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The Power of Your Subconscious Mind [Paperback]

2011-12-02T15:10:00.001-08:00

The Power of Your Subconscious Mind [Paperback]
Joseph Murphy (Author)

"I have seen miracles happen to men and women in all walks of life all over the world." -- Dr. Joseph Murphy. At last, a great new scientific discovery brings the incredible force of your subconscious mind under your control. Here are the simple, scientifically proven techniques and the astonishing facts about how your subconscious powers can perform miracles of healing. How lung cancer has been cured and optic nerves made whole again. How you can use the newly discovered Law of Attraction to increase your money-getting powers. How your subconscious mind can win you friends, peace of mind, and even help you to attract the ideal mate. How your dreams can help you solve problems and make difficult decisions -- or warn you of potential disaster. Prosperity, happiness and perfect health are yours when you use The Power Of Your Subconscious Mind. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions [Deckle Edge] [Hardcover]

2011-12-02T15:09:00.001-08:00

Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions [Deckle Edge] [Hardcover]
Dan Ariely (Author)

Irrational behavior is a part of human nature, but as MIT professor Ariely has discovered in 20 years of researching behavioral economics, people tend to behave irrationally in a predictable fashion. Drawing on psychology and economics, behavioral economics can show us why cautious people make poor decisions about sex when aroused, why patients get greater relief from a more expensive drug over its cheaper counterpart and why honest people may steal office supplies or communal food, but not money. According to Ariely, our understanding of economics, now based on the assumption of a rational subject, should, in fact, be based on our systematic, unsurprising irrationality. Ariely argues that greater understanding of previously ignored or misunderstood forces (emotions, relativity and social norms) that influence our economic behavior brings a variety of opportunities for reexamining individual motivation and consumer choice, as well as economic and educational policy. Ariely's intelligent, exuberant style and thought-provoking arguments make for a fascinating, eye-opening read. (Feb.)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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Thinking, Fast and Slow [Hardcover]

2011-11-12T19:57:00.000-08:00

Thinking, Fast and Slow [Hardcover]
Daniel Kahneman (Author)

Daniel Kahneman, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his seminal work in psychology that challenged the rational model of judgment and decision making, is one of our most important thinkers. His ideas have had a profound and widely regarded impact on many fields—including economics, medicine, and politics—but until now, he has never brought together his many years of research and thinking in one book.

In the highly anticipated Thinking, Fast and Slow, Kahneman takes us on a groundbreaking tour of the mind and explains the two systems that drive the way we think. System 1 is fast, intuitive, and emotional; System 2 is slower, more deliberative, and more logical. Kahneman exposes the extraordinary capabilities—and also the faults and biases—of fast thinking, and reveals the pervasive influence of intuitive impressions on our thoughts and behavior. The impact of loss aversion and overconfidence on corporate strategies, the difficulties of predicting what will make us happy in the future, the challenges of properly framing risks at work and at home, the profound effect of cognitive biases on everything from playing the stock market to planning the next vacation—each of these can be understood only by knowing how the two systems work together to shape our judgments and decisions.

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Man's Search for Meaning [Import] [Mass Market Paperback]

2011-11-12T19:56:00.000-08:00

Man's Search for Meaning [Import] [Mass Market Paperback]
Viktor E. Frankl (Author)

Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl's memoir has riveted generations of readers with its descriptions of life in Nazi death camps and its lessons for spiritual survival. Between 1942 and 1945 Frankl labored in four different camps, including Auschwitz, while his parents, brother, and pregnant wife perished. Based on his own experience and the experiences of those he treated in his practice, Frankl argues that we cannot avoid suffering but we can choose how to cope with it, find meaning in it, and move forward with renewed purpose. Frankl's theory-known as logotherapy, from the Greek word logos ("meaning")-holds that our primary drive in life is not pleasure, as Freud maintained, but the discovery and pursuit of what we personally find meaningful. At the time of Frankl's death in 1997, Man's Search for Meaning had sold more than 10 million copies in twenty-four languages. A 1991 reader survey by the Library of Congress and the Book-of-the-Month Club that asked readers to name a "book that made a difference in your life" found Man's Search for Meaning among the ten most influential books in America.

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Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking [Unabridged] [Audible Audio Edition]

2011-11-12T19:55:00.000-08:00

Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking [Unabridged] [Audible Audio Edition]
by Malcolm Gladwell (Author, Narrator)

In his landmark best seller The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell redefined how we understand the world around us. Now, in Blink, he revolutionizes the way we understand the world within. Blink is a book about how we think without thinking, about choices that seem to be made in an instant, in the blink of an eye, that actually aren't as simple as they seem. Why are some people brilliant decision makers, while others are consistently inept? Why do some people follow their instincts and win, while others end up stumbling into error? How do our brains really work, in the office, in the classroom, in the kitchen, and in the bedroom? And why are the best decisions often those that are impossible to explain to others?

In Blink we meet the psychologist who has learned to predict whether a marriage will last, based on a few minutes of observing a couple; the tennis coach who knows when a player will double-fault before the racket even makes contact with the ball; the antiquities experts who recognize a fake at a glance. Here, too, are great failures of "blink": the election of Warren Harding; "New Coke"; and the shooting of Amadou Diallo by police. Blink reveals that great decision makers aren't those who process the most information or spend the most time deliberating, but those who have perfected the art of "thin-slicing", filtering the very few factors that matter from an overwhelming number of variables.

Drawing on cutting-edge neuroscience and psychology and displaying all of the brilliance that made The Tipping Point a classic, Blink changes the way you understand every decision you make. Never again will you think about thinking the same way.
©2005 Malcolm Gladwell; (P)2005 Time Warner AudioBooks

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Dream Psychology: Psychoanalysis for Beginners

2011-10-28T18:43:00.000-07:00

Dream Psychology: Psychoanalysis for Beginners [Unabridged] [Audible Audio Edition]
by Sigmund Freud (Author), Jim Killavey (Narrator)

In 1899 Freud wrote a revolutionary work in the new field of Psychoanalysis called, The Interpretation of Dreams.

The book was so full of technical details and involved case studies, however, that ordinary people had great difficulty understanding it. Twenty-one years later, he published this shorter version. Dr. Andre Tridon, who wrote the introduction to the new book, explains it this way, "Freud himself, however, realized the magnitude of the task which the reading of his magnum opus imposed upon those who have not been prepared for it by long psychological and scientific training and he abstracted from that gigantic work the parts which constitute the essential of his discoveries. The publishers of the present book deserve credit for presenting to the reading public the gist of Freud's psychology in the master's own words, and in a form which shall neither discourage beginners, nor appear too elementary to those who are more advanced in psychoanalytic study. Dream psychology is the key to Freud's works and to all modern psychology. With a simple, compact manual such as Dream Psychology, there shall be no longer any excuse for ignorance of the most revolutionary psychological system of modern times."

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Wet Mind: The New Cognitive Neuroscience

2010-05-26T01:17:00.000-07:00

Wet Mind: The New Cognitive Neuroscience [Paperback]
Stephen Michael Kosslyn (Author), Olivier Koenig (Author)

``Cognitive neuroscience'' is the name of the game, which Harvard psychologist Kosslyn and Univ. of Geneva colleague Koenig equate to ``wet mind.'' The ``wet'' alludes to understanding how the brain really works (equating brain function to mind), and not, as with ``dry mind,'' to designing computers or models of artificial intelligence to perform visual perception or reasoning tasks. The computer designs and experiments the authors describe, then, are based on neuronal networks and parallel-processing systems rather than the sequential mode of operation of your ordinary PC. Their constructs of how we see or hear or read or remember are based on breaking the process into component subsystems and relating these systems to anatomical sites and pathways in the brain. Finally, as a partial test of their hypotheses, they use the data from patients with brain lesions to relate loss of function to damage in a particular subsystem (or systems). This is heady stuff, embodying at the outset five principles: the brain works by a division of labor; it expresses ``weak'' modularity (its components are not independent and, while they may be anatomically close, may include distant elements as well); the systems operate under ``weak'' constraints (they may be tuned to some inputs but accept others as well); parallel processing is the mode; and the brain is opportunistic, so that, for example, parts controlling fine movements may be applied to doing serial arithmetic problems too. The authors provide detailed accounts of how computer networks have been used to model visual perception and thinking, reading, language, movement, and memory, and how they may apply to emotion, consciousness, and other mental phenomena. Exciting, important research that's on the right track: It's about time that neuroscience, cognitive psychology, and computers got together. Now if they could only clean up the language (``The property lookup and categorical-to-coordinate conversion subsystems are probably implemented in the frontal lobes....''). -- Copyright ©1992, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Cognitive Neuroscience of Emotion (Series in Affective Science)

2010-05-23T04:08:00.000-07:00

Cognitive Neuroscience of Emotion (Series in Affective Science) [Paperback]
Richard D. Lane (Editor), Lynn Nadel (Editor)

"[A]n outstanding book on current research on the neurobiology of emotion. Edited and authored by internationally recognized researchers, this book is an exceptionally valuable contribution to this field. The purpose, according to the editors, is to document the current understanding of how emotion is instantiated in the brain; and to encourage the cognitive neuroscientific study of emotion, which, they claim, has not until recently been studied within this framework. The intended audience is . . . workers in the fields of neuroscience, cognitive science, and psychology. It is also appropriate for graduate students and advanced undergraduates. . . . The chapters are written by well-known authors, such as Darnasio, Kolb, Ledoux, Trenel, Heilman, Davidson, among others. . . . This is an extremely valuable book on the neurological basis of emotion. Researchers as well as clinicians will, without a doubt, benefit from reading and referring to this book."--Doody's Electronic Journal

"Mostly American, with a few European and Canadian, neuroscientists demonstrate how the rather messy topic of emotion can be studied within their discipline without compromising its scientific principles and practices. They cover the process of emotion generation, the functions of the amygdala, the conscious experience of emotion, and emotion regulation and dysfunction. They also review recent findings from the neuro-anatomical study of rats and non-human primates. The collection is intended as an introduction for practitioners and graduate and undergraduate students of neuroscience, cognitive science, or psychology."--SciTech Book News

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Narrative Exposure Therapy: A Short-Term Intervention For Traumatic Stress Disorders after War, Terror, or Torture

2010-05-20T05:24:00.000-07:00

Narrative Exposure Therapy: A Short-Term Intervention For Traumatic Stress Disorders after War, Terror, or Torture [Paperback]
Maggie Schauer (Author), Frank Neuner (Author), Thomas Elbert (Author)

This book is the first practical manual describing a new and successful short-term treatment for traumatic stress and PTSD called Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET). The manual provides both experienced clinicians and trainees with all the knowledge and skills needed to treat trauma survivors using this approach, which is especially useful in crisis regions where longer-term interventions are not possible. NET has been field tested in post-war societies such as Kosova, Sri Lanka, Uganda, and Somaliland. Its effectiveness was demonstrated in controlled trials in Uganda and Germany. Single case studies have also been reported for adults and children. Three to six sessions can be sufficient to afford considerable relief. Part I of this manual describes the theoretical background. Part II covers the therapeutic approach in detail, with practical advice and tools. Part III then focuses on special issues such as dealing with challenging moments during therapy, defense mechanisms for the therapist, and ethical issues.

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Guide to Research Techniques in Neuroscience

2010-05-17T10:45:00.000-07:00

Guide to Research Techniques in Neuroscience (Paperback)
~ Matt Carter (Author), Jennifer Shieh (Author)

Neuroscience is by definition a multidisciplinary field: some scientists study genes and proteins at the molecular level while others study neural circuitry. A single topic such as the auditory system can be studied using techniques from genetics, imaging, biochemistry, or electrophysiology. A young scientist must learn how to read the primary literature and then develop their own experiments. This book offers that scientist an overview of mainstream research techniques, provides guidelines on how to choose one technique over another, offers tips on analyzing data, and provides a list of references for additional detailed study. This book can also assist an experienced scientist understand published studies conducted outside their own subfield.

*Written by Stanford University graduate students in neuroscience to provide a "hands-on" approach for other neuroscience graduate students
*Techniques within one field will be compared so that user can select best technique for their experiment
*Chapters include references (key articles, books, protocols) for additional detailed study
*Data Analysis boxes in each chapter help with data interpretation and offer guidelines on how best to represent results
*"Walk-through" boxes guide students through the experiment step-by-step

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Trauma Interventions in War and Peace: Prevention, Practice, and Policy (International and Cultural Psychology)

2010-05-14T10:45:00.000-07:00

Trauma Interventions in War and Peace: Prevention, Practice, and Policy (International and Cultural Psychology) [Paperback]
Matthew Friedman (Author), Susan D. Solomon (Author), John A. Fairbank (Author), Brigid Donelan (Author), Ellen Frey-Wouters (Author), Bonnie L. Green (Editor), Joop de Jong (Editor), Terence M. Keane (Editor)

With traumatic stress an increasing global challenge, the U.N., the NGO community and goverments must take into account the psychological aftermath of large-scale catastrophes and individual or group violence. Trauma Interventions in War and Peace is a volume created to address this global perspective, and as such it provides a conceptual framework for interventions in the wake of abuse, torture, war, and disaster on individual, local, regional, and international levels. To be useful to both practitioners and policy makers, the book identifies model programs that can be implemented at every level. These programs vary in target and intensity to include social policy, safety programs, public education, coordination, capacity building, training, self-help, counseling, and clinical intervention. A core group of chapters covers the general concepts of traumatic stress, intervention, and social deprivation, while others focus on specific traumatic events like refugees and child abuse in peacetime, each addressing the scope of the problem, reactions to the traumatic stressor, intervention issues, and recommendations. One whole chapter is devoted to caregiver reactions. Special features of the book are the integration of cultural, gender, poverty, and marginalization issues into each discussion, as well as the contributions of internationally noted academic and professional experts. U.N. and NGO personnel provided input and feedback on each chapter to provide the best working guidelines available for those responding to trauma around the world.

About the Author

Lead editorBonnie L. Green, PhD, is Professor of Psychiatry, and Director of Research and Trauma Studies, at Georgetown University Medical School in Washington, DC, where she teaches psychiatry residents and conducts research. She has studied the consequences of traumatic events, including disasters and war, for several decades. Her research at Georgetown has focused on the psychological and physical health consequences of individual traumas experienced by women, including breast cancer, traumatic bereavement, and interpersonal violence. Her recent research focus is the mental health needs of poor women with serious trauma histories who receive their health care in settings serving low-income patients. These include NIMH-funded treatment studies targeting depression or PTSD in primary care. In another NIMH grant, she is studying relationships between patients and providers, how these may be affected by the patientâs trauma history and attachment style, and what supports providers might need to help manage patients with trauma-related mental health problems. She is also involved in developing educational and coping interventions for traumatized women in primary care in collaboration with community partners. Dr. Green is past Editor of theJournal of Traumatic Stress, and past President of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies.

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Rethinking Innateness: A Connectionist Perspective on Development (Neural Networks and Connectionist Modeling)

2010-05-10T06:02:00.000-07:00

Rethinking Innateness: A Connectionist Perspective on Development (Neural Networks and Connectionist Modeling) (Paperback)
~ Jeffrey L. Elman (Author), Elizabeth A. Bates (Author), Mark H. Johnson (Author), Annette Karmiloff-Smith (Author), Domenico Parisi (Author), Kim Plunkett (Author)

Rethinking Innateness asks the question, "What does it really mean to say that a behavior is innate?" The authors describe a new framework in which interactions, occurring at all levels, give rise to emergent forms and behaviors. These outcomes often may be highly constrained and universal, yet are not themselves directly contained in the genes in any domain-specific way. One of the key contributions of Rethinking Innateness is a taxonomy of ways in which a behavior can be innate. These include constraints at the level of representation, architecture, and timing; typically, behaviors arise through the interaction of constraints at several of these levels. The ideas are explored through dynamic models inspired by a new kind of "developmental connectionism," a marriage of connectionist models and developmental neurobiology, forming a new theoretical framework for the study of behavioral development.

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De La Mettrie's Ghost: The Story of Decisions (MacSci)

2010-05-06T04:41:00.000-07:00

De La Mettrie's Ghost: The Story of Decisions (MacSci) [Hardcover]
Chris Nunn (Author)

“Very enjoyable...an important contribution to the dialogues on free will.”--PsycCRITIQUES, American Psychological Association

"This is an amazingly clear book about free will that points us in some interesting directions." Mary Midgley in Times Higher Educational Supplement

"An accessible and well-written book...I urge you to read it and decide on these critical issues for yourself."--BBC Focus Magazine
"Meaty is one word for this dense little book. Rich and savory are others." --Booklist

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Stuttering Research and Practice: Bridging the Gap

2010-05-02T06:47:00.001-07:00

Stuttering Research and Practice: Bridging the Gap (Paperback)
~ Nan Bernstein Ratner (Editor), E. Charles Healey (Editor)

Current approaches to treating stuttering do not reflect the new understanding of its nature which has emerged from recent studies. This book brings together speech scientists and clinicians to discuss the best ways to close the perceived gap and maximize the effectiveness of treatment. Together, the chapters offer a comprehensive state-of-the-art overview of the complexities of stuttering and its remediation. Genetic, neuropsychological, behavioral, and often-neglected affective and cognitive factors are all considered. Preferred methodologies for empirical investigation are described, and specific examples of applied clinical research designs are provided. The book will be crucial reading for all those professionally concerned with fluency disorders and their students.

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Advances in the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Cognitive-Behavioral Perspectives

2010-04-25T04:20:00.000-07:00

Advances in the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Cognitive-Behavioral Perspectives (Hardcover)
~ Steven Taylor PhD ABPP (Editor)

"Steve Taylor…one of the leaders…has brought together an international team of experts to provide us with the very latest in scientifically sound information on the nature and treatment of PTSD. This book is very worthy of the attention of all who work with psychologically traumatized people."

--from the Foreword by G. Ron Norton, PhD

Professor Emeritus Department of Psychology

University of Winnipeg Are behavioral and cognitive-behavioral therapies sufficiently broad in their effects on trauma-related psychopathology and related factors? This volume considers many of the complexities in treating PTSD, and emphasizes evidence-based approaches to treatment. A useful resource for clinicians, trainees, as well as investigators doing research into the treatment of PTSD.

About the Author

Steven Taylor, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and professor in the department of psychiatry at the University of British Columbia. For 10 years he was associate editor of Behavior Research and Therapy, and now is Associate Editor of the Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy. He has published over 140 journal articles and book chapters, and seven books on anxiety disorders and related topics. He served as a consultant on the recent text revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR). Dr. Taylor has received early career awards from the Canadian Psychological Association, the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, and the Anxiety Disorders Association of America. He is actively involved in clinical teaching and supervision, and he maintains a private practice in Vancouver. Dr. Taylor's clinical and research interests include cognitive-behavioral treatments and mechanisms of anxiety disorders and related conditions.

