflective Supervision in Infant, Toddler, and Preschool Work (Mary Claire Heffron, Ph.D.). 7 A Seminar to Support the Supporter: Promotion of Provider Self-Awareness and Sociocultural Perspective (Graciela “Chela” Rios Munoz, L.C.S.W.). 8 Retraining Clinicians to Work with Birth to Five-Year-Olds: A Perspective from the Field (Mona Maarse Delahooke, Ph.D.). Part Two: Specialty Areas of Practice. 9 Developing Reunification and Adoption Recommendations for Substance-Exposed Infants and Toddlers in Foster Care (Valata Jenkins-Monroe, Ph.D.). 10 Play Therapy with Preschoolers Using the Ecosystemic Model (Sue A. Ammen, Ph.D., RPT-S, and Beth Limberg, Ph.D., RPT-S). 11 Intensive Day Treatment for Very Young Traumatized Children in Residential Care (Leena Banerjee, Ph.D., and Lorraine E. Castro, M.A., M.F.T.). 12 Kitchen Therapy and Beyond:Mental Health Services for Young Children in Alternative Settings (Brenda Jones Harden, M.S.W., Ph.D., and Mawiyah Lythcott, M.S.). 13 Delivering Infant and Preschool Mental Health Services in Rural and Remote Areas (Deborah A. Harris, M.S.W., L.I.S.W.). Part Three: Training Standards, Systems, and Technology. 14 Developing Standards for Training in Infant and Preschool Mental Health (Karen Moran Finello, Ph.D., and Marie Kanne Poulsen, Ph.D.). 15 An Interdisciplinary Training Model: The Wayne State University Graduate Certificate Program in Infant Mental Health (Deborah J.Weatherston, Ph.D.). 16 The DIR™ Certificate Program: A Case-Based Competency Training Model (Serena Wieder, Ph.D.). 17 Using Technology as a Training, Supervision, and Consultation Aid (Valerie A.Wajda-Johnston, Ph.D., Anna T. Smyke, Ph.D., Geoffrey Nagle, Ph.D., M.P.H., L.C.S.W., and Julie A. Larrieu, Ph.D.). Part Four: Innovative Models of Training and Service Delivery. 18 Developmental Pathways to Mental Health: The DIR™ Model for Comprehensive Approaches to Assessment and Intervention (Serena Wieder, Ph.D., and Stanley I. Greenspan, M.D.). 19 The Relationships for Growth Project: A Transformational Collaboration Between Head Start,Mental Health, and University Systems (Rebecca Shahmoon-Shanok, M.S.W., Ph.D., Faith Lamb-Parker, Ph.D., Ellen Halpern, Ph.D., Megan Grant, Ph.D., Carole Lapidus, M.S., M.S.W., and Charles Seagle, Ph.D.). Part Five: Transforming Practice Across Systems of Care. 20 The Role of Reflective Process in Infusing Relationship-Based Practice into an Early Intervention System (Linda Gilkerson, Ph.D., and Tina Taylor Ritzler, M.A.). 21 Apprenticeship, Transformational Enterprise, and the Ripple Effect: Transferring Knowledge to Improve Programs Serving Young Children and Their Families (Rebecca Shahmoon-Shanok, M.S.W., Ph.D., Carole Lapidus, M.S., M.S.W.,Megan Grant, Ph.D., Ellen Halpern, Ph.D., and Faith Lamb-Parker, Ph.D.). About the Editor. About the Contributors. Name Index. Subject Index.

