717円 In this biography, author Wendell Affield researches the life of his stepfather, Herman. Follow Herman’s four-year search for a wife through Lonely Heart’s Club publications. Herman, a shy WWII veteran, eventually responds to the personal ad of a New York pianist with four children. In 1949, Barb...

12,767円 Contemplative Prayer for Christians with Chronic Worry presents an eight-week approach for working with recurrent worry. Each chapter offers an introduction for the week, goals, techniques, and homework. Six free audio recordings are also available to download for use when practicing the guided m...

1,600円 Der Band gibt eine Übersicht über den Begriff "Trauma“, die psychische Krankheit "Posttraumatische Belastungsstörung" (PTBS) und verwandte Diagnosen wie die "Anpassungsstörung“ und die "Anhaltende Trauerstörung“. In den letzten Jahrzehnten ist das Wissen über die begünstigenden Faktoren der PTBS ...

14,585円 This book offers one of the most comprehensive studies of social pathology to date, following a cross-disciplinary and methodologically innovative approach. It is written for anyone concerned with understanding current social conditions, individual health, and how we might begin to collectively c...

2,115円 First book to address this under-recognized problem. Treatment techniques are tailored to the male psyche. Author is a respected, many-times published clinical psychologist. Writing is reader-friendly, yet authoritative. Grabs readers’ attention with anecdotes and case histories.

16,581円 Forensic science has become increasingly important within contemporary criminal justice, from criminal investigation through to courtroom deliberations, and an increasing number of agencies and individuals are having to engage with its contribution to contemporary justice. This Handbook aims to p...

10,943円 Drawing on original research on the effectiveness of a therapeutic community (TC) in reducing recidivism among juvenile male offenders, Correctional Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Communities: Reducing Recidivism Through Behavior Change provides a comprehensive review of the current state of drug...

10,943円 Since its introduction in the latter half of the 1980s, the meticulous study of distinct criminal career dimensions, like onset, frequency, and crime mix, has yielded a wealth of information on the way crime develops over the life-span. Policymakers in turn have used this information in their eff...

6,797円 Working in the Dark focuses on the authors’ understanding of an individual’s pre-suicide state of mind, based on their work with many suicidal individuals, with special attention to those who attempted suicide while in treatment. The book explores how to listen to a suicidal individual’s history,...

1,095円 Once upon a time, it was much easier to detect sociopathic behaviour. Our society was quite slow and most people seemed to be normal, so to speak. There were wars and other disasters to keep people preoccupied too. There was no time to actually be on the lookout for people who may be dangerous an...

9,285円 This book is an introduction to the uncertainties and incongruities about madness. It is aimed at all of those who are curious about this subject whether out of general inquisitiveness or because it is part of a formal course of study. Using case studies of real people in order to explain, humani...

8,507円 This book provides a much-needed account of informal community-based approaches to working with mental distress. It starts from the premise that contemporary mainstream psychiatry and psychology struggle to capture how distress results from complex embodied arrays of social experiences that are e...