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Caring for the Mind: The Comprehensive Guide To Mental Health

2010-04-22T04:31:00.000-07:00

Caring for the Mind: The Comprehensive Guide To Mental Health (Paperback)
~ Dianne Hales (Author), Robert E. Hales (Author)

The coauthors, a professional writer and her psychiatrist husband, fully cover the field of mental health, including discussions of major disorders and a range of treatments, from talking therapy to medication and electroshock. Using criteria from the DSM-VI (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, American Psychiatric Pr., 1994. 4th ed.), the Haleses provide, in readable form, more information than most nonpsychiatric physicians have on these topics. The chapter on medication will be helpful to nonmedical professionals (e.g., psychologists, social workers) as well as patients. Sections on hypnosis, family therapy, posttraumatic stress, suicide, sleep, violence, aging, self-help, sex, and alcohol, among others, make this a treasure-house for journalists and students as well as families of the mentally ill. Not formatted as an encyclopedia, this guide instead offers chapters broken down into short paragraphs with subheads or boxed descriptions of specific problems so that one can quickly isolate the relevant materials. Essential for all libraries, this title has no equal in breadth, depth, or timeliness.?E. James Lieberman, George Washington Univ. Sch. of Medicine, Washington, D.C.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Biology of Personality and Individual Differences

2010-04-18T20:19:00.000-07:00

Biology of Personality and Individual Differences (Hardcover)
~ Turhan Canli PhD (Editor)

"Questions about the biological basis of personality and the self are among the most important and least understood ones facing brain scientists and other biologists and psychologists. This volume provides an excellent, up-to-date survey of some of the key issues from a variety of perspectives. It will be a valuable resource for all who are interested in these topics."--Joseph LeDoux, PhD, Center for Neural Science, New York University

"This is an outstanding book on biological processes underlying some of the major dimensions of personality and individual differences. It will be of interest to graduate students and researchers alike. Current findings from diverse fields such as cognition, psychiatry, behavioral neuroscience, and comparative psychology address personality traits and processes, showing how far we have come and how far yet there is to go."--Paul T. Costa, Jr., PhD

"Individual differences have always been of fundamental concern to psychology, but until recently the neurological, biochemical, and genetic underpinnings of personality have been more a matter of speculation than research. Turhan Canli has gathered together as thoughtful a collection of scholars as one could imagine, and their research agenda will guide the field for decades. This is a fascinating read for personality and social psychologists who want to know more about the neurosciences, and for neuroscientists who want a better understanding of how their methods and paradigms can help us address that fundamental question in our field: What differentiates one person from another?"--Peter Salovey, PhD

'Questions about the biological basis of personality and the self are among the most important and least understood ones facing brain scientists and other biologists and psychologists. This volume provides an excellent, up-to-date survey of some of the key issues from a variety of perspectives. It will be a valuable resource for all who are interested in these topics.' - Joseph LeDoux, PhD, Center for Neural Science, New York University, USA

'This is an outstanding book on biological processes underlying some of the major dimensions of personality and individual differences. It will be of interest to graduate students and researchers alike. Current findings from diverse fields such as cognition, psychiatry, behavioral neuroscience, and comparative psychology address personality traits and processes, showing how far we have come and how far yet there is to go.' - Paul T. Costa, Jr., PhD

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War and Redemption: Treatment and Recovery in Combat-Related Traumatic Stress Disorder

2010-04-15T19:55:00.000-07:00

War and Redemption: Treatment and Recovery in Combat-Related Traumatic Stress Disorder [Illustrated] (Hardcover)
~ Larry Dewey (Author)

Much has rightly been written about the physiological and psychological symptoms, known as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), suffered by combat veterans, and their treatment. Much less has been written about the moral, spiritual and existential pain that soldiers experience as a consequence of carrying through the stated purpose of war for the common soldier – kill the enemy until the war is won.

Based on his 20+ years' experience of treating combat veterans, Dr Larry Dewey explores the war trauma and life adaptation of combatants over two decades of intensive treatment. He addresses moral, spiritual and existential issues while also attending to the important physiological and psychological symptoms. Using case material, thoughts, experiences and, literally, the words of 65 veterans of various wars, he portrays in depth and with meaningful detail the process of successful treatment and the eventual positive adaptation for these veterans.

The volume explores the deep pain and burden of killing and the role of propaganda and love in starting and maintaining war. Through the veterans' stories the author portrays the personal war of the ordinary combatant and the burden of guilt, grief and pain they often carry afterwards. The second part tackles the actual healing process, and part three explores the concepts of sin, confession, mercy, forgiveness, redemption and love, and how veterans have used them in aiding their own recovery from war's grief and moral pain.

War and Redemption provides an invaluable tool in the understanding and treatment of PTSD for therapists, veterans and their families. It will also be a fascinating and valuable resource for all those interested in PTSD more generally.

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Competencies and Strategies for Speech-Language Pathologist Assistants

2010-04-12T04:53:00.000-07:00

Competencies and Strategies for Speech-Language Pathologist Assistants (Paperback)
~ Susan Moore (Author), Lynea Pearson (Author)

Competencies and Strategies for Speech-Language Pathology Assistants is an introductory text that provides a comprehensive understanding of the roles and responsibilities, as well as the day to day expectations, of Speech Language Pathology Assistants (SLPAs). It augments the coverage of traditional SLPA topics with chapters on "Professionalism and Ethical Issues," "Health and Safety," and "Observation", thus providing the user with concrete skills that are applicable in all treatment settings. The text acknowledges the ASHA approved criteria for SLPAs, and in addition offers alternative models based on individual state licensure requirements. The text approaches the SLPA degree with the understanding that it may be the starting point to a professional support personnel career, or it may be a ladder to a Speech Language Pathology undergraduate or graduate degree. The content reflects the varied possibilities the SLPA degree can hold for different individuals, in varied treatment settings, across the United States, and encourages users to explore these possibilities.

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El alma esta en el cerebro / The Soul is in the Brain (Spanish Edition)

2010-04-07T07:55:00.000-07:00

El alma esta en el cerebro / The Soul is in the Brain (Spanish Edition) (Paperback)
~ Eduardo Punset (Author)

Throughout the ages, history s greatest minds have tried to answer the mysteries of the human brain, mysteries that in the twenty first century still continue to baffle us. Guided by the expert hand of Eduardo Punset, we come in contact with the reflections of some of the most relevant researchers to and penetrate, from a privileged position, into this great enigma. This runaway success has spent over 30 weeks in Spain s bestseller s lists.
Description In Spanish: Emociones, ideas, temores, deseos, espiritualidad... y tantos otros aspectos de nuestra vida que nos caracterizan como seres humanos dependen de las complejÃsimas operaciones de nuestro cerebro. Cuando nos interrogamos acerca de nosotros mismos, son muchas las preguntas que surgen: Â¿es el alma el resultado de reacciones quÃmicas y elÃ©ctricas, tan sÃ³lo?, Â¿depende un aspecto tan relevante de nuestra existencia como el amor de unas meras conexiones neuronales?, Â¿se puede manipular el pensamiento de otros?, Â¿los artistas tienen un cerebro distinto?, Â¿lo que sugiere nuestro inconsciente es lo que somos?, Â¿nos engaÃ±an nuestras percepciones?, Â¿tenemos el mismo cerebro que nuestros antepasados de la Edad de Piedra? La cantidad de interrogantes que suscita el cerebro y su manera de funcionar es infinita. CientÃficos, filÃ³sofos, artistas... todos los grandes pensadores se han sentidos atraÃdos a lo largo de los tiempos por este misterio, pero en el siglo XXI el cerebro sigue siendo aÃºn el gran enigma que el hombre intenta desvelar. Este libro, que plantea las preguntas que todos nos hacemos, nos permite acercarnos, conducidos por Eduardo Punset, a las reflexiones de los investigadores mÃ¡s relevantes y adentrarnos, desde una posiciÃ³n privilegiada, en ese gran secreto que es el cerebro.

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Cranial Nerves: Anatomy, Pathology, Imaging

2010-04-04T18:05:00.000-07:00

Cranial Nerves: Anatomy, Pathology, Imaging (Paperback)
~ Devin Binder (Editor), D. Sonne (Editor), Nancy Fischbein (Editor)

This beautifully illustrated book combines a detailed exposition of the anatomy and function of the cranial nerves with practical coverage of clinical concepts for the assessment and differential diagnosis of cranial nerve dysfunction. An introductory chapter provides a brief overview of cranial nerve anatomy and function, skull base anatomy, classification of pathologies, and imaging approaches. Each of the twelve chapters that follow is devoted to in-depth coverage of a different cranial nerve. These chapters open with detailed discussion of the various functions of each nerve and normal anatomy. The authors then describe common lesions and present a series of cases that are complemented by CT images and MRIs to illustrate disease entities that result in cranial nerve dysfunction. Highlights: -Concise descriptions in a bulleted outline format enable rapid reading and review -Tables synthesize key information related to anatomy, function, pathology, and imaging -More than 300 high-quality illustrations and state-of-the-art CT and MR images demonstrate important anatomic concepts and pathologic findings -Pearls emphasize clinical information and key imaging findings for diagnosis and treatment -Appendices include detailed information on brainstem anatomy, pupil and eye movement control, parasympathetic ganglia, and cranial nerve reflexes This book is an indispensable reference for practicing physicians and trainees in neurosurgery, neurology, neuroradiology, radiology, and otolaryngology-head and neck surgery. It will also serve as a valuable resource for students seeking to gain a solid understanding of the anatomy, function, and pathology of the cranial nerves.

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Assessment of Aphasia

2010-03-31T08:55:00.000-07:00

Assessment of Aphasia (Hardcover)
~ Otfried Spreen (Author), Anthony H. Risser (Author)

Spreen and Risser present a comprehensive, critical review of available methods for the assessment of aphasia and related disorders in adults and children. The authors explore test instruments and approaches that have been used traditionally for the diagnosis of aphasia, ranging from bedside screening and ratings, to tests of specific aspects of language, and to comprehensive and psychometrically standardized aphasia batteries. Coverage of other methods reflects newer trends, including the areas of functional communication, testing of bilingual patients, psycholinguistic approaches, and pragmatic and discourse-related aspects of language in everyday life. The authors also examine the expansion of language assessment to individuals with non-aphasic neurological disorders, such as patients with traumatic brain injury, lesions of the right hemisphere, the healthy elderly, and invidulas with dimentia. Taking a flexible and empirical approach to the assessment process in their own clinical practice, Spreen and Risser review numerous test instruments and their source for professionals and students-in-training to choose from in their own use. The introductory chapters cover the history of aphasia assessment, a basic outline of subtypes of aphasia- both neuro-anatomically and psycholinguistically-, and the basic psychometric requirements for assessment instruments. The final part discusses issues in general clinical pracitce, specifically questions of test selection and interpretation.L The book is a thorough and practical resource for speech and language pathologists, neuropsychologists, and their students and trainees.

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International Handbook on Giftedness

2010-03-24T22:03:00.000-07:00

International Handbook on Giftedness (Hardcover)
~ Larisa Shavinina (Editor)

This Handbook is the most comprehensive account available on what giftedness is, how it is measured, how it develops, and how it affects individuals and societies. It analyzes, integrates, and presents research on giftedness that has not been considered elsewhere, discusses the latest advances in the fast-developing areas of practice, and introduces fresh ideas, which will galvanize the study of giftedness for the future.

"This definitive handbook will be a necessary reference for all in the gifted field." Robert Sternberg

"This is an ambitious book." Laurence Coleman

"This new Handbook provides a valuable complement to the existing literature." Nancy Robinson

"If giftedness and talent could be plotted on a large map, the International Handbook on Giftedness would show up as a vibrant collection of expeditions spreading out in all directions, passing through settled terrain and then reaching out into unexplored valleys and mountain ranges. It stretches the boundaries of our understanding." Don Ambrose

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Mind Design II: Philosophy, Psychology, and Artificial Intelligence (Paperback)

2010-03-20T18:49:00.000-07:00

Mind Design II: Philosophy, Psychology, and Artificial Intelligence (Paperback)
~ John Haugeland (Editor)

"Ming Design II is a welcome update of its predecessor, itself a useful compendium on the philosophy of cognitive science. This new volume retains the intellectual foundations, and some discussions of classical AI built on them, while adding connectionism, situated AI, and dynamic systems theory as extra storeys. Which of these is the most stable, and whether the foundations need to be re-worked, are questions readers will be eager to explore." -- Margaret A. Boden, Professor of Philosophy and Psychology, University of Sussex, UK "Haugeland's Mind Design II brings together nearly all the essential philosophical perspectives in Cognitive Science. If you want to understand current opinion on the philosophy of mind, you should make sure you are familiar with the contents of this book." -- James L. McClelland, Carnegie Mellon University and the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition

Mind design is the endeavor to understand mind (thinking, intellect) in terms of its design (how it is built, how it works). Unlike traditional empirical psychology, it is more oriented toward the "how" than the "what." An experiment in mind design is more likely to be an attempt to build something and make it work--as in artificial intelligence--than to observe or analyze what already exists. Mind design is psychology by reverse engineering. When Mind Design was first published in 1981, it became a classic in the then-nascent fields of cognitive science and AI. This second edition retains four landmark essays from the first, adding to them one earlier milestone (Turing's "Computing Machinery and Intelligence") and eleven more recent articles about connectionism, dynamical systems, and symbolic versus nonsymbolic models. The contributors are divided about evenly between philosophers and scientists. Yet all are "philosophical" in that they address fundamental issues and concepts; and all are "scientific" in that they are technically sophisticated and concerned with concrete empirical research. Contributors: Rodney A. Brooks, Paul M. Churchland, Andy Clark, Daniel C. Dennett, Hubert L. Dreyfus, Jerry A. Fodor, Joseph Garon, John Haugeland, Marvin Minsky, Allen Newell, Zenon W. Pylyshyn, William Ramsey, Jay F. Rosenberg, David E. Rumelhart, John R. Searle, Herbert A. Simon, Paul Smolensky, Stephen Stich, A. M. Turing, Timothy van Gelder

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The Physiology of Truth: Neuroscience and Human Knowledge (Mind/Brain/Behavior Initiative)

2010-03-15T05:08:00.000-07:00

The Physiology of Truth: Neuroscience and Human Knowledge (Mind/Brain/Behavior Initiative) (Paperback)
~ Jean-Pierre Changeux (Author), M. B. DeBevoise (Translator)

The Physiology of Truth...is not an essay on physiology, epistemology or semantics, but a tour de force covering selected chapters in neuroscience and their philosophical underpinning, colored by the author's interpretation of the interaction of phylogenesis, ontogenesis and epigenesis. The binding theme is the relationship of knowledge encoded in our brain with the world at large. The theory draws from forty years of research by the author and his colleagues, but as usual, it also rests on the shoulders of giants...The Physiology of Truth is a useful pointer to intellectual repercussions of brain research, as well as the epitome of the ability to bring blessed subjectivity to scientific texts. Many discussions in the book are thought provoking.
--Yadin Dudai (Nature Neuroscience )

Changeux's work advances an 'epigenetic hypothesis' as a means of explaining the philosophical significance of recent findings in the neurosciences. This is especially noteworthy because the hypothesis offers an evidence-based challenge to two popular ideas: namely, the largely functionalist idea that the brain is nothing more than a sophisticated computer and, alternatively, the nativist idea that the brain is 'the embodiment of a strictly predetermined genetic inheritance.' Among Changeux's many conclusions, two are particularly fascinating: first, that the brain is able to produce objective knowledge--a kind of universal framework of thought--that permits individuals to communicate through language; and secondly, that this fact about the human species may serve as the basis by which humans ultimately save themselves.
--H. Storl (Choice )

In The Physiology of Truth, Jean-Pierre Changeux uses the remarkable progress of neuroscience to outline a personal view of how human beings should relate to their physical and cultural surroundings. This book is a must read for anyone interested in the role that science can play in human flourishing.
--Antonio Damasio, neuroscientist and author of Looking for Spinoza: Joy, Sorrow, and the Feeling Brain and The Feeling of What Happens: Body and Emotion in the Making of Consciousness (20041101)

In The Physiology of Truth, a translation of his L'Homme de vérité, Jean-Pierre Changeux provides an account whereby selection among an initial plethora of possibilities yields those that are true, a process evident both in brain development and in knowledge acquisition. Along the way, he espouses a hopeful naturalism: evolution ensures that our nervous systems aim at representing the truth, and aspects of our culture--notably freedom, communication, and pursuit of the scientific method--can ensure that we as a society have true beliefs...Changeux, a neurobiologist at the Institut Pasteur in Paris, begins by reviewing the philosophical problems and their recalcitrance. He then considers the neurobiology and its complexity and lastly extends his discussion to culture and society...His vision is at once that of the detached scientist and the deeply caring humanist--for him, the two go hand in hand. He believes that applying the standards of the scientific method to society will promote freedom of ideas and individual rights, and that from this a stable consensual agreement on truth can emerge. Let us hope that this attractive vision prevails.
--Ralph Adolphs and James Woodward (Science )

Jean-Pierre Changeux has given modern science--and democracy as well--the philosophy they deserve and need. His lucid book explains how the biological revolution has made it possible to understand how language, truth, and morals precipitate from our molecular matrix of genes and gene products. It rescues the secular ideals of reductionist science from a quicksand of arguments from design. Written for scientist and layman alike, The Physiology of Truth places Changeux squarely in the ranks of scientific polymaths who have given lie to the myth of "two cultures." It's a spirited work of intellectual synthesis carried off with verve and wit.
--Gerald Weissmann, NYU School of Medicine, author of The Year of the Genome: A Diary of the Biological Revolution (20041203)

Jean-Pierre Changeux is France's most famous neuroscientist...In his book The Physiology of Truth, Changeux connects memory to the acquisition of knowledge and the testing of its validity, as is done in science in general.
--Israel Rosenfield and Edward Ziff (New York Review of Books )

Jean-Pierre Changeux is a man of universal mind, at home equally in philosophy, linguistics, social psychology, neuroscience, molecular biology and computer modelling. The Physiology of Truth is a joy to read, a thrilling book, in which we are guided by Changeux's lucid prose and effortless range of references and perspectives towards what the 21st century clearly promises: a radical understanding, in neurophysiological terms, of how perception, exploration, trial and error, cognitive games, and the cultural sharing of language and consciousness can provide us with representations of reality that are both reliable and profound.
--Oliver Sacks, author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: And Other Clinical Tales (20080626)

One of the great neuroscientists of our day looks anew at age old problems which since Plato have been the purview of philosophers. A must read and deeply moving in its implications.
--Roger Guillemin, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, 1977 Nobel Laureate in Medicine (20041201)

[Changeux] thinks it is time that scientists attempted to explain mythic thought, because only by understanding irrational belief can they explain the rational search for truth that grew out of it. An objective knowledge does exist, and our brains are equipped to recognise it. But the quest for it is often biased by political and economic forces, and the editorial decisions of journals which are at the mercy of those forces.
--Laura Spinney (New Scientist )