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Book SynopsisPresents legal and psychological perspectives on how society has responded to the most vital (and often controversial) contemporary women's issues. This handbook covers such important topics as abortion, rape, domestic violence, sexual harassment, employment discrimination, divorce, poverty, welfare, and mental health.Trade Review"...the international chapters are a unique contribution of this handbook, differentiating it from similar texts on women and justice." (Sex Roles, 57:467-469)Table of ContentsIntroduction. 1. Psychological Gender Differences: Contemporary Theories and Controversies (Natalie Porter). 2. Women and the Law: A Brief History (Andrea Barnes). 3. Women,Work, and Discrimination (Nancy Lynn Baker). 4. Sexual Harassment: The Organizational Perspective (Jay M. Finkelman). 5. Relational Practice: A Feminist Reconstruction of Work (Joyce K. Fletcher). 6. Pregnancy Discrimination in the Workplace (Lisa Wilson). 7. Update on Abortion Law (Andrea Barnes). 8. Insurance Coverage of Contraceptives: Narrowing the Gender Gap in Health Care Coverage (Judith C. Appelbaum, Virginia S. Davis). 9. Women and Depression (Jennifer R. R. Hightower). 10. Intimacy and Injury: Legal Interventions for Battered Women (Phyllis Goldfarb). 11. Rape Resistance: Successes and Challenges (Patricia D. Rozee). 12. Women’s Human Rights Abuses in the Name of Religion (Shannon M. Roesler). 13. Sexual Violence Against Women in War and Armed Conflict (Gretchen Borchelt). 14. Women and the Military (Catherine Toth). 15. Discrimination Against Women in the World of Human Rights: The Case of Women in Southern Africa (Teresa Mugadza). 16. Ugandan Women: Resiliency and Protective Factors in Confronting HIV/AIDS (Valata Jenkins-Monroe). 17. Population Control in China (Renee Huebner). The Editor. The Contributors. Name Index. Subject Index.

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Book SynopsisIn this controversial book, psychologists Barry Duncan and Scott Miller, cofounders of the Institute for the Study of Therapeutic Change, challenge the traditional focus on diagnosis, silver bullet techniques, and magic pills, exposing them as empirically bankrupt practices that only diminish the role of clients and hasten therapy''s extinction. Instead, they advocate for the long-ignored but most crucial factor in therapeutic success-the innate resources of the client. Based on extensive clinical research and case studies, The Heroic Client not only shows how to harness the client''s powers of regeneration to make therapy effective, but also how to enlist the client as a partner to make therapy accountable. The Heroic Client inspires therapists to boldly rewrite the drama of therapy, recast clients in their rightful role as heroes and heroines of the therapeutic stage, and legitimize their services to third-party payers without the compromises of the medical model.Trade Review“… Great. Great. Great. Buy. Buy. Buy…one of the few works on therapy which I would attempt to salvage if shipwrecked on a desert island….” (Ipnosis, No.16, Winter 2004)Table of ContentsForeword to the Revised Edition ix Bruce E. Wampold Foreword to the First Edition xii Larry E. Beutler Preface xvii 1 Therapy at the Crossroads 1 2 The Myth of the Medical Model 21 3 Becoming Client Directed 49 4 Becoming Outcome Informed 81 with Lynn Johnson, Jeb Brown, and Morten Anker 5 The Client’s Theory of Change 119 with Susanne Coleman, Lisa Kelledy, and Steven Kopp 6 The Myth of the Magic Pill 147 with Grace Jackson, Roger P. Greenberg, and Karen Kinchin 7 Planet Mental Health 178 Epilogue: A Tale of Two Therapies 201 Appendixes I A First-Person Account of Mental Health Services 213 Ronald Bassman II Consumer/survivor/ex-patient Resource Information 217 Ronald Bassman III Five Questions About Psychotherapy 219 IV Outcome Rating Scale and Session Rating Scale; 221 Experimental Versions for Children References 229 About the Authors 249 Name Index 254 Subject Index 261

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Book SynopsisRage, resentment, envy, jealousy, and hatred these emotions seem to dominate our times. They rule our highways, our workplaces, our homes, and our hearts. In this provocative book of essays, writer Garret Keizer considers anger in all its baffling forms. Poignantly aware of his own temper, and of his ties to a religion that glorifies meekness, the author looks at anger as a paradox in our struggle to remain human in the midst of an infuriating world. Interweaving personal anecdotes, mythological stories, sacred texts, and Keizer''s insightful observations, The Enigma of Anger will prove a welcome companion for anyone who has ever wrestled with wrath-or wished to make better use of it.Table of ContentsPreface xi ANGER IN THE LORD Where I Come From 5 The Wrath of God 15 Christ the Tiger 25 The Deadly Sin 39 Even in the Desert 55 ANGER IN THE HEAD Anger as Mentality 69 Anger as Fear 81 Anger as Privilege 97 Anger as Grief 111 Anger as Grace 125 ANGER IN THE HOUSE The Chronic Angers of the House 137 Angry Men: Agamemnon and Saul, Michael Henchard and Wade Ward 149 Angry Women: Clytemnestra and Boudica, Medea and Sethe 167 Anger and Children 185 Domestic Revolution 197 ANGER IN THE CHURCH They That Are Sick 211 Passion Plays 225 Forgiveness 237 Loving the Enemy 251 Anger at God 267 ANGER IN THE WORLD Work 283 Words 301 Venturing Out 317 Napoleon's Test 331 Someday You Will 351 The Author 363

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Book SynopsisThe perfect handbook for the clinical supervisor. Nancy Waite-O'Brien, director, Education and Training, Betty Ford Center An outstanding contribution to the professional well-being of the addiction field. Thomas McGovern, editor, Addiction Treatment Quarterly Forever useful. S. Beckett, education and training coordinator, National Association of Alcohol and Drug Abuse CounselorsTable of ContentsFigures and Tables ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction to the 2004 Edition xiii Introduction to the 1993 Edition xxiii Part One: Principles 1 A Historical Review of Supervision 3 2 A Working Definition of Supervision 10 3 Leadership Principles for Supervisors 20 4 Traits of an Effective Clinical Supervisor 40 Part Two: Models 5 Building a Model of Clinical Supervision 53 6 A Developmental Approach to Supervision 68 7 The Psychodynamic Model 103 8 The Skills Model 116 9 Family Therapy Models 128 10 A Blended Model of Clinical Supervision for the Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Field 141 Part Three: Methods 11 Establishing a Supervisory Contract 179 12 Basic Supervisory Techniques 191 13 Evaluation and Feedback 228 14 Innovative Techniques in Supervision 253 15 Ethical and Legal Concerns 273 16 Special Issues in Supervision 299 17 New Directions for the Future 320 Appendixes A Competencies of Supervisors 327 B Role Delineation Study for Clinical Supervisors 333 C Assessing One’s Preparation as a Clinical Supervisor 341 D Determining Readiness to Be a Supervisor 345 E Counselor Evaluation of the Supervisor 347 F Evaluation of the Counselor 351 G Individual Development Plan 355 H Use of the Sociogram 363 I Suggested Outline for Case Presentations 369 J Counselor Assessment Forms 373 References 381 About the Authors 403 Index 404

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Book SynopsisThis book follows the standard progression of introductory psychology texts and adds a Christian perspective that contributes needed diversity to the study of the mind and behavior.

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Book SynopsisAnxiety, depression, and mental health struggles are increasingly present in children ages 3-10. Bestselling author and neuroscientist shares a clear and effective five-step plan to teach your child how to manage their minds so they can live a life with greater resilience, health, and happiness in a changing and challenging world.

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Book SynopsisInsanity—in clinical practice as in the popular imagination—is seen as a state of believing things that are not true and perceiving things that do not exist. Most schizophrenics, however, do not act as if they mistake their delusions for reality. In a...Trade ReviewIn this scholarly and well-written book, the author seeks to reinterpret Schreber by means of the following idiosyncratic syllogism: the doctrine of solipsism is central in Wittgenstein; solipsism is an explanation of schizophrenia; solipsism is an explaination of Schreber. * Psychoanalytic Books *

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Book SynopsisFocusing on the history of the Ingutsheni Lunatic Asylum (renamed a mental hospital after 1933), situated near Bulawayo in the former Southern Rhodesia, Surfacing Up explores the social, cultural, and political history of the colony that became...Trade ReviewLynnette Jackson's Surfacing Up carries on the project of exposing what Franz Fanon called the 'pathology of colonialism.' This book is important in three major ways. First, it comes in the wake of Achille Mbembe's critique of this genre of defining and writing the 'African' experience as a 'cult of victimization,' and his call for a robust self-reflexive reappraisal of the authenticity and redemption of African nationalism. Second, Jackson approaches these broader debates on Africa—inspired by Fanon, Aime Cesaire, and others—from the standpoint of health and healing in Africa. She tells her story within the thematic of therapeutic options available to Africans during the colonial moment, dwelling on the limits of such latitude, especially for those judged insane. Third, and overall, Surfacing Up is a theoretical and methodological statement on the fate of western-designed artifacts, ideas, and people that travel beyond metropolitan societies to colonies. Hence the book speaks to scholars—particularly historians—of Zimbabwe, Southern Africa, Africa, colonial and postcolonial studies, science and technology, psychiatry, gender, women's studies, and feminism. * H-SAfrica *