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Progress in Neurotherapeutics and Neuropsychopharmacology: Volume 3, 2008 (Hardcover)

2010-03-12T17:09:00.000-08:00

Progress in Neurotherapeutics and Neuropsychopharmacology: Volume 3, 2008 (Hardcover)
~ Jeffrey L. Cummings (Editor)

"Insights provided in this text concerning clinical trials will allow prescribers to feel more confident regarding the medications they prescribe and the quality research on which clinical efficacy has been established. The research is presented in a detailed yet concise and very readable format. The text provides valuable information regarding neuropsychopharmacology research and treatment. It is a well-written and concise read for scientist-practicioners who want an understanding of the clinical trials that support multiple uses of many commonly prescribed agents. It is a must-read for neurologists, psychiatrists, prescribing psychologists, nurse practicioners, and neuroscientists, particularly those interested in clinical issues. Readers who have an interest in the neurobiology of psychiatric issues may be especially interested in this text. This text would be an excellent complement to pharmacology courses because it provides valuable information concerning the drug development process. In addition, this collection of works may facilitate flexible and creative prescribing practices by evaluating agents in populations and for symptoms other than those for which they were initially developed."
--This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

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The Cognitive Neuroscience of Development (Studies in Developmental Psychology)

2010-03-02T01:49:00.000-08:00

The Cognitive Neuroscience of Development (Studies in Developmental Psychology)
Michelle de Haan (Editor), Mark H. Johnson (Editor)

'The book is well organised and the chapters are well written. They provide complete pictures of the concepts discussed, covering both behavioural and neuroscientific issues.' - Leslie Carver, Department of Psychology, University of California, San Diego 'This book presents a wide-ranging and intelligent look at the exciting new world of developmental cognitive neuroscience. It provides a succinct yet comprehensive overview of this young field, both where it is now and where it is headed.' I Bryony Whiting, Institute of Child Health, University College London 'I found the book both didactic and fascinating, tackling topics that are at the cutting edge of research in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience.' - Olivier Pascalis, Department of Psychology, The University of Sheffield

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A Guide to Psychological Debriefing: Managing Emotional Decompression and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

2010-02-23T15:11:00.000-08:00

A Guide to Psychological Debriefing: Managing Emotional Decompression and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
David Kinchin (Author), Gordon Turnbull (Foreword)

Traumatic events strike unexpectedly and turn everyday experiences upside down. Frequently, people suffering such trauma cannot shake the experience and develop Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Psychological debriefing (PD) is a widely practised process used as an intervention for treating people who have been exposed to trauma. It allows people who have been exposed to trauma to re-examine the traumatic event in a safe and controlled environment, and reduces the risks of developing PTSD. This book is a practical introduction to PTSD and psychological debriefing, and offers an enhanced model of PD which the author terms 'Emotional Decompression'. Structured like a deep-sea dive, which has to include carefully planned safety stops on the way back to the surface to avoid getting 'the bends', this model provides time frames for how long to spend at various stages of the PD process, and when to stop for discussions and explanations. The focus is on aiding recovery from this 'invisible injury' over carefully structured time. The book presents a range of recovery models, from the 'simple' models developed by Williams and Horowitz to the more complex 'Snakes and Ladders' model developed by the author. Appendices include an essay by one of the world's leading exponents of psychological debriefing, Atle Dyregrov, as well as case studies of debriefs completed by the author, including that of a survivor of the July 7th bombings in London. "A Guide to Psychological Debriefing" is an essential book for health practitioners, counsellors, psychologists and professionals working with clients suffering from PTSD, as well as students.

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Stuttering and Other Fluency Disorders

2010-02-11T16:22:00.000-08:00

Stuttering and Other Fluency Disorders
Franklin H. Silverman (Author)

The author, who himself has stuttered since early childhood, brings more than 40 years of clinical expertise to this expanded and updated third edition. The book examines both contemporary and historical theories of the etiology of stuttering, cluttering, neurogenic acquired stuttering, and psychogenic acquired stuttering. Readers will find indispensable information on the symptomatology, etiology, development, evaluation, and management of these disorders, including new information on the prevention of stuttering as an impairment, a disability, a handicap, and an overlay. Because the abnormal behaviors exhibited by all children and adults who have a particular fluency disorder are not the same, this comprehensive volume also offers important information for evaluating/describing behaviors that define stuttering problems and for differentiating stuttering from normal disfluency and other fluency disorders. In addition, readers will learn how to establish therapy! goals and develop intervention strategies for achieving them. Included among many outstanding features of this fine text are guidelines for meeting the requirement of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association's Knowledge and Skills Acquisition (KASA) initiative and a list of organizations and Internet resources to use in networking as well as in accessing any specific, clinically relevant information about fluency disorders and help in coping with them. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Facilitating Posttraumatic Growth: A Clinician's Guide (Personality and Clinical Psychology Series) (Hardcover)

2010-02-07T02:28:00.000-08:00

Facilitating Posttraumatic Growth: A Clinician's Guide (Personality and Clinical Psychology Series) (Hardcover)
~ Lawrence G. Calhoun (Editor), Richard G. Tedeschi (Editor)

Calhoun and Tedeschi have written a masterful book that takes on the dialectic of traumatic experience: that strength and growth can emerge from and accompany terrible pain and loss. This important text succeeds in challenging clinicians to notice resilience and strength among their trauma survivor clients, while never turning away from or diminishing the horror and pain of personal trauma. The authors tackle a complicated and difficult subject with scholarly care and clinical sensitivity. They carefully avoid the potential pitfalls of naivete, insensitivity, and moralism while emphasizing the need for complex thinking about the long term effects of traumatic life events. The book has a clear, sensible organization that will make it valuable to clinicians at all levels of experience.
—Karen W. Saakvitne, Ph.D.
Traumatic Stress Institute/Center for Adult and Adolescent Psychotherapy South W

Drawing on their extensive experience as both researchers and clinicians, Calhoun and Tedeschi have produced a very readable and practical book for any clinician who works with clients struggling to cope with traumatic events. While acknowledging the negative aftermath of trauma, Calhoun and Tedeschi describe valuable techniques for encouraging posttraumatic growth in clients. Particularly helpful are the numerous case examples, homework assignments for both clinicians and clients, and an extensive resource list.
—Patricia A. Frazier, Ph.D.
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

The Phoenix is the mythological bird who rises anew from the ashes of its own funeral pyre. In their work on posttraumatic growth, Calhoun and Tedeschi put flesh and feathers on our hazy outline of this ancient symbol of resurrection. By focusing on the possibility of positive transformation after trauma, the authors urge clinicians to think outside the box, to consider all the ways in which the overwhelming energy of traumatic experience can be refocused on accelerating the dynamic of health instead of illness and injury.
—Sandra L. Bloom, MD
The Sanctuary, Horsham Clinic, Ambler PA; Author of Creating Sanctuary: Toward t

Calhoun and Tedeschi have written a masterful book that takes on the dialectic of traumatic experience: that strength and growth can emerge from and accompany terrible pain and loss. This important text succeeds in challenging clinicians to notice resilience and strength among their trauma survivor clients, while never turning away from or diminishing the horror and pain of personal trauma. The authors tackle a complicated and difficult subject with scholarly care and clinical sensitivity. They carefully avoid the potential pitfalls of naivete, insensitivity, and moralism while emphasizing the need for complex thinking about the long term effects of traumatic life events. The book has a clear, sensible organization that will make it valuable to clinicians at all levels of experience.
—Karen W. Saakvitne, Ph.D.
Traumatic Stress Institute/Center for Adult and Adolescent Psychotherapy South W

Drawing on their extensive experience as both researchers and clinicians, Calhoun and Tedeschi have produced a very readable and practical book for any clinician who works with clients struggling to cope with traumatic events. While acknowledging the negative aftermath of trauma, Calhoun and Tedeschi describe valuable techniques for encouraging posttraumatic growth in clients. Particularly helpful are the numerous case examples, homework assignments for both clinicians and clients, and an extensive resource list.
—Patricia A. Frazier, Ph.D.
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

The Phoenix is the mythological bird who rises anew from the ashes of its own funeral pyre. In their work on posttraumatic growth, Calhoun and Tedeschi put flesh and feathers on our hazy outline of this ancient symbol of resurrection. By focusing on the possibility of positive transformation after trauma, the authors urge clinicians to think outside the box, to consider all the ways in which the overwhelming energy of traumatic experience can be refocused on accelerating the dynamic of health instead of illness and injury.
—Sandra L. Bloom, MD
The Sanctuary, Horsham Clinic, Ambler PA; Author of Creating Sanctuary: Toward t

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The Dissociative Mind (Paperback)

2010-02-02T18:57:00.000-08:00

The Dissociative Mind (Paperback)
~ Elizabeth F. Howell (Author)

"In The Dissociative Mind, Elizabeth Howell seeks to provide a more substantial integration between psychoanalysis and traumatology and provides a superb inquiry into the question of trauma, dissociation, psychopathology, and the theoretical frameworks that guide our conceptual formulations and modes of clinical practice. Sensitive to concurrent work in trauma studies, neuroscience, attachment theory, defense, and personality structure, this book should be digested slowing for its rich and subtle flavors."

- Jon Mills, Ph.D., Psy.D., Psychologist-Psychoanalyst, Winter 2008

"This is a book that makes an important contribution to our understanding of dissociation. It should be read by clinicians and researchers who wish exposure to the complexities of the dissociative mind."
- PsycCRITIQUES

"Howell's excellent and clearly written book covers both aspects of dissociation. Howell makes excellent use of both her emotional sensitivity and her sharp intellect....read it and discover all it has to offer."

- International Journal of Psychoanalysis

"In sum, The Dissociative Mind provides a thorough context for evaluating current dissociation theories. The case descriptions that Howell uses to bring the complex and competing theories to life are true gems. Her book will be of particular interest and benefit to those interested in obtaining an overview of the history of dissociation theory, as well as a description of how dissociation relates to current psychodynamic constructs. As dialogue in the field focuses on the development of integrative models, we anticipate that this book will provide a valued voice that models, drawing on the best the field has to offer to advance dissociation theories."

- Anne P. DePrince, Ph.D., and Kristin M. Weinzierl, M.S., University of Denver, taken from Journal of Trauma and Dissociation, 8.1, 2007

"Elizabeth Howell's book, The Dissociative Mind, is a long overdue addition to both the traumatological and psychoanalytic literature....Dr. Howell's clear voice is taking its rightful place amongst the leading clinician/theoreticians of our time. I look forward to her future work, and I highly recommend this book to you as essential reading."

- Richard Chefetz, M.D., International Society for the Study of Dissociation

"This text weaves together an excellent theoretical synthesis of a full range of psychological and neurobiological theories to examine the complex nature of dissociation. The level of nuanced, scholarly analysis leads me to recommend a readership of practicing psychotherapists and psychoanalysts as well as Ph.D. students in mental health disciplines... it stands as an impressive example of an authoritative, masterful analysis of dissociation."

- Kathryn Basham, Clinical Social Work Journal, 36, 2008

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Phonetics for Communication Disorders (Paperback)

2010-01-19T15:12:00.000-08:00

Phonetics for Communication Disorders (Paperback)
~ Martin J. Ball; Nicole Muller (Author)

"Phonetics for Communication Disorders is a tour de force. Drawing on their combined breath-taking expertise in the area, Professors Ball and Müller provide an account that solidly integrates the latest knowledge on the phonetics of disordered speech with clinically applied techniques for analysis. The text will initiate new students into core aspects of speech production and variation, but it is far from merely an introductory work. Phonetics for Communication Disorders is set to become one of those rare books which students of speech will retain, consult, and wholeheartedly trust throughout their subsequent professional careers."
—Joan Rahilly
Queen's University of Belfast, Ireland

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The Undiscovered Mind: How the Human Brain Defies Replication, Medication, and Explanation (Hardcover)

2010-01-18T15:36:00.000-08:00

The Undiscovered Mind: How the Human Brain Defies Replication, Medication, and Explanation (Hardcover)
~ John Horgan (Author)

With a gadfly's stinging sense of human limitations, Horgan, author of the controversial and bestselling The End of Science, turns a quizzical eye to the claims of contemporary scientists, psychologists, philosophers and medical researchers who, through mind and brain science, hope to explain rationally human consciousness and behavior. His extraordinarily provocative and wide-ranging treatise moves from an analysis of modern social science's belief in the subjectivity of all research to a near apologia for Freud's profound skepticism of the scientific method, to an exposure of the reductionist claims of evolutionists, genetic theorists, psychopharmacology and cybernetics. During his rollicking stroll though the varied creeds that compose the terrain of consciousness studies, Horgan both educates and entertains. He employs anecdotes drawn from quirky personal encounters with leaders of consciousness theory, including Frederick Crews, an anti-Freudian who arrives at one meeting "dressed like an executioner"; Steven Hyman, the self-described "equal opportunity sceptic" who's the director of the National Institute of Medical Health; Peter Kramer, author of Listening to Prozac; and Harold Sackheim, a specialist in electroshock therapy. These anecdotes are complemented by Horgan's own erudition, which is considerable. Here is a writer equally at home with the canonical assertions of literary critic Harold Bloom and language philosopher Noam Chomsky's critique of Locke's epistemology and its subsequent behaviorist adherents. Horgan's light but never shallow journalistic style keeps his skepticism from descending into grim cynicism, and he concludes on an optimistic note: we are, he contends, capable of epiphanies that transcend the bonds of mere scientific method. How true, for readers of this contrarian, challenging book may themselves experience an epiphany as Horgan celebrates what he sees as the fundamental mystery of consciousness, of life, of the universe itself. Agent, John Brockman. (Sept.)
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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An Introduction to Cognitive Psychology, Second Edition: Processes and Disorders (Paperback)

2010-01-17T01:54:00.000-08:00

An Introduction to Cognitive Psychology, Second Edition: Processes and Disorders (Paperback)
~ David Groome (Author)

This is a very interesting introduction to cognitive psychology, distinguished from many of its competitors. It enhances theoretical insight by systematically combining chapters on normal and disordered cognitive functioning. It also continually highlights that cognitive functions are not independent, but instead form an integrated system aimed at understanding the world and producing coherent goal-directed behavior. – Gezinus Wolters, Association Professor of Cognitive Psychology, Leiden University, The Netherlands

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Handbook of Basal Ganglia Structure and Function (Hardcover)

2010-01-14T00:50:00.000-08:00

Handbook of Basal Ganglia Structure and Function (Hardcover)
~ Heinz Steiner (Editor), Kuei Y. Tseng (Editor)

The Basal Ganglia comprise a group of forebrain nuclei that are interconnected with the cerebral cortex, thalamus and brainstem. Basal ganglia circuits are involved in various functions, including motor control and learning, sensorimotor integration, reward and cognition. The importance of these nuclei for normal brain function and behavior is emphasized by the numerous and diverse disorders associated with basal ganglia dysfunction, including Parkinson's disease, Tourette's syndrome, Huntington's disease, obsessive-compulsive disorder, dystonia, and psychostimulant addiction.

The Handbook of Basal Ganglia provides a comprehensive overview of the structural and functional organization of the basal ganglia, with special emphasis on the progress achieved over the last 10-15 years. Organized in six parts, the volume describes the general anatomical organization and provides a review of the evolution of the basal ganglia, followed by detailed accounts of recent advances in anatomy, cellular/molecular, and cellular/physiological mechanisms, and our understanding of the behavioral and clinical aspects of basal ganglia function and dysfunction.

*Synthesizes widely dispersed information on the behavioral neurobiology of the basal ganglia, including advances in the understanding of anatomy, cell-molecular and cell-physiological mechanisms, and behavioral/clinical aspects of function and dysfunction
*Features a truly international cast of the preeminent researchers in the field
*Fully explores the clinically relevant impact of the basal ganglia on various psychiatric and neurological diseases

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The Unbroken Soul: Tragedy, Trauma, and Human Resilience (Margaret S. Mahler) (Paperback)

2010-01-07T04:34:00.000-08:00

The Unbroken Soul: Tragedy, Trauma, and Human Resilience (Margaret S. Mahler) (Paperback)
~ Henri Parens (Author)

The contributors to this volume are keenly aware that mental health professionals, while well trained to identify and treat psychopathology, are insufficiently informed or cognizant of human resilience, of how, and of what, intrapsychic, interpersonal, and psychosocial factors are operative in adaptive coping with and recovering from trauma. These authors, several of whom themselves were subjected to severe trauma, address the matter of resilience from the vantage point of their own personal and clinical experiences.

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Advances in Schizophrenia Research 2009 (Hardcover)

2010-01-04T04:28:00.001-08:00

Advances in Schizophrenia Research 2009 (Hardcover)
~ Wagner F. Gattaz (Editor), Geraldo Busatto (Editor)

Schizophrenia remains an important challenge to psychiatry, with its causes and underlying brain mechanisms yet to be fully revealed. Currently available treatments are neither universally effective nor without unwanted effects. These aspects, together with the high prevalence of schizophrenia, its often debilitating nature, and the associated family and social burden, make this mental disorder one of the most complex public health issues of our times. The purpose of the Advances in Schizophrenia Research series is to provide comprehensive periodic reviews of the wide range of research studies carried out around the world, with the dual purpose of solving the schizophrenia puzzle, and providing clues to new forms of treatment and prevention for this disorder. A special feature of the series is its broad scope, virtually encompassing all fields of schizophrenia research: epidemiology and risk factors; psychopathology; diagnostic boundaries; cognition; outcome and prognosis; pathophysiology; genetics; pharmacological and psychological forms of treatment and rehabilitation; community care; and stigmatization.

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Rehabilitation of Visual Deficits After Brain Injury (Neuropsychological Rehabilitation: a Modular Handbook) (Paperback)

2009-12-31T16:54:00.000-08:00

Rehabilitation of Visual Deficits After Brain Injury (Neuropsychological Rehabilitation: a Modular Handbook) (Paperback)
~ Josef Zihl (Author)

About twenty percent of patients with acquired brain injury suffer from visual deficits; the examination and treatment of these patients therefore represents a particular challenge in its own right. Furthermore, adequate visual perception is a crucial prerequisite for almost all cognitive and motor activities. Despite a long research tradition in visual neuroscience, the rehabilitation of cerebral visual deficits has, until recently, been neglected. This book is the first to report systematic observations on spontaneous recovery of cerebral visual deficits after acquired brain injury, and the outcome of treating these deficits. The whole range of human visual functions and capacities is covered: visual field, visual acuity and contrast sensitivity, visual adaptation, color vision, visual space perception, and visual cognition. Additionally, there is a special section devoted to patients with central scotoma. All treatment procedures described are empirically founded.

This highly innovativecontribution to neuropsychological rehabilitation shows that the study of restitution and compensation of impaired and lost brain functions represents a unique opportunity to increase our understanding of brain plasticity. Of interest to both the practitioner and the scientist, it aims to stimulate further developments and improvements in the field.