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Book SynopsisRenovating Russia is a richly comparative investigation of late Imperial and early Soviet medico-scientific theories of moral and social disorder. Daniel Beer argues that in the late Imperial years liberal psychiatrists, psychologists, and criminologists grappled with an intractable dilemma. They sought to renovate Russia, to forge a modern...Trade ReviewBeer offers a wealth of new material on the pre-revolutionary roots of the intellectual apparatus used by the Bolsheviks to make sense of their society. The book offers a convincing case in favor of seeing the Soviet modernization project, not as a deviation from European modernity, but as 'a legitimate offspring of the modern spirit,' as Zygmunt Bauman has put it. The book also effectively challenges a common perception that the biological paradigm for understanding social issues was completely marginal to the Russian intellectual tradition.... Daniel Beer succeeds in offering an unexpected perspective on Russian and pan-European influences on Soviet socialism. * Times Literary Supplement *Table of ContentsIntroductionChapter 1. "Morel's Children"Chapter 2. The Etiology of DegenerationChapter 3. “The Flesh and Blood of Society”Chapter 4. “Microbes of the Mind”Chapter 5. Social Isolation and Coercive: Treatment after the RevolutionConclusionBibliography of Primary SourcesIndex

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Book SynopsisIn the first book to provide a feminist analysis of early modern madness, Carol Thomas Neely reveals the mobility and heterogeneity of discourses of "distraction," the most common term for the condition in late-sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century...Trade Review'Distraction' is both subject and method for Carol Thomas Neely's varied, readable, and refreshing study of that diffuse term 'madness' on the early modern stage.... A short epilogue on recent images and representations of madness continues Neely's careful, understated negotiation of historicism and presentism, stressing similarities as well as differences between modern and early modern perceptions. * Times Literary Supplement *

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Book SynopsisFocusing on the history of the Ingutsheni Lunatic Asylum (renamed a mental hospital after 1933), situated near Bulawayo in the former Southern Rhodesia, Surfacing Up explores the social, cultural, and political history of the colony that became Zimbabwe after gaining its independence in 1980. The phrase surfacing up was drawn from a conversation Lynette A. Jackson had with a psychiatric nurse who used the concept to explain what brought African potential patients into the psychiatric system. Jackson uses Ingutsheni as a reference point for the struggle to domesticate Africa and its citizens after conquest. Drawing on the work of Frantz Fanon, Jackson maintains that the asylum in Southern Rhodesia played a significant role in maintaining the colonial social order. She supports Fanon''s claim that colonial psychiatric hospitals were repositories for those of indocile nature or for those who failed to fit the social background of the colonial type.Through reconstruction aTrade ReviewLynnette Jackson's Surfacing Up carries on the project of exposing what Franz Fanon called the 'pathology of colonialism.' This book is important in three major ways. First, it comes in the wake of Achille Mbembe's critique of this genre of defining and writing the 'African' experience as a 'cult of victimization,' and his call for a robust self-reflexive reappraisal of the authenticity and redemption of African nationalism. Second, Jackson approaches these broader debates on Africa—inspired by Fanon, Aime Cesaire, and others—from the standpoint of health and healing in Africa. She tells her story within the thematic of therapeutic options available to Africans during the colonial moment, dwelling on the limits of such latitude, especially for those judged insane. Third, and overall, Surfacing Up is a theoretical and methodological statement on the fate of western-designed artifacts, ideas, and people that travel beyond metropolitan societies to colonies. Hence the book speaks to scholars—particularly historians—of Zimbabwe, Southern Africa, Africa, colonial and postcolonial studies, science and technology, psychiatry, gender, women's studies, and feminism. * H-SAfrica *

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewIn ten chapters filled with literary examples and historical evidence of astonishing diversity, a major historian of psychoanalysis develops enough theses for several books. Acknowledging stereotypes as necessary and ubiquitous, Gilman traces some important destructive ones from Aristotle to the present: women, Jews, and blacks seen as repositories of sex, disease, and madness. Embracing history, philosophy, psychology, public health, and the arts, this landmark work clears a path through terrain strewn with false historical pointers, and puts Freud's influence in a welcome new light. * Library Journal *

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Book SynopsisIt is a book for the educated layperson, who will find it replete with insights into the realm of human sexuality.

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Book SynopsisHis far-reaching claims about language and truth provoked a vigorous critique by Jacques Derrida, whose essay in turn has spawned further responses from Barbara Johnson, Jane Gallop, Irene Harvey, Norman Holland, and others.Trade ReviewIn the story of the interpretations, reinterpretations, displacements, and replacements that have accreted around Poe's 'The Purloined Letter,' this collection, The Purloined Poe, comes like an answer to a... riddle. -- Hana Charney Psychoanalytic Books A valuable, critical text. Year's Work in English Studies A fascinating volume for both the fledgling and the besotted amateurs of contemporary criticism. Library JournalTable of ContentsPrefacePart I. Poe and LacanChapter 1. Text of "The Purloined Letter," with NotesChapter 2. Seminar of "The Purloined Letter"Chapter 3. Lacan's Seminar of "The Purloined Letter" OverviewChapter 4. Lacan's Seminar of "The Purloined Letter": Map of the TextChapter 5. Lacan's Seminar of "The Purloined Letter": Notes to the TextPart II. On Psychoanalytic ReadingChapter 6. Selections from The Life and Works of Edgar Allan Poe: A Psycho-analytic InterpretationChapter 7. On Reading Poetry: Reflections on the Limits and Possibilities of Psychoanalytic ApproachesPart III. Derrida and ResponsesChapter 8. The Challenge of DeconstructionsChapter 9. The Purveyor of Truth, translated by Alan BassChapter 10. The Frame of Reference: Poe, Lacan, DerridaChapter 11. Structures of exemplarity in Poe, Freud, Lacan, and DerridaChapter 12. The American otherPart IV. Other ReadingsChapter 13. Narratorial Authority and "The Purloined Letter"Chapter 14. Re-covering "The Purloined Latter": Reading as a Personal TransactionChapter 15. The Shadow's Shadow: The Motif of the Double in Edgar Allan Poe's "The Purloined Letter"Chapter 16. A Notes on Time in "The Purloined Letter"Chapter 17. Negation in "The Purloined Letter": Hegel, Poe, and LacanReferencesContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA conspicuously readable, interesting, and well-written account of the field of abuse and victimization with emphasis on specific problems as they develop. This book would be of assistance..to anyone dealing with abuse and victimization in a society where such behaviors are no longer unusual. American Journal of Psychiatry A state-of-the-art, well-referenced, and highly research-oriented collection of critical information written from a life span perspective. This is a text that delivers exactly what its title suggests, discussing, reviewing, describing, and proscribing abuse and victimization in terms of the life span. It examines the effects of family violence from infancy to late adulthood and explains the various critical considerations (psychological, physical, intellectual, and moral) that are developmentally important. Straus can be credited with excellent editorial skills as well as discrimination in her fine choice of exceptionally literate authors. Contemporary Psychology Contains a broad spectrum of information on abuse and victimization, and its excellent bibliography will provide readers interested in the subject with sources of further reading and research. Nursing StandardTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsList of ContributorsIntroduction: Family Violence across the Life SpanPart I. InfancyChapter 1. The Mother-INfant Tie: Of Bonding and AbusChapter 2. The Maltreatment of InfantsPart II. Childhood and AdolescenceChapter 3. The Interpersonal Legacy of Physical Abuse of ChildrenChapter 4. Sexual Abuse in the LIves of ChildrenChapter 5. Abused AdolescentsPart III. AdulthoodChapter 6. How Normal Is Normal Development? Some Connections between Adult Development and the Roots of Abuse and VictimizationChapter 7. Rape in MarriageChapter 8. Sruviving: Women's Strength through ConnectionChapter 9. Trauma in Men: Effects on Family LifeChapter 10. Elder AbusePart IV. Special TopicsChapter 11. Physical Victimization across the Life Span: Recognition, Ethnicity, and DeterrenceChapter 12. Special Groups at Risk of AbuseChapter 13. A Framework for Understanding and Empowering Battered WomenChapter 14. The Treatment and Criminal Prosecution of Family ViolenceIndex