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Origin of Mind: Evolution of Brain, Cognition, and General Intelligence (Hardcover)

2009-12-29T16:23:00.000-08:00

Origin of Mind: Evolution of Brain, Cognition, and General Intelligence (Hardcover)
~ David C. Geary (Author)

Darwin considered an understanding of the evolution of the human mind and brain to be of major importance to the evolutionary sciences. This groundbreaking book sets out a comprehensive, integrated theory of why and how the human mind has developed to function as it does. Geary proposes that human motivational, affective, behavioral, and cognitive systems have evolved to process social and ecological information (e.g., facial expressions) that covaried with survival or reproductive options during human evolution. Further, he argues that the ultimate focus of all of these systems is to support our attempts to gain access to and control of resources - more specifically, the social (e.g., mates), biological (e.g., food), and physical (e.g., territory) resources that supported successful survival and reproduction over time. In this view, Darwin's conceptualization of natural selection as a "struggle for existence" becomes, for us, a struggle with other human beings for control of the available resources. This struggle provides a means of integrating modular brain and cognitive systems such as language with those brain and cognitive systems that support general intelligence. To support his arguments, Geary draws on an impressive array of recent findings in cognitive science and neuroscience as well as primatology, anthropology, and sociology. The book also explores a number of issues that are of interest in modern society, including how general intelligence relates to academic achievement, occupational status, and income. Readers will find this book a thought-provoking read and an impetus for new theories of mind.

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The Wellness Manifesto: 95 Treatises on Holodynamic Health (Paperback)

2009-12-26T19:06:00.000-08:00

The Wellness Manifesto: 95 Treatises on Holodynamic Health (Paperback)
~ Victor Vernon Woolf (Author)

# Paperback: 184 pages
# Publisher: International Academy of Holodynamic (December 30, 2005)
# Language: English

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The Cerebral Code: Thinking a Thought in the Mosaics of the Mind (Hardcover)

2009-12-24T15:39:00.000-08:00

The Cerebral Code: Thinking a Thought in the Mosaics of the Mind (Hardcover)
~ William H. Calvin (Author)

"... in The Cerebral Code: Thinking a Thought in the Mosaics of the Mind, Calvin lays out a wide-ranging and innovative theory linking the neural structure of the cortex to thought, language, and consciousness." "... a fascinating and readable presentation of a novel and radical approach to bridging the gap between mind and brain." --Richard Cooper -- The Times [London] Higher Education Supplement, 11 October 1996

"Ought to be a complete ban on global speculations about the brain... grandoise." --Stuart Sutherland -- Nature, 21 November 1996

"[Calvin's] basic model can be applied to problems such as the sequences needed for body movements and in language, making associations, imagining, and thought pathologies. Finally, he goes for gold with a thought experiment, testing his [cortical Darwin Machine] theory on consciousness and a mechanistic outline for Universal Grammar.... [Calvin's is] a vision that is now all too rare. Right or wrong, his ideas should stimulate many to think more broadly about the dynamic processes of the cortex...." --Jennifer Altman -- New Scientist, 23 November 1996

"Bill Calvin writes with elegance, economy, and authority. In The Cerebral Code, he has solidly embedded his ideas in experimental neurophysiology and neuropharmacology, deriving from his decades in the laboratory. He explores the ramifications of his insights into a wide range of cerebral functions, such as sleep, dreaming, awareness, problems solving, creative thinking, and the dynamics of nerve cell assemblies that make consciousness possible. Calvin has written primarily for his colleagues in neuroscience, as well as for lay readers. I believe he will achieve his aim, by recounting in adequate detail the basic concepts from which he is reasoning, and thereafter exploring ideas and issues that his reductionstically minded colleagues have largely ignored."
—Walter J. Freeman, Professor of the Graduate School, University of California at Berkeley

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Dyslexia, Learning, and the Brain (Hardcover)

2009-12-23T16:36:00.000-08:00

Dyslexia, Learning, and the Brain (Hardcover)
~ Roderick I. Nicolson (Author), Angela Fawcett (Author)

Winning entry, Professional Cover/Jacket Category, in the 2009 New England Book Show sponsored by Bookbuilders of Boston.

Dyslexia research has made dramatic progress since the mid-1980s. Once discounted as a "middle-class myth," dyslexia is now the subject of a complex—and confusing—body of theoretical and empirical research. In Dyslexia, Learning, and the Brain, leading dyslexia researchers Roderick Nicolson and Angela Fawcett provide a uniquely broad and coherent analysis of dyslexia theory. Unlike most dyslexia research, which addresses the question "what is the cause of the reading disability called dyslexia?" the authors' work has addressed the deeper question of "what is the cause of the learning disability that manifests as reading problems?" This perspective allows them to place dyslexia research within the much broader disciplines of cognitive psychology and cognitive neuroscience and has led to a rich framework, including two established leading theories, the automatization deficit account (1990) and the cerebellar deficit hypothesis (2001).

Nicolson and Fawcett show that extensive evidence has accumulated to support these two theories and that they may be seen as subsuming the established phonological deficit account and sensory processing accounts. Moving to the explanatory level of neural systems, they argue that all these disorders reflect problems in some component of the procedural learning system, a multiregion system including major components of cortical and subcortical regions. The authors' answer to the fundamental question "what is dyslexia?" offers a challenge and motivation for research throughout the learning disabilities, laying the foundations for future progress.

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Psychological Trauma And Addiction Treatment (Journal of Chemical Dependency Treatment, V. 8, No. 2) (Hardcover)

2009-12-22T04:49:00.000-08:00

Psychological Trauma And Addiction Treatment (Journal of Chemical Dependency Treatment, V. 8, No. 2) (Hardcover)
~ Bruce Carruth (Editor)

Important reading for current and future addictions treatment clinicians--this book synthesizes and integrates the expanding body of knowledge about combined trauma/addiction treatment to specifically address the needs of clinicians in addiction treatment environments

Here, in a single source, is an essential overview of trauma treatment for people in addiction treatment settings. Psychological Trauma and Addiction Treatment presents specific methodologies and techniques for clients in inpatient and outpatient addiction/mental health settings. The contributors--leading clinicians and researchers in the field--provide a comprehensive set of scientific treatment approaches addressing a broad spectrum of trauma disorders.

Psychological Trauma and Addiction Treatment brings you up-to-date, authoritative coverage of:

The dynamics of co-occurring psychological trauma and addiction
All of the primary treatment frameworks currently utilized in trauma treatment
Treatment frameworks that take gender into account
Cognitive therapies in treating these co-occurring disorders
The role of psychodynamic psychotherapies in treatment
Attachment disorders and their relation to trauma and addiction treatment
EMDR as a treatment for traumatized addicts
The psychoneurology of trauma and the implications of psychoneurology in addictions and trauma treatment
How self-help groups can contribute to and limit recovery for psychologically traumatized clients
Forgiveness therapy as an adjunct to trauma treatment
Counselor self-care for those who work with this client population

Ultimately, this is a book of hope. Every author in this text has a firm belief that people with co-occurring trauma and addiction can recover, can maintain quality relationships, can confront life's challenges as they arise, and can be happy and fulfilled. Psychological Trauma and Addiction Treatment is designed as essential reading for entry-level and experienced addiction counselors, social workers, professional counselors, psychologists, and others working in the trauma treatment field.

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The Psychology of Attention (Paperback)

2009-12-20T15:32:00.000-08:00

The Psychology of Attention (Paperback)
~ Elizabeth Styles (Author)

Research on attention has evolved dramatically since the early work of the 1950s, and even in the few years since the publication of the first edition of this book. There have been significant changes in the study of how we are able to select some aspects for processing and ignore others, and how we are able to combine tasks, learn skills and make intentional actions. Attention is now increasingly seen as a complex process intimately linked with perception, memory and action. New questions are continually being addressed in the area of crossmodal attention and there have been important developments in brain imaging, which allow new insights into the biological bases of attention.

After an initial consideration of what attention might be, this book charts the development in the ideas and theories which surround the field. An entirely new chapter addresses the nature of auditory attention and the question of how visual and auditory attention are combined across modalities. The problems of task combination, skill acquisition and automaticity are considered, as well as the selection and control of action, and conscious and unconscious processing.

The Psychology of Attention, Second Edition provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to this fascinating and rapidly developing field.

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Textbook of Biological Psychiatry (Hardcover)

2009-12-19T07:02:00.000-08:00

Textbook of Biological Psychiatry (Hardcover)
~ Jaak Panksepp (Editor)

A Textbook of Biological Psychiatry integrates the basic science concerning brain mechanisms of psychiatric disorders alongside surveys of present standard clinical treatment. Organized in a coherent and easy to follow structure, chapters expand across different levels of analysis, from basic mechanisms to clinical practice. This comprehensive reference provides an integrative treatment of the biochemistry of neurotransmission, behavioral pharmacology, and clinical aspects of psychiatric problems including depression, manic-depression, and mood disorders. Other chapters address the biological mechanisms and treatment of depression, anxiety, panic, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and addictions. The editor concludes with a perspective on the future of the field and prospects for understanding and effectively treating mood and anxiety disorders.

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Neuroeconomics: A Guide to the New Science of Making Choices (Hardcover)

2009-12-17T22:52:00.000-08:00

Neuroeconomics: A Guide to the New Science of Making Choices (Hardcover)
~ Peter Politser (Author)

As technology has opened new windows into the brain, it has clarified what happens there when people make decisions about money. This clarity has produced a new science called neuroeconomics, which addresses diverse questions, such as why people save, buy stocks, steal, and overspend. The many different methods used in neuroeconomics have, however, often yielded unclear findings about the quality of these decisions, primarily because the field has lacked both guidelines for categorizing the different aspects of quality, and guidelines for selecting methods to study these aspects.

Before this book, in which Peter Politser guides the reader through the different regions of study, there was no scientific guide for those interested in neuroeconomics. Politser shows how to evaluate specific elements of choice, such as regret, expectation, risk, ambiguity, time preference, and learning, and surveys economic and behavioral models of decision making skills. He reviews the neural correlates of decisional impairments and inconsistenciesclarifying, for example, why we do not recall what we experience, experience what we expect, or like what we want, and provides detailed tables of decision-making skills, their neural correlates, and possible impairments. Politser also considers what the field of neuroeconomics may add to future conceptions of decision making, and outlines the limitations of various studies of different capacities. He then introduces a broader field for the design and interpretation of neuroeconomic studiesa neuroepidemiology of decision making. Everyone who wants to understand the research in neuroeconomics or use its methods should read this book. Its accessible text, along with an extensive glossary, will guide those with little economic or neuroscience background, and make the book an excellent supplement for courses on neuroscience and decision making.

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Basic Color Terms: Their Universality and Evolution (Paperback)

2009-12-16T08:53:00.000-08:00

Basic Color Terms: Their Universality and Evolution (Paperback)
~ Brent Berlin (Author), Paul Kay (Author)

The work reported in this monograph was begun in the winter of 1967 in a graduate seminar at Berkeley. Many of the basic data were gathered by members of the seminar and the theoretical framework presented here was initially developed in the context of the seminar discussions. Much has been discovered since 1969, the date of original publication, regarding the psychophysical and neurophysical determinants of universal, cross-linguistic constraints on the shape of basic color lexicons, and something, albeit less, can now also be said with some confidence regarding the constraining effects of these language-independent processes of color perception and conceptualization on the direction of evolution of basic color term lexicons.

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Hallucinations: The Science of Idiosyncratic Perception (Hardcover)

2009-12-15T09:13:00.001-08:00

Hallucinations: The Science of Idiosyncratic Perception (Hardcover)
~ Andre Aleman (Author), Frank Laroi (Author)

Hearing voices when nobody speaks or seeing objects no one else sees--hallucinations are intriguing phenomena that have puzzled clinicians, researchers, and lay people alike for centuries. In this book, authors André Aleman and Frank Larøi review the latest research on the cognitive and neural bases of hallucinations and outline their unique neurobiology by drawing on evidence from brain imaging and neurotransmission studies. Detailed attention is paid to hallucination characteristics in different forms of psychosis as well as other clinical groups and conditions, such as brain damage, Charles Bonnet syndrome, dementia, and chemical substance abuse. The authors integrate the wealth of recent findings into a cohesive framework and put forward a comprehensive model of hallucinations. Finally, treatment of hallucinations is discussed, ranging from pharmacotherapy and cognitive therapy to transcranial magnetic stimulation. A comprehensive list of available hallucination questionnaires and scales is also included as a handy clinical assessment resource.

About the Author
André Aleman is a Professor of Cognitive Neuropsychiatry at the University Medical Center Groningen, the Netherlands. He obtained his MSc in neuropsychology and his PhD from the University of Utrecht. His research foci include the cognitive and neural basis of hallucinations, emotional processing in schizophrenia and depression and the psychological and neural underpinnings of poor illness awareness in psychosis.

Frank Larøi works in the Cognitive Psychopathology Unit at the University of Liège, Belgium. He obtained his BSc from the University of Bath, his cand.psychol degree in clinical psychology from the University of Oslo, and his PhD from the University of Liège. In addition to hallucinations, his research interests include schizophrenia, delusions, cognitive remediation, awareness of illness, and emotional processing in psychopathology.

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Dyslexia: A Practitioner's Handbook (Paperback)

2009-12-12T06:50:00.000-08:00

Dyslexia: A Practitioner's Handbook (Paperback)
~ Gavin Reid (Author)

The main purpose of this new edition is to incorporate the most recent theoretical and practical research in the field of dyslexia and literacy and present it in a user friendly format for Practitioners. It refers to the most recent government reports on literacy and dyslexia in a number of countries such as, USA, UK, Canada, New Zealand and Australia. Each chapter has a summary at the start and, at the end, key points and 'points to consider' are looked at.

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Research in Communication Sciences and Disorders: Methods-Applications-Evaluations (Paperback)

2009-12-09T15:41:00.001-08:00

Research in Communication Sciences and Disorders: Methods-Applications-Evaluations (Paperback)
~ Timothy Meline (Author)

From one of the best-known authorities in research and research to practice issues comes an important text for teaching research methods and applications. An interactive writing style with technology notes throughout allows instructors to teach content, methods, and evaluation. Application examples and study questions provide many opportunities for formative and summative assessment of student learning.

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Cognition and the Visual Arts (Paperback)

2009-12-08T02:45:00.000-08:00

Cognition and the Visual Arts (Paperback)
~ Robert L. Solso (Author)

An experienced and prolific writer, Robert Solso has a gift for simplifying sometimes difficult concepts in science. Here he brings a refreshing new approach to the psychology of art, synthesizing research from a vast collection of data on how humans perceive, process, and store information and applying it to the viewing and interpretation of art. In this first systematic study of the connection between the new cognitive psychology and its importance to art, Solso reflects on the long relationship between humankind and art, observing that "mind and art are one." A major theme of this book, in fact, is that the clearest view of the mind comes when we create or experience art, a reverse of the usual view of art and cognition. The illustrations cover a wide range of examples, including African, Asian, and prehistoric art, but focusing primarily on Western art. The treatment of cognition applies a blend of the standard information-processing model, brain function, and neural networks. Cognitive Psychology series

About the Author
Robert Solso is Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Nevada.

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Psychological Assessment of Adult Posttraumatic States: Phenomenology, Diagnosis, and Measurement (Paperback)

2009-12-04T07:21:00.000-08:00

Psychological Assessment of Adult Posttraumatic States: Phenomenology, Diagnosis, and Measurement (Paperback)
~ John Briere (Author)

This book is the second edition of the well-known Psychological Assessment of Adult Posttraumatic States, published in 1997. A major update from the first edition, it presents a detailed, yet practical summary of the major issues and instruments involved in the assessment of posttraumatic disturbance. Dr. Briere analyzes the types of traumas most likely to produce long-term difficulties. He also explains the biological, historical, social, and cultural factors that mediate between trauma and outcome. New research on traumatic events, including rape, stalking, sex trafficking, torture, terrorist attacks, motor vehicle accidents, and disasters, is placed into clinical context. Especially relevant to the clinician, researcher, and forensic specialist, this second edition reviews the available research on standardized measures currently available for evaluating trauma's impact, noting the psychometric characteristics of each instrument. A comprehensive review of new trauma-relevant measures is provided, emphasizing their direct clinical relevance to the assessment of posttraumatic states. In addition, frequently used general psychological tests get a critical look from the trauma assessment perspective. Dr. Briere also makes new recommendations for the composition of trauma-related test batteries that can be customized to fit the clinical question and the time available for assessment. New to the second edition is additional information on the complex process of psychodiagnosis, including coverage of research and controversies in acute stress disorder, brief psychotic disorder, the dissociative disorders, traumatic grief reactions, "complex PTSD," borderline personality disorder, and trauma-related panic disorder. Including over 35 per cent new references, this volume provides a scholarly, yet practical review of trauma theory and measurement.

About the Author
John Briere, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology at the Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, and Director of the Psychological Trauma Program at LAC-USC Medical Center. He is a past president of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies.