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Book SynopsisIn "General Psychopathology", perhaps his most important contribution to the Heidelberg school, Jaspers critiques the scientific aspirations of psychotherapy, arguing that the realm of the human must be supplemented by an understanding of the "meaning-relations" experienced by human beings.Trade ReviewKarl Jaspers was only thirty when he amassed the data and expounded the methods and interpretations that give his Psychopathologie a place at the side of James' monumental Principles of Psychology. Like James, he later turned to philosophy. He certainly shared James' radically empirical spirit; he documented more systematically the challenge to the methodological imperialism to which psychopathology was subject in his day. -- Peter A. Bertocci Review of MetaphysicsTable of ContentsForeword to the 1997 Edition by Paul R. McHugh, M.D.Foreword by E.W. Anderson, M.D.,F.R.C.P., D.P.M.Translator' PrefaceAuthor's PrefacesDetailed Analysis of ContentsIntroductionPart I. Individual Psychic PhenomenaChapter 1. Subjective Phenomena of Morbid Psychic Life Chapter 2. The Objective Performances of Psychic Life Chapter 3. Somatic Accompaniments and Effects as Symptoms of Psychic ActivityChapter 4. Meaningful Objective PhenomenaPart II. Meaningful Psychic ConnectionsChapter 5. Meaningful ConnectionsChapter 6. Meaningful Connections and Their Specific MechanismsChapter 7. The Patient's Attitude to His IllnessChapter 8. The Totality of the MEaningful Connections

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Book SynopsisThe authors emphasize improving communication with patients about issues of diagnosis and treatment.Trade ReviewThis excellent, concise book is a practical, easy to use resource for the busy primary care physician. It compares favorably with any short overview presentation of psychiatric or neurologic symptoms. Doody's Health Sciences Review A very informative text that does an excellent job of introducing to some and presenting to others effective approaches to psychiatric and neurological symptoms. -- M. Ojinga HarrisonMDDuke University Medical Center Journal of Pscychosomatic ResearchTable of ContentsContents: I Psychiatric Problems Screening Psychiatric Evaluation, Karin J. Neufeld Sadness, John R. Lipsey Nervousness, Michael R. Clark Forgetfulness, Peter V. Rabins Unrealistic Concerns about Health, Mark L. Teitelbaum Suicidal Thoughts, Dean F. MacKinnon Dependence on Alcohol or Drugs, Alan J. Romanoski II Neurological Problems Screening Neurological Evaluation, Orest Hurko Weakness, Richard O'Brien Numbness or Tingling, Vinay Chaudry Back Pain, John Dean Rybock Headaches, David W. Buchholz Dizzy Spells, Peter W. Kaplan Tremor, Stephen G. Reich

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Book SynopsisThe author weighs the results of mind-body research and concludes that mind and body are not merely connected, they are unified - our minds are to our health what our eyes are to our sight. Integrating biological and psychosocial research, he describes mind-body approaches to treatment and surgery.Trade Review[Dreher] synthesizes a vast amount of research on brain-body connections. -- Arnold Brown Future Survey 2004Table of ContentsThe psychosomatic network - foundations of mind-body medicine; The social perspective in mind-body studies; The mindful heart - psychosocial factors in heart disease; Cancer and the mind - an integrative investigation; Behavioural medicine's new marketplace; The scientific and moral imperative of psychosocial interventions for cancer; Mind-body medicine for women - gender-specific treatments; Somatization - secrets disclosed to the body; Mind-body interventions for surgery - evidence and exigency.

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Book SynopsisAddressing broad debates about the nature of secrecy, morality, and silence, this book explores public policy questions in the light of the nuanced, private decisions that are shaping the course of an epidemic and have broader indications for all.Trade ReviewAn engaging consideration of the competing and sometime contradictory values that influence disclosure decisions in the lives of HIV-positive adults... [and] a stimulating and deeply satisfying discussion of the tensions inherent in disclosure stories. -- Robert Kertzner, M.D. American Journal of Psychiatry An in-depth look at the motivations, beliefs, and practices of those who must decide to get tested and if positive, whether or not to disclose, and when... Mortal Secrets delivers a powerful message using the voices of those most affected. -- Lisa K. Waldner, Ph.D. Journal of the American Medical Association Nonjudgmental... Readers may find themselves with newly gained compassion and understanding for the dilemma of when and how to disclose HIV status. -- Marla J.Gold, MD Annals of Internal Medicine This is an interesting book that social workers need to read so as to understand their clients concerns. A recommended book for all academic libraries. AIDS Book Review Journal Klitzman and Bayer provide an engaging consideration of the competing and sometimes contradictory values that influence disclosure decisions in the lives of HIV-positive adults. Focus: A Guide to AIDS Research and Counseling 2004 It is an aim that succeeds to an extraordinary degree... So well thought-out is this study, and so well presented are the accounts of the participants, that I put the book down with a real-and rare-sense that my understanding had grown and my thinking about the ethics of HIV-in particular the responsibilities of those infected-had shifted... The examples given here put such bald statements into a new context, and make the social and cultural factors that shape the pandemic seem vivid and emotionally real. Such vividness serves powerfully to enhance understanding. -- Tamsin Wilton Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry 2004 This is a very interesting and thought-provoking book, which utilizes, but also moves beyond, the interview data in order to address broader debates around complex issues of sexuality and morality. -- Elaine Denny New Genetics and Society 2004 A useful resource for both clinicians and laypersons, and I recommend it as a highly accessible and expertly written book. International Review of Psychiatry 2005 Mortal Secrets is a book for anyone desiring to move forward in the fight against the illness, not the people. -- Erica Prigg Health Communication 2008Table of ContentsContents:Introduction Secrets, Lies, and Private Life1. Getting Tested Uncovering the Truth 2. Sexual Partners Sex, Love, and Disclosure 3. Secrets and "Secret Secrets" | Disclosure in Families 4. Disclosure in Other Worlds Friends, Co-Workers, and Going Public 5. Dangerous Acts 6. Making Moral JudgmentsConclusion Secrets in Public Life

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Book SynopsisTo fill this void, Frank and Glied suggest that institutional resources be applied systematically and routinely to examine and address how federal and state programs affect the well-being of people with mental illness.Trade ReviewOffers many insights beneficial to the informed reader. -- David Mechanic New England Journal of Medicine 2006 The authors are true to their word in providing an excellent overview of changes in the last 50 years. They provide compelling evidence that the condition of many, if not most, persons with mental illness has improved during that period. JAMA 2007 Will be of greatest interest to students of mental health economics, services, and policy, but clinicians interested in the relationship between health policy and everyday practice will also find it useful. -- Burton V. Reifler International Psychogeriatrics 2007 Provides a necessary counterpart to much overenthusiastic optimism surrounding recent development in psychopharmacology and the neurosciences. -- Bonnie Evans Journal of Mental Health 2008 Offers a fascinating... historical analysis of mental health policy. -- Ellen Dwyer History of Psychiatry 2008 Should be assigned to every practitioner, mental health clinician, administrator, and advocate - as well as every legislator and policy maker - concerned with the status of Americans with serious mental illness. -- William Fisher Psychiatric Services 2007 If one... has time to read one book on mental health policy this year, this should be the one. -- Roger Meyer Health Affairs 2007 A comprehensive assessment of changes in the life conditions and well-being of persons with serious mental illnesses over the past five decades. -- Janet R. Nelson Clergy Journal 2008 A well-written and important work that provides a definitive look at the past and a glimpse into the future of mental health policy in America. -- Kathleen Brown RN, MSN, PhD Nursing History Review 2009Table of ContentsForewordPreface1. Introduction2. The Population with Mental Illness3. The Evolving Technology of Mental Health Care4. Health Care Financing and Income Support5. The Supply of Mental Health Services6. Policy Making in Mental Health: Integration, Mainstreaming, and Shifting Institutions7. Assessing the Well-being of People with Mental Illness8. Looking Forward: Improving the Well-being of People with Mental IllnessNotesReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisThis book will be of interest to professionals and students in psychiatry, as well as psychologists, social workers, philosophers, and general readers who are interested in understanding the field of psychiatry and its practices at a conceptual level.Trade ReviewGhaemi raises dozens of thought-provoking questions in the midst of his tour through the concepts of psychiatry. -- John Z. Sadler, M.D. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 2005 This interesting and well-written volume can both enhance the reader's conceptual approach to understanding psychiatry and assist the reader's avoidance of dogmatism on the one hand and conceptual 'glibness' on the other... A valuable contribution to our literature and an important extension of McHugh and Slavney's 1998 text, The Perspectives of Psychiatry. -- James W. Lomax, M.D. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 2004 After the narrow confines of most psychiatric writing, it is refreshing to read an author who can quote knowingly from both Seymour Kety and William James and who can competently discuss topics as diverse as the mind-body problem and the relevance for psychiatry of Epicurus and Sufism. The book is a reminder of the rich banquet of conceptual and philosophical issues that are of relevance to our field but rarely make it into the standard literature. -- Kenneth S. Kendler, M.D. Psychological Medicine 2004 A sensational success when it comes to waking us up from our conceptually impoverished stupors... Ghaemi has given us a book that is not only painfully unusual by today's standards, but so stubbornly and clearly thought out as well. -- Andres Martin, M.D., M.P.H. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry The book is intended for thinking psychiatrists, but thinking patients stand to benefit perhaps even more. -- John McManamy McMan's Depression and Bipolar Weekly 2006 I highly recommend this book to professionals in the mental health field, although others-such as hospital administrators, educators, and the intelligent layperson-may also find it stimulating and thought provoking. -- Victor A. COlotla PsycCRITIQUES 2010 Ghaemi's grasp is wide. His book will be as much disturbing as satisfying but will provide the reader a sense of where our field has been and where it may need to go. -- Kenneth S. Kendler, M.D. American Journal of Psychiatry 2010Table of ContentsContents: PART I: Theory: What Clinicians Think and Why1. The Status Quo: Dogmatism, the Biopsychosocial Model, and Alternatives 2. What There is: Of Mind and Brain 3. How We Know: Understanding the Mind 4. What is Scientific Method? 5. Reading Karl Jasper's General Psychopathology 6. What Is Scientific Method in Psychiatry 7. Darwin's Dangerous Method: The Essentialist Fallacy 8. What We Value: The Ethics of Psychiatry 9. Desire and Self: Hellenistic and Eastern Approaches PART II: Practice: What Clinicians Do and Why 10. On the Nature of Mental Illness: Disease of Myth? 11. Order out of Chaos? The Evolution of Psychiatric Nosology 12. A Theory of DSM-IV: Ideal Types 13. Dimensions versus Categories 14. The Perils of Belief: Psychosis 15. The Slings and Arrows of Outrageous Fortune: Depression 16. Life's Roller Coaster: Mania 17. Being Self-Aware: Insight 18. Psychopharmacology: Calvinism or Hedonism? 19. Truth and Statistics: Problems of Empirical Psychiatry 20. A Climate of Opinion: What Remains of Psychoanalysis 21. Being There: Existential Psychotherapy 22. Beyond Eclecticism: Integrating Psychotherapy and Psychopharmacology PART III: After Eclecticism 23. Bridging the Biology-Psychology Dichotomy: The Hopes of Integrationism 24. Why It Is Hard to Be Pluralist