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Textbook of Disaster Psychiatry (Cambridge Medicine) (Hardcover)

2009-12-02T06:33:00.001-08:00

Textbook of Disaster Psychiatry (Cambridge Medicine) (Hardcover)
~ Robert J. Ursano (Editor), Carol S. Fullerton (Editor), Lars Weisaeth (Editor), Beverley Raphael (Editor)

"By virtue of its comprehensive content, lucid and attractive style of presentation and its contemporary evidence base, the Textbook of Disaster Psychiatry represents an excellent purchase for a wide range of interested professionals."
--British Journal of Psychiatry

"There is no doubt that the editors, distinguished scholars themselves, have assembled an impressive line-up of contributors to consider a range of issues, from epidemiology, assessment and diagnosis to pandemics, terrorism, bereavement, service planning and interventions. ... The volume contains well argued contributions on possible mechanisms for psychological responses from various fields, including from psychology and neurobiology and ... sociology."
--British Medical Journal

"The book covers a very important topic in psychiatry, which is dealing with people suffering from disasters and how the psychiatric services can help in such events. The quality of the coverage if very scientific and well written. This book is important for psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers and governmental and non-governmental organisations who work with people after disasters such as the Red Cross and Red Crescent. The book is an excellent buy."
--Saudi Medical Journal

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The Future of the Brain: The Promise and Perils of Tomorrow's Neuroscience (Paperback)

2009-11-29T06:33:00.001-08:00

The Future of the Brain: The Promise and Perils of Tomorrow's Neuroscience (Paperback)
~ Steven Rose (Author)

"Steven Rose is not only properly proud of the achievements of his science--neuroscience--but he reflects long and hard on the social consequences--good and bad--of those achievements. He is, in short, a neuroscientist with a conscience. This book is his survey of the future of brain research--the good, without the hype, and the possible trouble as well. A very wise and timely book. Recommended reading."--Antonio Damasio, neuroscientist and author of Looking for Spinoza, The Feeling of What Happens, and Descartes' Error
"Steven Rose clearly and elegantly shows us how little we really know about the relationship between brain structure, mind and consciousness, while warning us about future attempts to manipulate our minds by fooling with our wiring."--Richard Lewontin, evolutionary biologist, and author of Not in Our Genes, Biology as Ideology, and The Triple Helix
"Erudite but extremely readable, this book tells the story of neuroscience from its earliest days to the present, and provides a tantalizing look at what the future may hold." --Martha J. Farah, Director, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, and Bob and Arlene Kogod Term Professor of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania
"Steven Rose has hacked through all the hype to tell us how far science has really come in explaining the human mind, how far it will probably go in the future, and what the consequences for all of us might be. This book is not only timely and important. It is invaluable."--John Horgan, science journalist, and author of The Undiscovered Mind
"More than a century after the demise of phrenology, brain science has made many advances. Yet much of the field remains an intellectual jungle haunted by hucksters who seem indifferent to the potential misuse of neural research. Into the jungle darkness comes Steven Rose, the conscience of neuroscientists, whose clear prose guides lay readers past the hokum and toward the real potential value of brain science. The book is vital reading for lay politicians and science policymakers who, in funding brain research, often struggle to distinguish between scientific gold and iron pyrite."--Keay Davidson, author of Carl Sagan: A Life
"Rose cautions that the power to mend the mind confers the power to manipulate it, so the understanding of neuroscience he provides permits his readers to consider the implications of imminent developments."--Booklist

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Pediatric Neuropsychology Case Studies: From the Exceptional to the Commonplace (Hardcover)

2009-11-27T02:18:00.000-08:00

Pediatric Neuropsychology Case Studies: From the Exceptional to the Commonplace (Hardcover)
~ Jennifer Niskala Apps (Author, Editor), Robert F. Newby (Editor), Laura Weiss Roberts (Editor)

In the recent literature, the most influential case study books in neuropsychology are in the adult realm. Pediatric neuropsychology is a rapidly developing field with increasingly greater influence in the assessment, diagnosis, early identification, and treatment of childhood illnesses. This book will provide the first centralized, comprehensive resource for case studies in pediatric neuropsychology. Not only will this supply a valuable compilation for the growing numbers of professionals in this field, but will also serve as an innovative and appealing resource for therapists, teachers, and others interested in child development.

This book will be structured in such a way that readers can easily access individual cases of interest, as well as related areas of dysfunction. Section breakdowns will be provided in order to highlight the combined focus of case presentations in acquired neuropsychological dysfunction as well as developmental disorders. Each section will begin with an introductory chapter, highlighting the salient feature of the concept and providing brief, up to date reviews of the current research and theories. Within each global section, individual case studies will serve as stand-alone chapters. Contributing authors will be provided extensive guidance and coaching with regards to the standard format and information to be included in each chapter.

The first section of this book will present cases involving neurological disorders. The intention of this section is to provide not only classic examples of neurological dysfunction in children, but also to provide interesting cases of unique or remarkable presentations. The second section will present an accumulation of cases representing both common and progressive conceptualizations of developmental disabilities. Section three has been designed to highlight cases which often present complex issues to neuropsychologists. The case examples in this section will highlight the use of alternative treatments, pathologies that are often a source of inquiry, and situations that lack the more rigorous scientific data often utilized in other diagnostic procedures. Additionally, this section may include chapters on common differential diagnosis dilemmas in clinical practice. Often multifaceted and even contradictory evidence can arise during evaluations, resulting in complex or problematic situations for the clinician. Such examples are difficult, by their nature, to forecast, but rather would be added during the book s development, as they occur.

About the Author

Jennifer A. N. Apps, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor, pediatric neuropsychologist, and Assistant Director for Research in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Dr. Apps specializes in the evaluation and treatment of children with comorbid emotional and neurological disorders. She received her PhD from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas and completed post-doctoral training at Children s Hospital of Dallas. Her primary research interests are in the area of pediatric Bipolar Disorder. She has published several articles in professional journals and frequently gives both professional and educational lectures on pediatric mental health issues.

Robert F. Newby, Ph.D. is Associate Professor, pediatric Neuropsychologist, and Co-Director of the Neuropsychology Division of the Department of Neurology at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He specializes in the evaluation and treatment of children with neurological and learning disorders. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Kansas and completed an internship and postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Wisconsin Health Sciences Center in Madison. He has a Diplomate in Clinical Neuropsychology, awarded by the American Board of Professional Psychology and the American Board of Clinical Neuropsychology. Dr. Newby s primary research interests have been in dyslexia, reading disabilities and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. He has published articles in professional journals, book chapters, and a book for parents; he has received research grants from several foundations. Dr. Newby is on the Professional Advisory Board of the Wisconsin Chapter of the Learning Disabilities Association.

Laura Weiss Roberts, M.D., M.A. is Chairman and Charles E. Kubly Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Dr. Roberts is a career scientist funded by the National Institutes of Health, and a nationally recognized scholar and leader in ethics, psychiatry, medicine, and medical education. Before coming to Milwaukee, Dr. Roberts served as a Professor of Psychiatry, Vice Chair for the Department of Psychiatry and the Director of the Institute for Ethics at the University of New Mexico, where she completed her psychiatry training and then remained on faculty for 8 years. She is the Editor-in-Chief for the journal Academic Psychiatry and serves as an editorial board member and peer reviewer for many scientific journals. Dr. Roberts has received numerous awards for her scholarship, leadership, and teaching, and has been an invited speaker for over 100 presentations, workshops and seminars. A dedicated writer, she has written extensively on topics including clinical and research ethics, informed consent, clinical medicine, educational scholarship, end-of-life care, physician and medical student health care.

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Neuroscience for the Mental Health Clinician (Hardcover)

2009-11-20T06:42:00.001-08:00

Neuroscience for the Mental Health Clinician (Hardcover)
~ Steven R. Pliszka MD (Author), Steven Pliszka (Author)

As scientific knowledge grows about the role of the brain in mental disorder, no clinician can afford to be uninformed about neurobiology. This accessible primer provides the basic grounding in neuroscience that all contemporary mental health professionals need. Readers are first guided through the fundamentals of neuroanatomy, neurochemistry, and psychiatric genetics. Chapters then illuminate the neurobiological underpinnings of a range of frequently encountered disorders--including ADHD, substance abuse, mood and anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, and learning and cognitive problems--giving particular attention to the impact of psychosocial risk factors on the brain. Also examined are ways that both pharmacological and psychological interventions have been shown to alter brain chemistry as they bring about a reduction in symptoms.

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EMDR: Within a Phase Model of Trauma-Informed Treatment (Maltreatment, Trauman, and Interpersonal Aggression) (Paperback)

2009-11-16T08:56:00.000-08:00

EMDR: Within a Phase Model of Trauma-Informed Treatment (Maltreatment, Trauman, and Interpersonal Aggression) (Paperback)
~ Ricky Greenwald (Author)

Dr. Greenwald has created an OUSTANDING IN-DEPTH EMDR TRAINING MANUAL useful for both new and experienced EMDR clinicians. . . . Unusually accessible, easy to understand and utilize with well developed explanations, examples, and exercises on all aspects of treating trauma. Dr. Greenwald has addressed many aspects of treatment that are rarely taught, giving numerous ideas on how to handle common problems in explaining EMDR and in working clinically with clients, both children and adults. I WHOLEHEARTEDLY RECOMMEND THIS EXCELLENT MANUAL. -- Phyllis Klaus, MFT, CSW, EMDR Instructor and Consultant; Author of Bonding; The Doula Book; Your Amazing Newborn; When Survivors Give Birth

Greenwald has managed to create one book that masterfully teaches trauma-informed treatment and the use of EMDR within this framework. This book is an indispensable guide to EMDR treatment with the wide range of clients who present in diverse clinical settings. In addition to teaching a comprehensive framework to inform treatment, it's a goldmine of practical strategies and techniques for EMDR clinicians and trainers. Simply stated, this is a 'must read' book for anyone doing or teaching EMDR. -- Nancy Smyth, PhD, LCSW, EMDR Instructor, Dean and Professor, University of Buffalo School of Social Work

PROVIDES READERS WITH A WEALTH OF INFORMATION that is comprehensive and true to the original EMDR methodology. Trainers and students alike will find this DOWN-TO-EARTH RESOURCE reveals how to formulate cases and EMDR targets safely and efficiently. -- Sandra Paulsen, PhD, EMDR Consultant and Workshop Leader; Leading developer of EMDR applications for dissociative disorders and ego state therapy

This book is full of helpful content and interesting details both for experienced EMDR therapists as well as those in training. The exercises will help readers to really 'get it'. The many effective explanations, metaphors, and interventions will give every clinician some new and useful tools. One of the great strengths of the book is the way EMDR is embedded in a trauma-based treatment approach. The detailed guidance on how to implement this approach will help many of our colleagues to pursue a clear path in treatment and achieve better outcomes. -- Judith Boƒl, MEd, RCC, HAP Trainer and Past President of EMDR-HAP

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Essentials of Anatomy and Physiology for Communication Disorders (Paperback)

2009-11-12T17:15:00.001-08:00

Essentials of Anatomy and Physiology for Communication Disorders (Paperback)
~ Anthony J. Seikel (Author), David G. Drumright (Author)

Written as an accessible, easy to use anatomy and physiology book for introductory communication sciences courses and speech-language pathology assistants, this resource is derived from the best selling Anatomy and Physiology for Speech, Language, and Hearing, 2nd Edition. Richly illustrated, this book is accompanied by a CD-ROM that provides users with additional information on the anatomy and physiology of the speech and hearing systems through interactive self-study, animations, quizzes, and more. A comprehensive glossary provides definitions of key terms and study questions accompany each chapter, allowing users to test their understanding of information. Written in user-friendly language, this must-have book is perfect for anyone who wants to understand the essentials of anatomy and physiology of communication disorders.

About the Author
J. Anthony (Tony) Seikel is on faculty at Idaho State University in Pocatello, Idaho. His research interests center on the relationship of pathology to acoustics and perception, but extend as well to the improvement of pedagogy through technology.

David G. Drumright is a programmer and teacher in Spokane, Washington. He has taught electronics at numerous schools, and has a background in speech-language pathology and audiology. His software includes the original ANIMA programs of this text; the new ANATESSE application that you see in this fourth edition; AUDIN, which is software for instruction in audiology; and numerous smaller instructional tools.

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Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychology (Hardcover)

2009-11-09T02:25:00.000-08:00

Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychology (Hardcover)
~ Todd Feinberg (Author), Martha Farah (Author)

The leading clinical reference on behavioral neurology! This state-of-the-art second edition reflects groundbreaking coverage of both clinical and theoretical aspects of brain-behavior studies. Features five new chapters in such rapidly expanding areas as cerebral plasticity, functional brain imaging, alterations in states of consciousness, and genetics of neural development.

About the Author
Todd E. Feinberg, MD
Director, Neurobehavior and Alzheimer’s Disease
Department of Neurology
Beth Israel Medical Center
New York, NY

Martha J. Farah, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Psychology
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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The Treatment of Epilepsy (Hardcover)

2009-11-04T14:49:00.000-08:00

The Treatment of Epilepsy (Hardcover)
~ Simon D. Shorvon (Editor), Emilio Perucca (Editor), Jerome Engel Jr. (Editor)

"The four distinguished editors...deserve to be warmly congratulated on the production of this book...highly recommended...beautifully printed. It is a major contribution to the literature on epilepsy."
BRAIN

"I commend this book. I think it is a splendid achievement and I congratulate the authors, the editors and the publishers."
British Journal of Neurosurgery

"...outstandingly successful...this is a fine book written by the experts..."
LANCET

The second edition of the treatment of Epilepsy is a vital contribution to the field. The book’s primary focus is on the medical and surgical evaluation and treatment of the disease. Experts around the globe who have made seminal contributions to the treatment of epilepsy have contributed to the book, which preserves its flow and focus extremely well. The bibliographies are detailed and up to date, and the color plates deserve special mention for their clarity and the quality of their images. The first section focuses on general principles in the diagnosis, classification, and treatment of epilepsy. In this section, the clinically relevant basic science of epileptology and data related to the discovery of drugs are also explored. The second section discusses principles of medical evaluation and treatment of patients with epilepsy in a variety of clinical settings: newly diagnosed disease, onset in infancy or childhood, epilepsy in elderly or cognitively impaired patients, and status epilepticus.

This section also evaluates a variety of other medical conditions that may influence the management of epilepsy.

The third section describes medications that are used for treatment. One of the section’s attractive aspects is a table on the first page of every chapter hat lists the salient features of the drugs — indications for use, conventional doses in children and adults, common and serious side effects, and clinically relevant drug interactions and pharmacokinetics.

These tables are extremely helpful as a quick reference. A useful supplement to this section is a chapter on ongoing clinical development and trials of 11 new agents with respect to their safety and efficacy as antiepileptic drugs. The fourth section focuses on the presurgical evaluation and surgical treatment of epilepsy. It comprehensively discusses the principles of presurgical evaluation, the usefulness and indications for various established and new imaging techniques, and the selection of candidates for surgery. Various surgical techniques in a variety of clinical settings are discussed, along with outcome data and complications. The book is set in a relatively small font, which adds to the density of material that is presented on every page. To keep its focus, the book avoids details about clinical syndromes and electroencephalographic features in epilepsy, so readers will have a better grasp of the substance of the book if they are equipped with a fundamental knowledge of these areas. This book is highly recommended and is a solid reference for anybody who is involved in the evaluation and medical care of patients with epilepsy.

Ajay Gupta, M.D.

Elaine Wyllie, M.D.

Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Cleveland, OH 44195 --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

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The Great Brain Debate: Nature or Nurture? (Science Essentials) (Hardcover)

2009-10-30T21:22:00.000-07:00

The Great Brain Debate: Nature or Nurture? (Science Essentials) (Hardcover)
~ John E. Dowling (Author)

[The Great Brain Debate] is an enjoyable primer on some of the most exciting areas of neuroscience research today.
(A. K. Prashanth Times Higher Education Supplement )

Dowling does a masterful job. . . . His eloquent essay provides solid examples of what elements of brain development and brain function are under genetic control and which are largely guided by experience.
(Charles A. Nelson and Irving I. Gottesman Science )

[Dowling] writes authoritatively and covers the important stuff.
(San Diego Union Tribune )

The Great Brain Debate is a fine introduction to some of the key findings in contemporary neuroscience. In addressing the mechanisms of both nature and nurture, Dowling's book is clear and judicious, well articulating our current knowledge of both.
(Gary Marcus American Journal of Psychology ) --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Handbook of School Neuropsychology (Hardcover)

2009-10-24T15:18:00.000-07:00

Handbook of School Neuropsychology (Hardcover)
~ Rik Carl D'Amato (Editor), Elaine Fletcher-Janzen (Editor), Cecil R. Reynolds (Editor)

"The book is a wonderful and much-needed addition to the corpus of scientifically based literature on learning and learning disabilities, especially reading disability."
--Sally E. Shaywitz, MD Co-Director, Yale Center for the Study of Learning and Attention and author of Overcoming Dyslexia

A comprehensive reference on the theory and practice of evidence-based school neuropsychology

As new studies reveal disorders once thought behavioral or functional to be neurobiological or neurochemical in nature, clinical child neuropsychology has developed as an important discipline for understanding and treating a variety of child and adolescent disorders. With neuropsychological assessment more widely used in school settings than ever before, school psychologists require greater knowledge of both the discipline and its application in a school environment.

Bridging theory and practice, the Handbook of School Neuropsychology provides critical information on neuroanatomy, assessment, and practical, evidence-based interventions for a variety of childhood neuropsychological difficulties and disabilities. Featuring contributions from leading experts, this groundbreaking resource covers all aspects of school neuropsychology, from training and credentialing, assessment, and intervention to understanding and serving students with specific disorders or diseases.

This hands-on resource also features an appendix filled with useful tools, including a comprehensive neuropsychological questionnaire, sample neuropsychological evaluations, a list of associations, as well as sample neuropsychologically based IEPs.

The text presents the material in five sections, covering:
* Foundations of school neuropsychological practice
* Development, structure, and functioning of the brain
* Neuropsychological assessment for intervention
* Understanding and serving learners with diseases and disorders and from special populations
* Neuropsychological interventions in schools

The most comprehensive reference on the theory and practice of school neuropsychology, the Handbook of School Neuropsychology is an indispensable tool for school and child psychologists, special education professionals, and students in both fields.

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The Handbook of Brain Theory and Neural Networks: Second Edition (Hardcover)

2009-10-18T20:28:00.000-07:00

The Handbook of Brain Theory and Neural Networks: Second Edition (Hardcover)
by Michael A. Arbib (Editor)

Dramatically updating and extending the first edition, published in 1995, the second edition of The Handbook of Brain Theory and Neural Networks presents the enormous progress made in recent years in the many subfields related to the two great questions: How does the brain work? and, How can we build intelligent machines? Once again, the heart of the book is a set of almost 300 articles covering the whole spectrum of topics in brain theory and neural networks. The first two parts of the book, prepared by Michael Arbib, are designed to help readers orient themselves in this wealth of material. Part I provides general background on brain modeling and on both biological and artificial neural networks. Part II consists of "Road Maps" to help readers steer through articles in part III on specific topics of interest. The articles in part III are written so as to be accessible to readers of diverse backgrounds. They are cross-referenced and provide lists of pointers to Road Maps, background material, and related reading. The second edition greatly increases the coverage of models of fundamental neurobiology, cognitive neuroscience, and neural network approaches to language. It contains 287 articles, compared to the 266 in the first edition. Articles on topics from the first edition have been updated by the original authors or written anew by new authors, and there are 106 articles on new topics.