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Book SynopsisTraces the evolution of medical knowledge about the effects of alcohol on fetal development from nineteenth-century debates about drinking and heredity to the modern diagnosis of FAS and its kindred syndromes.Trade ReviewEasy and interesting to read from a historical as well as from a sociological perspective. Doody's Book Review Service In this well-written book, Elizabeth Armstrong provides an in-depth analysis of fetal alcohol syndrome as a social problem. -- Virginia Chang American Journal of Sociology 2005 A welcome and long overdue critique of the knowledge production in the United States surrounding alcohol use by pregnant women and the diagnostic category of fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). Social History 2004 Excellent... FAS, because it is seen as preventable, allows society to blame pregnant women who transgress agreed-upon norms rather than seek solutions to the structural problems that lead to adverse birth outcomes and chronic alcohol consumption in the first place. -- Rebecca Tiger Theoretical Criminology 2006 An interesting and informative exploration of the construction of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) as a major social problem within the US. It combines an historical overview, epidemiological data, and qualitative interviewing to show clearly how moral values affect medical and policy pronouncements. -- Pam Lowe Sociology of Health and Illness 2006 The book succeeds as a social history of the medicalization of FAS. -- Constance Weisner, DrPH, MSW JAMA 2005 Armstrong fully explores how our propensity to apply medical labels to social phenomena is worked out within a particular cultural context. -- Mairead Moloney Social Forces A well-researched, highly readable, and convincing example of the ways in which modern medicine continues to create myths, stigmatize the poor and pathologize gender. -- Hera Cook Social History of Medicine A rich and highly readable descriptive account of the gendered politics of moral entrepreneurship in American health research and policy regarding FAS. -- Erica Prussing Medical Anthropology Quarterly 2004 Armstrong draws attention to some important questions about our perceptions of responsibility for alcohol related harm sustained during pregnancy... I hope that her book will lead to a healthy debate and a more objective ethical, medical and scientific approach to this field in the future. -- C. C. H. Cook Addiction 2004 An important book that offers a welcome critique of FAS as a social construct. -- Claudia Malacrida Health 2005 There is much to admire in Armstrong's account: her clever deconstruction of the advocates' invented history of FAS, her sure-handed discussion of the politics of reproduction, and her often-fascinating interview material. -- David T. Courtwright Perspectives in Biology and Medicine 2004

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