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The Neuroscience of Fair Play: Why We (Usually) Follow the Golden Rule (Hardcover)

2009-10-10T19:40:00.000-07:00

The Neuroscience of Fair Play: Why We (Usually) Follow the Golden Rule (Hardcover)
by Donald W. Pfaff (Author), Edward O. Wilson (Foreword)

"The Neuroscience of Fair Play is a highly readable and insightful look at brain systems that mediate aggression, fear, compassion, love, judgment, and decision making and determine how we behave, either according to the Golden Rule or otherwise. Donald Pfaff is a pre-eminent neuroscientist with the breadth of knowledge and depth of thinking that enables him to move easily between molecules and complex behaviors. He also has a rare ability to explain science in an entertaining and highly understandable way."--Bruce S. McEwen, professor and head of the Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology at The Rockefeller University and author of The End of Stress As We Know It (Bruce S. McEwen, MD 20071008)

"His sections on parenting, sexual love and aggression are intriguing . . . appeals primarily to those with a strong interest in the brain and the science of behavior."--Publishers Weekly (Publishers Weekly 20071010)

"Every religion delivers the golden rule, sometimes as DO unto others, and at other times as DON''T do to others. Given this universality, it would surely be insanity to argue that the golden rule is a cultural construct! Pfaff gives us the clear alternative: the golden rule is part of human nature, part of what evolution handed off as one of our essential moral building blocks. Read this book and enjoy a masterful tour of how your brain computes moral rights and wrongs in the service of creating a fair society."--Marc Hauser, Harvard College Professor and author of Moral Minds (Marc Hauser 20071016)

"Donald W. Pfaff, a leading researcher in this intermediate field, delivers a crystal-clear tour through the relevant technical intricacies of the science. The ideas that emerge are among the most important in their relevance to human affairs."--Edward O. Wilson, from the Foreword (Edward O. Wilson 20071201)

"This new theory is elegant in that it eliminates the need for complex altruism circuits in the brain. . . . He has succeeded in advancing a testable theory that he and other neuroscientists can start to untangle in the lab. If he is right, it could turn out that the Golden Rule isn't merely religious teaching. It could be encoded in the very circuitry of our brains."-Kurt Kleiner, Scientific American Mind (Kurt Kleiner Scientific American Mind 20080120)

"Pfaff marshals a vast number of different kinds of studies to buttress his premises and sustains a persuasive argument throughout."--Boston Globe (Barbara Fisher Boston Globe 20080501)

"Offers a thought-provoking account of how far modern neuroscience has come in explaining aspects of the human condition that have historically fallen exclusively under the domains of nonscientific disciplines, such as philosophy or religion. . . . He concludes by offering some timely suggestions for applying the ideas outlined in the book to solving some of society''s social ills. . . . The overall message is powerful. . . . This would be an excellent resource to use in an interdisciplinary course on morality or ethics. Recommended."-C.A. Lindgren, Choice (C. A. Lindgren CHOICE 20080410)

"For those interested in the biology of behaviour in human and non-human animals, Pfaff provides a feast of tightly woven facts. . . . Although there is substantial variation across people in the mechanisms supporting fair play, Pfaff argues persuasively that nearly all humans have the capacity for empathy and this is an essential component of our human nature."-Paul J. Zak, Times Higher Education Supplement (Paul J. Zak Times Higher Education Supplement 20080502)

"The Neuroscience of Fair Play successfully highlights important issues in a young field of inquiry."--Science (Prashanth Ak Science 20070914)

"Our brains do more than reason and think. They are also home to ancient processes of fear, aggression, love, and affection. In lucid prose, an eminent neuroscientist explains how emotions guide human morality, thus breaking with centuries of emphasis on rationality."--Frans de Waal, author of Our Inner Ape (Frans de Waal )

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The Engine of Reason, The Seat of the Soul: A Philosophical Journey into the Brain (Paperback)

2009-10-08T06:59:00.000-07:00

The Engine of Reason, The Seat of the Soul: A Philosophical Journey into the Brain (Paperback)
by Paul M. Churchland (Author)

"...The Engine of Reason, the Seat of the Soul [is] a very important book full of tantalizing and astute observations and insights about consciousness, thinking and thought. Its sweep encompasses morality, politics, the arts, education, penology, psychiatry and the very nature of freedom itself. This is a book to be reckoned with."
—Los Angeles Times

"Paul Churchland's The Engine of Reason, the Seat of the Soul is an outstanding philosophical achievement, integrating artificial intelligence, brain neurology, cognitive psychology, ethnology, epistemology, scientific method, and even ethics and aesthetics, into an interlocking whole."
—W.V. Quine, Professor of Philosophy, Harvard University

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"Paul Churchland's The Engine of Reason, the Seat of the Soul is an outstanding philosophical achievement, integrating artificial intelligence, brain neurology, cognitive psychology, ethnology, epistemology, scientific method, and even ethics and aesthetics, into an interlocking whole." -- W.V. Quine, Professor of Philosophy, Harvard University

"...The Engine of Reason, the Seat of the Soul [is] a very important book full of tantalizing and astute observations and insights about consciousness, thinking and thought. Its sweep encompasses morality, politics, the arts, education, penology, psychiatry and the very nature of freedom itself. This is a book to be reckoned with." -- Los Angeles Times

A new picture of the mind is emerging, and explanations now exist for what has so long seemed mysterious. This real understanding of how the biological brain works -- of how we work -- has generated a mood of excitement that is shared in a half-dozen intersecting disciplines. Philosopher Paul Churchland, who is widely known as a gifted teacher and expository writer, explains these scientific developments in a simple, authoritative, and pictorial fashion. He not only opens the door into the ongoing research of the neurobiological and connectionist communities but goes further, probing the social and moral dimensions of recent experimental results that assign consciousness to all but the very simplest forms of animals.

In a fast-paced, entertaining narrative, replete with examples and numerous explanatory illustrations, Churchland brings together an exceptionally broad range of intellectual issues. He summarizes new results from neuroscience and recent work with artificial neural networks that together suggest a unified set of answers to questions about how the brain actually works; how it sustains a thinking, feeling, dreaming self; and how it sustains a self-conscious person.

Churchland first explains the science -- the powerful role of vector coding in sensory representation and pattern recognition, artificial neural networks that imitate parts of the brain, recurrent networks, neural representation of the social world, and diagnostic technologies and therapies for the brain in trouble. He then explores the far-reaching consequences of the current neurocomputational understanding of mind for our philosophical convictions, and for our social, moral, legal, medical, and personal lives.

Churchland's wry wit and skillful teaching style are evident throughout. He introduces the remarkable representational power of a single human brain, for instance, via a captivating brain/World-Trade-Tower TV screen analogy. "Who can be watching this pixilated show?" Churchland queries; the answer is a provocative "no one." And he has included a folded stereoscopic viewer, attached to the inside back cover of the book, that readers can use to participate directly in several revealing experiments concerning stereo vision.

A Bradford Book

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Clinical Speech and Voice Measurements: Laboratory Exercises (Singular Textbook) (Paperback)

2009-09-11T08:05:00.000-07:00

Clinical Speech and Voice Measurements: Laboratory Exercises (Singular Textbook) (Paperback)
by Robert F. Orlikoff (Author), Ronald J. Baken (Author)

These guided exercises cover a wide range of laboratory measurements using modern, currently available equipment. An accompanying "Instructor's Manual" contains suggestions for presentation of the exercises and answers to questions.

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Living With Terror, Working With Trauma: A Clinician's Handbook (Hardcover)

2009-09-09T01:47:00.000-07:00

Living With Terror, Working With Trauma: A Clinician's Handbook (Hardcover)
by Danielle Knafo (Author)

Terrorism and war have engendered a special set of people with distinctive and uniquely contemporary therapeutic needs. How do we cope with the personal experience of political violence?

LIVING WITH TERROR, WORKING WITH TRAUMA addresses the ways that mental health practitioners can assist survivors of terrorism. Drawing upon the experience of leading practitioners and renowned experts throughout the world, this edited volume explores the most innovative methods currently employed to help people heal--and even grow--from traumatic experiences. It argues for a multi-dimensional approach to understanding and treating the effects of terror-related trauma.

Comprehensive in scope, LIVING WITH TERROR, WORKING WITH TRAUMA covers psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, existential, and neuro-physiological techniques for working with individuals and groups, children and adults, both in the clinic and in the field. The contributors share their personal and clinical experiences in Hiroshima, Cambodia, the Middle East, Vietnam, and other sites of mass violence and terror, including the Holocaust. A special section is devoted to the September 11th.

As it addresses the basic existential challenge of finding meaning and creatively transforming one's experience of terror and trauma, this volume explores the territory, identifies the key problems, and presents effective therapeutic solutions.

About the Author
Danielle Knafo, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in the Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program at Long Island University's C.W.Post Campus, where she is inaugurating a special training program for the treatment of survivors of interpersonal violence. She maintains a private practice in Great Neck, NY.

List of Contributors: Elia Awwad; Ofra Ayalon; Dan Bar-On; Mordechai Benyakar; Rony Berger; Maria V. Bergmann; Martin S. Bergmann; Harold P. Blum; John T. Cannon; Michael Eigen; Katie Gentile; Ann Pollinger Haas; Herbert Hendin; Judith Lewis Herman; Craig Higson-Smith; Amy C. Hudnall; Marvin Hurvich; Robert Karen; Fattma Kassem; J. David Kinzie; Danielle Knafo; Henry Krystal; Robert J. Lifton; Henry Krystal; Bennett Roth; Ilene Serlin; B.Hudnall Stamm; Charles B. Strozier; Nina K. Thomas; Isaac Tylim; Bassel van der Kolk; Vamik D. Volkan; John P. Wilson

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Handbook of Affective Sciences (Series in Affective Science) (Hardcover)

2009-09-06T19:26:00.000-07:00

Handbook of Affective Sciences (Series in Affective Science) (Hardcover)
by Richard J. Davidson (Editor), Klaus R. Scherer (Editor), H. Hill Goldsmith (Editor)

"Overall, the real strength of this book is the comprehensive coverage of a wide range of different approaches to the study of emotion. It is an up-to-date manual that every researcher interested in emotion should display proudly. -Psychological Medicine, Vol. 34, 2004
This handbook will bring about the long-needed integration of the fragmented scholarship in the study of emotion, which advances in neuroscience have recently made possible. The combination of breadth, depth, and clarity will make this volume indispensable to students and to scholars for years to come." --Daniel Kahneman, Eugene Higgins Professor of Psychology, Princeton University
"The Handbook of Affective Sciences is the most comphrensive, authoritative, and up-to-date review available of issues pertaining to emotion. It will be an indispensable reference for anyone interested in understanding the nature of emotions and their relations to other psychological constructs."--Robert J. Sternberg, President, American Psychological Association
"This volume defines a new field. Although 'affective science' draws on studies of emotion, it includes much more than what has traditionally been addressed under that rubric. This emerging discipline promises not only to forge crucial links between psychology and neuroscience, but also to build strong bridges between research in the laboratory and practice in the clinic. This book should be on the shelf of anyone seriously interested in psychology, neuroscience, psychiatry, or neurology."--Stephen M. Kosslyn, John Lindsley Professor of Psychology, Harvard University

This volume is a comprehensive roadmap to the burgeoning area of affective sciences, which now spans several disciplines. The Handbook brings together, for the first time, the various strands of inquiry and latest research in the scientific study of the relationship between the mechanisms of the brain and the psychology of mind. In recent years, scientists have made considerable advances in understanding how brain processes shape emotions and are changed by human emotion. Drawing on a wide range of neuroimaging techniques, neuropsychological assessment, and clinical research, scientists are beginning to understand the biological mechanisms for emotions. As a result, researchers are gaining insight into such compelling questions as: How do people experience life emotionally? Why do people respond so differently to the same experiences? What can the face tell us about internal states? How does emotion in significant social relationships influence health? Are there basic emotions common to all humans? This volume brings together the most eminent scholars in the field to present, in sixty original chapters, the latest research and theories in the field. The book is divided into ten sections: Neuroscience; Autonomic Psychophysiology; Genetics and Development; Expression; Components of Emotion; Personality; Emotion and Social Processes; Adaptation, Culture, and Evolution; Emotion and Psychopathology; and Emotion and Health. This major new volume will be an invaluable resource for researchers that will define affective sciences for the next decade.

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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Malady or Myth? (Current Perspectives in Psychology) (Paperback)

2009-09-05T05:34:00.000-07:00

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Malady or Myth? (Current Perspectives in Psychology) (Paperback)
by Chris R. Brewin (Author)

As more individuals bear witness to terrorist attacks, school shootings, or assaults, there has been an increase in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a diagnosis that has generated controversy since its genesis during the Vietnam War. Is PTSD real or is it a modern myth? Is the counseling of its victims valuable or possibly harmful? Are the memories of childhood trauma uncovered by many people valid or are they unwitting fabrications?
In this groundbreaking book, Chris Brewin, an internationally recognized expert on trauma, presents recent research on PTSD, memory, and neuroscience and offers a powerful new theory to explain conflicting findings about the nature and treatment of traumatic stress.
At the core of the book is an analysis of how the impact of trauma affects memory and identity. Overwhelming stress can lead to a condition in which survivors are lost for words to describe what has happened to them but still experience vivid and inescapable images. Trauma also has the ability to bring about profound changes in identity and block normal mechanisms for correcting abnormal memory. Building on this analysis, Brewin explains why some interventions work and others are ineffective, and what could and should be done to help survivors.

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The Limits of Dream: A Scientific Exploration of the Mind / Brain Interface (Hardcover)

2009-09-02T07:07:00.000-07:00

The Limits of Dream: A Scientific Exploration of the Mind / Brain Interface (Hardcover)
by James Pagel (Author)

"Jim Pagel's The Limits of Dream delves into the scientific, philosophical, creative and psychological aspects of this very human phenomenon and manages to be both coherent and consistently interesting. The only other book I've read about dreams told you how to play the horses."
--John Sayles, Director, Writer, and Actor

"This wonderfully creative book, based on the author's many original studies of sleep and dreams, as well as his masterful knowledge the relevant fields in neuroscience, provides us with a new theory of dreaming as well as a devastating critique of the highly visible but simplistic neurophysiological theories of dreams that have been on the stage for all too long."
-G. William Domhoff, Research Professor in Psychology, University of California, Santa Cruz

"This marvelous book starts from research neuropsychology and blazes on into the intricate beauty and creativities of dream phenomenology and cognition, and all that bridging into film as dream and dream as film. Its breadth and philosophical sophistication are unique in dream studies. It is a major achievement."
Harry T. Hunt, Psychology, Brock University

"Dr. Pagel is an extremely well regarded researcher in both the worlds of sleep and of dreams. What he is proposing is quite unique and could be an important "bridging" book between these two domains who have unfortunately had a previous relationship somewhat analogous to one of being water and oil."
-Bob van de Castle, University of Virginia Medical Center and former president of the Association for the Study of Dreams

The Limits of Dream focuses on what we currently know of the human central nervous system (CNS), examining the basic sciences of neurochemisty, neuroanatomy, and CNS electrophysiology as these sciences apply to dream, then reaching beyond basic science to examine the cognitive science of dreaming including the processes of memory, the perceptual interface, and visual imagery. Building on what is known of intrapersonal CNS processing, the book steps outside the physical body to explore artificially created dreams and their use in filmmaking, art and story, as well as the role of dreaming in creative process and creative "madness." The limits of our scientific knowledge of dream frame this window that can be used to explore the border between body and mind. What is known scientifically of the cognitive process of dreaming will lead the neuroscientist, the student of cognitive science, and the general reader down different paths than expected into an exploration of the fuzzy and complex horizon between mind and brain.

* The clearest presentation of research and philosophy currently available relating to the mind/brain interface
* Discusses the cognitive processes of dreaming utilized in film and artificial intelligence
* Describes the functioning of dream in creative process

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Mastery of Anxiety and Panic for Adolescents Riding the Wave, Therapist Guide (Programs That Work) (Paperback)

2009-08-31T17:20:00.000-07:00

Mastery of Anxiety and Panic for Adolescents Riding the Wave, Therapist Guide (Programs That Work) (Paperback)
by Donna B Pincus (Author), Jill T Ehrenreich (Author), Sara G Mattis (Author)

The treatment described in this Therapist Guide is specifically designed for adolescents with panic disorder and agoraphobia. Panic disorder often first appears in adolescence, making effective treatment for this age group a priority. Left untreated, panic disorder can severely impair an adolescent's development and functioning. It can put an adolescent at risk for depression and have consequences into adulthood.
The program was developed at the Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders at Boston University and targets patients ages 12-17. It is comprised of 12 sessions to be delivered over an 11-week period. Adolescents learn about the nature of panic and anxiety and how to challenge their panic thoughts. Exposure sessions help them face their fears and stop avoiding situations that cause heightened anxiety. An adaptation chapter addresses how to modify the program for intensive (8 day) treatment, as well as how to tailor the treatment to different ages. Each session includes an optional parent component and an appendix provides handouts for parents. The corresponding workbook is specifically designed for adolescent use, with easy to understand explanations and teen-friendly forms.

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Communication Solutions for Older Students: Assessment and Intervention Strategies (Paperback)

2009-08-29T14:30:00.000-07:00

Communication Solutions for Older Students: Assessment and Intervention Strategies (Paperback)
by Vicki Lord Larson; Nancy L. McKinley (Author)

# Paperback: 578 pages
# Publisher: Super Duper Publications (June 3, 2003)
# Language: English

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Anxiety (Clinical Psychology, a Modular Course) (Paperback)

2009-08-29T14:29:00.000-07:00

Anxiety (Clinical Psychology, a Modular Course) (Paperback)
by S. Rachman (Author)

This textbook discusses anxiety - a pervasive and significant negative effect that is a central feature of many psychological problems, including those that were frequently called neuroses. Anxiety is an intriguing and complex phenomenon that lends itself to cognitive analyses. It involves the interplay of vigilance, attention, perception, reasoning and memory, the very meat of cognitive processing.

Research on anxiety has accelerated, specialized clinics for dealing with anxiety disorders have been introduced and self-help groups established in many parts of the world. This growth is justified because anxiety is one of the most

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Essentials of Professional Issues in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology (Paperback)

2009-08-27T19:01:00.000-07:00

Essentials of Professional Issues in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology (Paperback)
by Franklin H. Silverman (Author)

A number of professional issues critical to the management of communicative disorders tend to be considered superficially--if at all--in college curriculums. Advanced speech-language pathology or audiology students and practitioners often lack an awareness or understanding of professional ethics, credentialing, contractual aspects of the client-clinician relationship, patient rights, among other issues that will affect their professional well-being. This practical guide provides students and clinicians with useful strategies for coping with their professional responsibilities, a more objective attitude toward change, and the ability to cope with change. It also includes information needed to meet the requirements of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association's new KASA certification standards for documenting essential knowledge of professional ethics and other issues, as well as online sources for going beyond the essentials. Readers gain insight into the real world of their profession and a means to master objectives that will enable their success.

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Ethical Decision Making in Clinical Neuropsychology: American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology Workshop Series (Aacn Workshop Series) (Paperback)

2009-08-27T19:00:00.000-07:00

Ethical Decision Making in Clinical Neuropsychology: American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology Workshop Series (Aacn Workshop Series) (Paperback)
by Shane S. Bush (Author)

This is an up-to-date guide to ethical decision making in the daily practice of clinical neuropsychology that includes a Continuing Education (CE) component administered by the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology. Emphasizing positive ethics, the book models a decision-making process by which practitioners can successfully resolve common ethical challenges. It is organized around the Ethical Standards of the American Psychological Association, each of which is systematically applied to neuropsychology and brought to life through extensive case studies that show the ethical decision-making model in action. (The book contains a total of 27 cases.) The book reflects the most recent published ethical, professional, and legal requirements and guidelines and synthesizes the latest research. Graduate students, those preparing for board certification, and even experienced clinical neuropsychologists will find much here that is useful; it will be especially valuable neuropsychologists who do forensic work. Those who wish to earn CE credit after reading the book are directed to a test on the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology website.

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Handbook of Neurodevelopmental and Genetic Disorders in Children (Hardcover)

2009-08-23T21:33:00.000-07:00

Handbook of Neurodevelopmental and Genetic Disorders in Children (Hardcover)
by Sam Goldstein (Editor), Cecil R. Reynolds (Editor) "Neuropsychology is

"...the text brings together leading experts in genetics, neurodevelopment, developmental psychopathology, and neuropsychology to provide a magnum opus resource manual for clinicians....Where the chapters excel is in providing excellent historical overviews as well as specific and practical frameworks for assessment and treatment that are detailed and comprehensively biopsychosocial....The chapters are uniformly well written and cohesive; treatment recommendations follow nicely from the neuropsychological assessment strategies that are presented....Goldstein and Reynold's text succeeds marvelously in providing a comprehensive resource on genetic disorders and neurodevelopment in childhood. The book is to be recommended to clinicians including child psychiatrists, pediatric neurologists, general and behavioral pediatricians, child psychologists and neuropsychologists, and especially those who may be several years out of training and wish to update their knowledge of the relationship between genetics and neuropsychology. For the practicing clinician involved in the day-to-day assessment and treatment of children, this text is a required resource on the bookshelf. The child clinician of the 21st century needs a working knowledge of genetics, neurodevelopment, and neuropsychology, even if these are not primary areas of interest or expertise. A working knowledge of these areas is essential for contemporary clinicians to be fully competent in assessing the range and complexity of children seen in clinical practice and to offer the most up-to-date treatment and management interventions. The text has both great practical utility, e.g., providing discrete frameworks for assessment and detailed recommendations for interventions in learning-disabled children, as well as a cohesive wide-angle perspective on the vast, exciting, and promising area of the impact of genetics on neurodevelopment."--American Journal of Psychiatry

"...many of the chapters should provide the student, clinician, and researcher with a valuable information resource for specific disorders. This volume should facilitate raising the awareness of the issues pertinent to the genetic basis of many childhood disorders and their associated neurobehavioral manifestations."--Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

"...a most useful addition to clinic and departmental libraries as an up-to-date reference volume on these important conditions. I shall also be recommending it to trainees as a good introduction to this range of developmental disorders and current knowledge and thinking about them."--Child Psychology and Psychiatry
-- Review

Developmental disorders are rapidly disclosing their secrets, and the intertwined nature of behavior and neurobiology is increasingly revealed. Students and practitioners trained in a behavioral perspective, accordingly, need to develop a working understanding of the accompanying neurobiology. This comprehensive and well-referenced book helps readers do just that, offering succinct and clear explanations of essential biological concepts. The volume helps clinical psychologists gain a better grasp of fundamental brain-based processes and master the interdisciplinary discourse in which behavioral interventions are nowadays embedded -- Marcel Kinsbourne, MD, Professor of Psychology, New School University, Research Professor of Cognitive Studies, Tufts University, Medford, MA

"A landmark publication. This seminal work will become the definitive reference for practitioners who work with children and adults with neurodevelopmental and genetic disorders. It is the first to compile, in a single volume, medical and neuropsychological research, assessment methods, and intervention strategies appropriate for the most commonly encountered of these disorders. Chapters are scholarly, comprehensive, and relevant. Neuropsychologists and developmental psychologists, school psychologists, pediatric neurologists, pediatricians, and special educators, as well as students in these disciplines, will find this impressive volume indispensable as a working textbook and standard reference source." --Robert W. Elliott, PhD, ABCN, ABPN, Manhattan Beach, CA

"Developmental disorders are rapidly disclosing their secrets, and the intertwined nature of behavior and neurobiology is increasingly revealed. Students and practitioners trained in a behavioral perspective, accordingly, need to develop a working understanding of the accompanying neurobiology. This comprehensive and well-referenced book helps readers do just that, offering succinct and clear explanations of essential biological concepts. The volume helps clinical psychologists gain a better grasp of fundamental brain-based processes and master the interdisciplinary discourse in which behavioral interventions are nowadays embedded." --Marcel Kinsbourne, MD, Professor of Psychology, New School University, Research Professor of Cognitive Studies, Tufts University, Medford, MA

"...the text brings together leading experts in genetics, neurodevelopment, developmental psychopathology, and neuropsychology to provide a magnum opus resource manual for clinicians....Where the chapters excel is in providing excellent historical overviews as well as specific and practical frameworks for assessment and treatment that are detailed and comprehensively biopsychosocial....The chapters are uniformly well written and cohesive; treatment recommendations follow nicely from the neuropsychological assessment strategies that are presented....Goldstein and Reynold's text succeeds marvelously in providing a comprehensive resource on genetic disorders and neurodevelopment in childhood. The book is to be recommended to clinicians including child psychiatrists, pediatric neurologists, general and behavioral pediatricians, child psychologists and neuropsychologists, and especially those who may be several years out of training and wish to update their knowledge of the relationship between genetics and neuropsychology. For the practicing clinician involved in the day-to-day assessment and treatment of children, this text is a required resource on the bookshelf. The child clinician of the 21st century needs a working knowledge of genetics, neurodevelopment, and neuropsychology, even if these are not primary areas of interest or expertise. A working knowledge of these areas is essential for contemporary clinicians to be fully competent in assessing the range and complexity of children seen in clinical practice and to offer the most up-to-date treatment and management interventions. The text has both great practical utility, e.g., providing discrete frameworks for assessment and detailed recommendations for interventions in learning-disabled children, as well as a cohesive wide-angle perspective on the vast, exciting, and promising area of the impact of genetics on neurodevelopment."--American Journal of Psychiatry

"...many of the chapters should provide the student, clinician, and researcher with a valuable information resource for specific disorders. This volume should facilitate raising the awareness of the issues pertinent to the genetic basis of many childhood disorders and their associated neurobehavioral manifestations."--Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

"...a most useful addition to clinic and departmental libraries as an up-to-date reference volume on these important conditions. I shall also be recommending it to trainees as a good introduction to this range of developmental disorders and current knowledge and thinking about them."--Child Psychology and Psychiatry

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Neurodynamics of Personality (Paperback)

2009-08-23T21:32:00.000-07:00

Neurodynamics of Personality (Paperback)
by Jim Grigsby (Author), David W. Stevens (Author)

'An engaging, highly readable introduction to some of the fundamental issues involved in applying research and thinking in the cognitive neurosciences to the clinical understanding of personality.' - Drew Westen; 'The inclusion of... complex topics should not deter the general mental health professional from reading this fascinating book. Readers who are interested in personality development or neuroscience will find that Neurodynamics of Personality provides an informative overview as well as a thought-provoking synthesis.' - Psychiatric Services; 'This book portrays a coherent view of personality that makes impressive use of contemporary knowledge from the cognitive neurosciences as well as the authors' clinical experiences in psychodynamic psychotherapy. Clinicians will have an adventurous read and are likely to find useful connections with their work.' - Robert N. Emde; 'A valuable contribution, especially for those psychiatrists who wish to gain a detailed and comprehensive knowledge of the neurobiological functioning of the mind and are interested in the development of a scientific foundation for psychiatry.' - American Journal of Psychiatry; 'Faculty who teach courses in the psychology of personality are sure to find meaningful ways to integrate this amazing study into their courses. Highly recommended for researchers/faculty and for clinicians.' - Choice

"An engaging, highly readable introduction to some of the fundamental issues involved in applying research and thinking in the cognitive neurosciences to the clinical understanding of personality." --Drew Westen, PhD, Research Associate Professor and Director, Adolescent and Adult Personality Programs, Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, Department of Psychology, Boston University

"This book portrays a coherent view of personality that makes impressive use of contemporary knowledge from the cognitive neurosciences as well as the authors' clinical experiences in psychodynamic psychotherapy. Clinicians will have an adventurous read and are likely to find useful connections with their work." --Robert N. Emde, MD, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO

"In this book, Grigsby and Stevens build a coherent, meaningful, scientifically based formulation of the relationship between brain function and psychological function. They integrate findings in neuroscience and experimental psychology with chaos theory and psychoanalysis in an insightful volume that can be understood by newcomers to these fields, yet will fascinate experienced investigators as well. Sketching an unusually cogent formulation of the correspondence between mentally and physically described processes, the book opens new doors for us into the nature of mind. It also challenges us to explore new modes of thinking about familiar subjects. While this is a scholarly book, its clear writing style and sprinkles of humor also make it a delight to read." --Aviel Goodman, MD, Director, Minnesota Institute of Psychiatry

"...anyone attempting to interrelate brain science and clinical practice faces two extraordinarily difficult tasks: first, to assemble large amounts of discrete data into a clear, coherent, and useful theory; and second, to develop the theory to a level of sublety and detail that provides relevance and direction for clinical work. With this volume, the authors have met these challenges in impressive fashion....[The authors] write in clear fashion, using empirical data in a way that clarifies rather than confuses, and presenting a brain-based model of personality that is both sophisticated and clinically useful. Their work will provide an accessible, broad-based introduction to neuroscience for psychologists, psychiatrists, and other interested mental health professionals."--Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic

"The beauty of this book is that it is itself interdisciplinary: the first author is a research scientist and the second a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst....This book is a valuable contribution, especially for those psychiatrists who wish to gain a detailed and comprehensive knowledge of the neurobiological functioning of the mind and are interested in the development of a scientific foundation for psychiatry."--American Journal of Psychiatry

"...the authors succeed in presenting a model that synthesizes these complex and varied fields of study. The chapters all follow a similar pattern, and the book is structured for a clear presentation....the inclusion of...complex topics should not deter the general mental health professional from reading this fascinating book. Readers who are interested in personality development or neuroscience will find that Neurodynamics of Personality provides an informative overview as well as a thought-provoking synthesis."--Psychiatric Services

"...fascinating....faculty who teach courses in the psychology of personality are sure to find meaningful ways to integrate this amazing study into their courses. Highly recommended for researchers/faculty and for clinicians." --Choice
--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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How to Prepare for the Praxis Examination in Speech-Language Pathology (Paperback)

2009-08-21T22:56:00.000-07:00

How to Prepare for the Praxis Examination in Speech-Language Pathology (Paperback)
by T. Payne (Author)

This updated second edition of How to Prepare for the NESPA, reflects the new title of the examination (Praxis) and once again provides students and clinicians with the only test preparation manual available for this examination. Readers will find the same essential chapters that focus on test-taking skills and study strategies; however, these have been updated to reflect current information and integrate sample questions that are more similar to those they will encounter on the Praxis examination in Speech-Language Pathology.

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Susto: A Folk Illness (Comparative Studies of Health Systems and Medical Care) (Paperback)

2009-08-21T22:55:00.000-07:00

Susto: A Folk Illness (Comparative Studies of Health Systems and Medical Care) (Paperback)
by Arthur J. Rubel (Author)), Carl W. O'Nell (Author), Rolando Collado-Ardon (Author)

"The study is a model of its kind. . . . The question of whether there are culture-specific illnesses ultimately may prove to be unanswerable. But it needs to be addressed, and Rubel, O'Nell, and Collado have moved that effort a long step forward." -- David Landy, Science

"Unlike so much research in ethnomedicine, [Susto] goes beyond an emic, descriptive analysis to explore a folk defined illness in a methodologically sophisticated manner. . . . An innovative and valuable book." -- Michael H. Logan, Reviews in Anthropology

Widespread throughout Latin America, susto is a folk illness associated with a broad array of symptoms. It is considered by susceptible populations to be a sickness caused by the separation of soul and body which is precipitated by a supernatural force. Most studies of culture-bound diseases have relied on descriptive approaches that focus on pathologies derived from medical textbooks. This study takes an interdisciplinary approach, looking for explanations of susto in the interaction of social, physiological, and psychological factors.

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Managing Tourette Syndrome: A Behaviorial Intervention Adult Workbook (Treatments That Work) (Paperback)

2009-08-16T03:21:00.000-07:00

Managing Tourette Syndrome: A Behaviorial Intervention Adult Workbook (Treatments That Work) (Paperback)
by Douglas W. Woods (Author), John Piacentini (Author), Susanna Chang (Author), Thilo Deckersbach (Author), Golda Ginsburg (Author), Alan Peterson (Author), Lawrence D. Scahill (Author), John T. Walkup (Author), Sabine Wilhelm (Author)

If you suffer from Tourette Syndrome (TS), or any other chronic motor or vocal tic disorder, you know how difficult it can be to manage your symptoms. You may be taking medication or working with a medical doctor to control your tics. If you are seeking an alternative or adjunctive treatment, you may wish to try the scientifically proven behavior therapy program described in this workbook.

Behavior therapy can teach you skills for effectively managing your tics. Designed to be used in conjunction with visits to a qualified mental health professional, this workbook outlines an 11-session treatment package for adults and children with tic disorders.

Behavior therapy can teach you skills for effectively managing your tics. Designed to be used in conjunction with visits to a qualified mental health professional, this workbook outlines an 11-session treatment package for adults and children with tic disorders. The goal of this program is not to cure your disorder, but to teach you the best ways to manage it so that you can improve your quality of life and look to the future with optimism.
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About the Author
Douglas W. Woods, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Psychology and Director of Clinical Training at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He is a member of the Trichotillomania Learning Center's Scientific Advisory Board, and a member of the Tourette Syndrome Association's Medical Advisory Board. He has published over 100 journal articles and book chapters on these and related topics.

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Hormones and Behaviour: A Psychological Approach (Hardcover)

2009-08-16T03:20:00.000-07:00

Hormones and Behaviour: A Psychological Approach (Hardcover)
by Dr Nick Neave (Author)

"An extremely well-written textbook covering an important area of psychology in which suitable books are currently lacking. The author draws on a large body of research evidence in order to demonstrate the main points, and the style of writing is particularly accessible to students."
--Dr Claire Gibson, School of Psychology, University of Leicester

"Overall, Neave's book offers a balanced and comprehensive overview of behavioral endocrinology....in the hands of a good instructor,Neave's book provides a good overview of the endocrinology of sex, aggression, competition, parenting, and cognition-all topics of interest to psychologists."
--Matthew L. Newman, PsycCritiques

"Neave (psychology, Northumbria Univ., UK) has written an excellent overview of the emerging field of behavioral endocrinology...In 11 well-written chapters, the book presents an introduction to the nervous and endocrine systems and then examines evidence regarding how harmones affect behavior and vice versa. Readers will learn a great deal about the complexities of harmonal regulation of reproductive and sexual activities, attachment, bonding, parental behaviors, aggression, cognitive processing, and sex difference. Current research activities are nicely presented in their historical context. The book is scholarly (it includes 60 pages of references) but eminently readable by anyone interested in psychobiology, behavioral neuroscience, and various medical fields. Recommended..."
--G.B. Rollman, University of Western Ontario, CHOICE

Recent advances in non-invasive sampling techniques have led to an increase in the study of hormones and behaviour. Behaviour is complex but can be explained to a large degree by interactions between various psychological and physiological components, such as the interplay between hormonal and psychological systems. This new textbook from Nick Neave offers a detailed introduction to the fascinating science of behavioural endocrinology from a psychological perspective, examining the relationships between hormones and behaviour in both humans and animals. Neave explains the endocrine system and the ways in which hormones can influence brain structure and function, and presents a series of examples to demonstrate how hormones can influence specific behaviours, including sexual determination and differentiation, neurological differentiation, parental behaviours, aggressive behaviours and cognition. This introductory textbook will appeal to second and third year social science undergraduate students in psychology and biomedicine.

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Detection of Change: Event-Related Potential and fMRI Findings (Hardcover)

2009-08-13T20:22:00.000-07:00

Detection of Change: Event-Related Potential and fMRI Findings (Hardcover)
by John Polich (Editor)

Detection of Change: Event-Related Potential and fMRI Findings presents the first systematic overview of how event-related brain potential (ERP), cognitive electroencephalography (EEG), and functional magnetic imaging (fMRI) measures reflect the mental events arising from changes in sensory stimulation. Reviews by leading experts provide clarifying introductory background material that is well integrated with the cogently collated findings. Topics include the empirical and theoretical analysis of mismatch negativity, P300, human lesion studies, and stimulus binding. These areas provide the backdrop for summaries of auditory/visual ERP interactions, the conjoint use of fMRI methods, and neuroelectric processing models of attention and memory. The contents are fresh, the literature distillations highly informative, and the range of topics extremely useful. This book fills a major need by making contemporary results highly assessable to cognitive neuroscientists, psychologists, and researchers interested in the neural underpinnings of how the brain responds to stimulus change.

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Psychological Trauma and the Developing Brain: Neurologically Based Interventions for Troubled Children (Paperback)

2009-08-13T20:21:00.000-07:00

Psychological Trauma and the Developing Brain: Neurologically Based Interventions for Troubled Children (Paperback)
by Phyllis Stien (Author), Joshua Kendall (Author)

(The Haworth Maltreatment & Trauma Press) Discusses how interpersonal experience shapes brain development and what is going on in the brain during the critical first six years of life. Illustrates how therapeutic relationships can promote emotional and cognitive development and how childhood maltreatment can impair the mind. Softcover, hardcover not available.

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Speech and Language Impairments in Children: Causes, Characteristics, Intervention and Outcome (Paperback)

2009-08-11T20:19:00.000-07:00

Speech and Language Impairments in Children: Causes, Characteristics, Intervention and Outcome (Paperback)
by Dorthy Bishop (Author)

This enjoyable book draws on a variety of papers presented during the plenary sessions of the Third International Symposium on childrens speech and language disorders. ... The book concludes with an excellent chapter from Michael Rutter in which he considers the relationship between policy, practise and research. ... Speech and language impairments are of growing interest and concern to practitioners working with children. This book is a timely review of some of the latest findings, but it is not for the faint-hearted. ... It has much to offer the practitioner, whether interested in risk factors, psychological or medical aspects, socio-cultural effects on literacy, effective interventions or the intricacies of grammar. - Dr. Judith Whitmarsh, University of Wolverhampton, in ESCalate, July 2006.

The range of topics covered in the book provides a commendable reference source for researchers and practitioners. All chapters are built on a sound edifice of research providing sufficient depth to evaluate contrasting views. - Julie Dockrell, Institute of Education, in Child Language

Delayed development of speech and/or language is one of the commonest reasons for parents of preschool children to seek the advice of a paediatrician.
Accessible to non-academics Speech and Language Impairments provides an overview of recent research developments in specific speech and language impairments, written by experts in the field. Topics include normal and disordered development of problems , crosslinguistic studies, pragmatic language impairments, early identification, educational and psychiatric outcomes, acquired epileptic aphasia and experimental studies of remediation. The book concludes with a chapter by Michael Rutter that gives guidelines for conducting and evaluating research in this field.

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Methods in Mind (Cognitive Neuroscience) (Hardcover)

2009-08-11T20:17:00.000-07:00

Methods in Mind (Cognitive Neuroscience) (Hardcover)
by Carl Senior (Editor), Tamara Russell (Editor), Michael S. Gazzaniga (Editor)

The evolution of cognitive neuroscience has been spurred by the development of increasingly sophisticated investigative techniques to study human cognition. In Methods in Mind, experts examine the wide variety of tools available to cognitive neuroscientists, paying particular attention to the ways in which different methods can be integrated to strengthen empirical findings and how innovative uses for established techniques can be developed. The book will be a uniquely valuable resource for the researcher seeking to expand his or her repertoire of investigative techniques.

Each chapter explores a different approach. These include transcranial magnetic stimulation, cognitive neuropsychiatry, lesion studies in nonhuman primates, computational modeling, psychophysiology, single neurons and primate behavior, grid computing, eye movements, fMRI, electroencephalography, imaging genetics, magnetoencephalography, neuropharmacology, and neuroendocrinology. As mandated, authors focus on convergence and innovation in their fields; chapters highlight such cross-method innovations as the use of the fMRI signal to constrain magnetoencephalography, the use of electroencephalography (EEG) to guide rapid transcranial magnetic stimulation at a specific frequency, and the successful integration of neuroimaging and genetic analysis. Computational approaches depend on increased computing power, and one chapter describes the use of distributed or grid computing to analyze massive datasets in cyberspace. Each chapter author is a leading authority in the technique discussed.

Contributors:
Peyman Adjamian, Peter A. Bandettini, Mark Baxter, Anthony S. David, James Dobson, Ian Foster, Michael Gazzaniga, Dietmar G. Heinke, Stephen Hall, John M. Henderson, Glyn W. Humphreys, Andreas Meyer-Lindenburg, Venkata Mattay, Elisabeth A. Murray, Gina Rippon, Tamara Russell, Carl Senior, Philip Shaw, Krish D. Singh, Marc A. Sommer, Lauren Stewart, John D. Van Horn, Jens Voeckler, Vincent Walsh, Daniel R. Weinberger, Michael Wilde, Jeffrey Woodward, Robert H. Wurtz, Eun Young Yoon, Yong Zhao

About the Author
Carl Senior is University Lecturer in Psychology and a member of the Neurosciences Research Institute at Aston University, Birmingham, U.K.

Tamara Russell is Royal Society and Neurosciences Institute for Schizophrenia and Allied Disorders Visiting Fellow at the Macquarie Centre for Cognitive Science, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.

Michael S. Gazzaniga is Professor of Psychology and Director for the SAGE Center for the Study of Mind at the University of California, Santa Barbara. In addition, he is the Director of the Summer Institute in Cognitive Neuroscience, President of the Cognitive Neuroscience Institute, and a member of the President's Council on Bioethetics.

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Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus (Hardcover)

2009-08-10T11:15:00.001-07:00

Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus (Hardcover)
by Peter W. Kaplan (Author, Editor), Frank W. Drislane (Editor)

An under-recognized condition that can potentially cause brain damage and even death, nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) is an important clinical problem, occurring in about 25% of status epilepsy cases. Despite this prevalence, Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus is the first comprehensive clinical text to cover its diagnosis and management.

The book progresses logically, beginning with chapters discussing the history and classification of NCSE, reflecting a contemporary understanding of developmental, syndromic, and clinical aspects. Following chapters discuss relevant epidemiology, electrophysiology, imaging and pathophysiology of NCSE, with supplementary sections devoted to psychiatric and behavioral aspects of NCSE and to the different diagnostic considerations of its frequently unusual behavioral presentations.

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Traumatic Brain Injury: Methods for Clinical and Forensic Neuropsychiatric Assessment, Second Edition (Hardcover)

2009-08-10T11:14:00.001-07:00

Traumatic Brain Injury: Methods for Clinical and Forensic Neuropsychiatric Assessment, Second Edition (Hardcover)
by Robert P. Granacher Jr. (Author)

…provides new research, practical guidelines, and the latest advances and applications in structural and functional imaging assessment. …exciting new clinical findings haven been added to improve the quality of the text and enhance the learning experience for readers…. The techniques described in the text come from known standards within the world medical and psychological literature as well as from the author’s large database of TBI examinations. The procedures and recommendations come from almost 4000 cases wherein the author has personally examined persons with TBI or those claiming to have TBI.
With expanded discussions of brain-injury malingering and family dynamics, this revised and updated, bestselling text gives an overview of state-of-the-art techniques and discusses new pharmacological treatments, acquired psychopathology, and test instruments for assessing behavior.
—Sirreadalot.org

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The Rehabilitation Psychology Treatment Planner (Paperback)

2009-08-07T02:09:00.000-07:00

The Rehabilitation Psychology Treatment Planner (Paperback)
by Michele J. Rusin (Author), Arthur E. Jongsma Jr. (Author)

The Rehabilitation Psychology Treatment Planner provides all the elements necessary to quickly and easily develop formal treatment plans that satisfy the demands of HMOs, managed care companies, third-party payers, and state and federal review agencies.

* Saves you hours of time-consuming paperwork, yet offers the freedom to develop customized treatment plans for neuropsychological rehabilitation
* Organized around 25 main presenting problems, from depression and impaired judgement to substance abuse, aggression, anxiety, and others
* Over 1,000 well-crafted, clear statements describe the behavioral manifestations of each relational problem, long-term goals, short-term objectives, and clinically tested treatment options
* Easy-to-use reference format helps locate treatment plan components by behavioral problem or DSM-IV™ diagnosis
* Includes a sample treatment plan that conforms to the requirements of most third-party payers and accrediting agencies (including HCFA, JCAHO, and NCQA)

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Augmentative and Alternative Communication: A Handbook of Principles and Practices (Paperback)

2009-08-07T02:06:00.000-07:00

Augmentative and Alternative Communication: A Handbook of Principles and Practices (Paperback)
by Lyle L. Lloyd (Author), Donald R. Fuller (Author), Helen H. Arvidson (Author)

This is a valuable source of information and reference for the field of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) in speech-language pathology.

This handbook outlines the history and growth of the field from its beginnings a few decades ago to its current status as an integral element in the clinical and educational programs of individuals with severe communication disabilities. Legislation and funding opportunities which influence the provision of AAC services are presented and discussed along with current legal and ethical issues and future research needs. Speech pathologists, language and communication specialists and therapists.

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Emotion and Reason: The Cognitive Neuroscience of Decision Making (Paperback)

2009-08-05T03:24:00.000-07:00

Emotion and Reason: The Cognitive Neuroscience of Decision Making (Paperback)
by Alain Berthoz (Author), Giselle Weiss (Translator)

Decision making is an area of profound importance to a wide range of specialities - for psychologists, economists, lawyers, clinicians, managers, and of course philosophers. Only relatively recently, though, have we begun to really understand how decision making processes are implemented in the brain, and how they might interact with our emotions. 'Emotion and Reason' presents a groundbreaking new approach to understanding decision making processes and their neural bases. The book presents a sweeping survey of the science of decision making. It examines the brain mechanisms involved in making decisions, and controversially proposes that many of our perceptual actions are essentially decision making processes. Whether looking, listening, hearing, or moving, we choose to attend to certain stimuli, at the expense of others. In some psychiatric disorders the inability to respond selectively to certain stimuli can be harmful - such pathologies of decision making are additionally considered. Berthoz also considers how many decision making processes involve an internal dialogue with our other self, and how this dialogue with our "doppelganger" might be represented in the brain. He considers the important implications that a neuroscience of decision making can have for the judiciary - how we apportion blame and responsibility; for economics - with discussion of the growing field of neuroeconomics; and for theories of management. Lastly he examines decision making and creativity - if perception relies in part on decision making processes, how might this alter our view of the artistic process. Written by a neuroscientist of international fame and accessible for both scientists and non-scientists, this book is the most exhaustive examination of the science of decision making yet.

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What Counts: How Every Brain is Hardwired for Math (Hardcover)

2009-08-05T03:22:00.000-07:00

What Counts: How Every Brain is Hardwired for Math (Hardcover)
by Brian Butterworth (Author)

At first glance, neuropsychologist Brian Butterworth's What Counts: How Every Brain Is Hardwired for Math might infuriate mathphobes who insist that they just can't get a handle on numbers. Could it be true that natural selection produced brains preprogrammed with multiplication tables? Read a few pages, though, and you'll see that Professor Butterworth has more than a little sympathy for the arithmetically challenged, and indeed confesses that he too has a hard time with figures. His thesis isn't that we are born doing math, but that we are born with a faculty for learning math, much like our ability to learn language. He goes on to argue that unique individual differences in this faculty combine with our educational experiences to make us either lightning calculators or klutzes who can't figure tips.

Butterworth's style is perfect for his subject, seamlessly weaving scholarly analysis with down-to-earth humor and practical examples that will satisfy the researcher and the lay reader alike. Drawing on archaeology, anthropology, linguistics, and his own neuropsychology, he makes his case like a masterful attorney while remaining careful to leave room for scientific falsification. The history of counting is engrossing and will be new to many readers, as it has been a rather arcane field until recently--but it's just one of the many new vistas opened for the readers of What Counts. --Rob Lightner

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Social Neuroscience: Key Readings (Key Readings in Social Psychology) (Paperback)

2009-08-03T04:47:00.000-07:00

Social Neuroscience: Key Readings (Key Readings in Social Psychology) (Paperback)
by John T. Cacioppo (Editor), Gary Berntson (Editor)

Through classic and contemporary articles and reviews, this book illustrates the complementary nature of social, cognitive, and biological levels of analysis and how research integrating these levels can foster more comprehensive theories of the mechanisms underlying complex behavior and the mind.

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Posttraumatic Embitterment Disorder (Hardcover)

2009-08-03T04:46:00.000-07:00

Posttraumatic Embitterment Disorder (Hardcover)
by Michael Linden (Author), Max Rotter (Author), Kai Baumann (Author), Barbara Lieberei (Author)

Pathological reactions to adverse life events are frequent. However, it has become increasingly clear that current clinical descriptions and diagnostic classifications, which subsume all such reactions under terms such as "PTSD" or "reactive and adjustment disorder," are inadequate. One widely seen type of pathological reaction can be classified as "Posttraumatic Embitterment Disorder (PTED)." Like PTSD, this disorder is characterized not by a particular type of stressful events, but by a distinct psychological process (experiences of injustice and violation of basic beliefs) and by a highly specific psychopathological profile (embitterment and intrusions). While the incidence of PTSD rises in times of danger, such as war, PTED is seen more frequently in times of societal changes which force people to cope with reorganizations of their lives and prospects. The symptoms of PTED can be very severe, chronic, life-threatening (because of suicidal and/or homicidal fantasies), and hard to treat, and often result in disability in almost all areas of life. This book provides the first comprehensive description of PTED. The authors first summarize the theoretical background for PTED and reactive and adjustment disorders. They then describe the psychological processes involved in coping with insults, humiliation, and injustice. Data on the epidemiology of PTED in the general population and patient groups are reported. Diagnostic criteria, diagnostic interviews, and self-rating scales are presented. Finally, promising and innovative avenues for treating these patients are described, based on new concepts from wisdom psychology. A highly practical Appendix includes diagnostic checklists and tools for treatment planning with PTED patients, suitable for use by both researchers and clinicians. This ground-breaking book is of interest to researchers and clinicians working in the field of posttraumatic and adjustment disorders, as well as to forensic psychologists and psychiatrists who may have to give expert opinions in cases involving trauma.

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Voice And Communication Therapy for the Transgender/transsexual Client: A Comprehensive Clinical Guide (Paperback)

2009-08-01T01:09:00.000-07:00

Voice And Communication Therapy for the Transgender/transsexual Client: A Comprehensive Clinical Guide (Paperback)
by Sandy Hirsch, and Michelle Mordaunt Richard K. Adler (Author)

This is the first comprehensive clinical guide to voice and communication therapy for TG/TS clients. The authors’ goal is to aid clinicians in designing and administering a focused and efficient treatment plan, while providing the clinician with the background on and the complexities of the client’s transition process. Beginning with specific terminology, aspects of ethics and confidentiality, and competence issues, the book outlines theory, research, and practice skills, as well as treatment planning. Each chapter suggests safe, appropriate, evidence-based protocols for working in the areas of pitch, intonation, volume, rate, articulation, language, resonance, carry-over, and non-verbal communication. Other outstanding features include coverage of the wide range of considerations, including the team approach and the role of the speech-language pathologist in treatment. Chapters include case studies and the appendices and extensive bibliography further enhance the depth and usefulness of this resource. An accompanying audio CD shows "before and after" communication therapy examples from ten M to F clients. An ideal resource for providing compassionate, focused and successful treatment for TG/TS clients.

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De La Mettrie's Ghost: The Story of Decisions (Hardcover)

2009-08-01T01:08:00.000-07:00

De La Mettrie's Ghost: The Story of Decisions (Hardcover)
by Chris Nunn (Author)

Nunn really refers to two ghosts in his book's title: that of the concept aptly named by Julien de la Mettrie's 1747 book L'homme machine, or "man a machine," and the ghost or soul within the "machine" that post-Cartesian philosophers said a human being was. The ghost of the machine Nunn dispels, and the ghost in the machine he releases, by first educing two axioms of free will from neuropsychological research findings about the workings of the brain, and then neuropsychologically explaining the existence of consciousness from the functioning of memory. Proceeding to theories of choice and finding that all involve memory, Nunn outlines the unconscious processes that underlie consciousness and then employs an imaginary but typical case study and the histories of several historical "cognitive objects" or cultural phenomena, such as weariness in the Victorian era, to show how internal and external memories organized as "stories" converge to affect freely willed personal choices. Meaty is one word for this dense little book. Rich and savory are others. Ray Olson
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved

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Poe's Heart and the Mountain Climber: Exploring the Effect of Anxiety on Our Brains and Our Culture (Paperback)

2009-07-30T05:13:00.000-07:00

Poe's Heart and the Mountain Climber: Exploring the Effect of Anxiety on Our Brains and Our Culture (Paperback)
by Richard Restak M.D. (Author)

Restak has written extensively about the brain and mental health, and in this brisk volume, he addresses anxiety. Explicating this vague but palpable emotion, Restak differentiates it from its kindred feeling of fear, which is intense but transitory, whereas anxiety asserts a more diffuse but continual presence in the mind. Restak illustrates anxiety both with social examples (such as dread of a terrorist attack) and individual cases from his medical practice. Making the point that it has effects both beneficial (alerting a person to genuinely dangerous situations) and incapacitating (fretting about catastrophic but statistically improbable situations), Restak exudes empathy with instances of his personal experiences. That style will engage readers throughout as he explores significant experiments in neuroscience on anxiety; several clinical diagnoses, such as obsessive-compulsive disorder; and various medications commonly prescribed for anxiety. On the other side of the anxiety coin, Restak discusses risk-taking folks who intentionally court anxiety. For general readers, Restak dispels worry about worry and tenders sensible strategies for quelling it. Gilbert Taylor
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Ethics in Speech and Language Therapy (Paperback)

2009-07-30T05:12:00.000-07:00

Ethics in Speech and Language Therapy (Paperback)
by Richard Body (Author), Lindy McAllister (Editor)

Ethics in Speech and Language Therapy is a key text for students, practitioners and managers alike. The demands of practice, legislation, registration and the recognition of competencies all point to the need for speech and language therapists to be explicitly educated about ethics. This book provides an overview of this key topic, grounds ethical practice in the broader context of morals and values; discusses frameworks for ethical decision making; discusses common ethical issues in speech and language therapy practice and service management; and considers factors which complicate ethical decision making.

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Hemispheric Asymmetry: What's Right and What's Left (Perspectives in Cognitive Neuroscience) (Paperback)

2009-07-27T18:20:00.000-07:00

Hemispheric Asymmetry: What's Right and What's Left (Perspectives in Cognitive Neuroscience) (Paperback)
by Joseph B. Hellige (Author)

This is an excellent book on a complex topic, and I can think of no one better qualified than Hellige to cover as thoroughly and objectively as he has the many aspects of hemispheric asymmetry. All the important issues are dealt with, clearly exposed, and soundly analyzed...The book certainly provides an exhaustive and timely review of research in cerebral lateralization.
--Justine Sergent, McGill University

This hook represents an excellent treatment and review of data and theories concerning the behavioral and anatomic asymmetries associated with the left and right cerebral hemispheres in both humans and nonhumans. It is especially timely given the dramatic increase in the scope of laterality issues that has occurred over the last decade the hook is seamless, in terms of both the breadth of the literature surveyed and his assessment of critical issues.
--Stephen Christman, University of Toledo

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Memory: Neuropsychological, Imaging and Psychopharmacological Perspectives (Hardcover)

2009-07-27T18:19:00.000-07:00

Memory: Neuropsychological, Imaging and Psychopharmacological Perspectives (Hardcover)
by Gerard Emilien (Author)

This book brings together the findings of memory research in psychology, clinical neuropsychology, clinical neurology and psychopharmacology. Integrating the different approaches very well indeed, it is a thorough and up-to-date reference work for researchers, practitioners and students training in psychological, physiological or medical research. - John Richardson, Institute of Educational Technology, The Open University

This excellent book provides an up-to-date survey of research on memory from the perspectives of neurology, pharmacology, psychiatry, cognitive psychology and neuropsychology. It can be strongly recommended as a guide to current ideas, findings and methods in basic science and its clinical applications. - Fergus Craik, Rotman Research Institute, Toronto

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Pediatric Neuropsychology: Research, Theory, and Practice (Hardcover)

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Pediatric Neuropsychology: Research, Theory, and Practice (Hardcover)
by Keith Owen Yeates PhD (Editor), M. Douglas Ris Phd (Editor), H. Gerry Taylor (Editor), M. Douglas Ris (Author), Keith Owen Yeates (Author)

"This is an outstanding volume in the series 'The Science and Practice of Neuropsychology' edited by Robert A. Bornstein. The foreword by Benton aptly describes the volume as an admirable example of paediatric neuropsychology coming of age. It is a valuable contribution in every sense and as the editors anticipate, it should be a core text for anyone involved in paediatrics and child mental health at undergraduate, post-graduate and professional levels."--Pediatric Rehabilitation

"The authors are well known clinicians and scientists who have made important contributions to the scientific literature in their respective areas....As a practicing pediatric neuropsychologist, I regard this landmark volume as essential reading for those with an interest in pediatric neuropsychology. Psychiatrists who work with the aforementioned patient populations will find it a valuable reference on the expected cognitive strengths and weaknesses and behavioral characteristics of their patients. This information should improve their diagnostic acument and give them a broader appreciation of treatment issues and options."--The Canadian Child Psychiatry Review

"...contains a great deal of valuable information regarding medical and neurological disorders that can influence the development of the central nervous system. The chapters are uniformly excellent and there are few pediatric neuropsychologists who would not find this publication to be of use. I found it to be one of the most interesting and informative books in the area of medical pediatric neuropsychology that I have had the opportunity to read."--JINS (Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society)
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