Böcker utgivna av American Psychological Association

Research in brain cognition and development has expanded rapidly over the last ten years. Our scientific understanding of the developmental stages of infancy, childhood, and adolescence has reached a new level of sophistication. In this book, an elite group of international contributors presents the latest advances in the science of cognitive development.

This book broadens the concept of multiculturalism to encompass internationalism in other words, it internationalizes multiculturalism. It argues that professionals in all fields can enhance both their multicultural and international competence to perform more effectively. The contributors review the relevant research and, drawing also from personal experience, apply these concepts to real-world professional practice in business, mental health, and education three areas that are especially well positioned to impact the health and well-being of clients, employees, and customers. This book will appeal to scholars of multiculturalism as well as practicing professionals in a range of fields, especially business, mental health, and education.

Explores the multifaceted nature of this highly subjective construct. Contributors to this groundbreaking edited volume examine the phenomenological, empirical, and clinical aspects of people¿s reactions to the loss of meaning, to uncertainty, and to meaning violations. The book concludes with a scholarly, clinical chapter on how psychotherapy can help restore meaning in one¿s life.

This book, which provides a detailed interdisciplinary overview of spatial cognition from neurological to sociocultural levels, is an accessible resource for advanced undergraduates and graduate students, as well as researchers at all levels who seek to understand our perceptions of the world around us.

Offers a comprehensive, orderly framework for practicing healthy preventive stress management. The book begins with a panoramic overview of the stress field from its medical and physiological origins in the early 1900s through its psychological elaborations during the second half of the century and its current application and practice in organisations.

This book demonstrates how emerging methods of translational research can be applied to important topics of interest to social and behavioural scientists. Accessible models and real-world case studies are provided to help bridge the gaps among research, policy, and practice.

A fundamental aspect of being human is knowing that one day we will die. In this thought-provoking addition to the Herzliya Series on Personality and Social Psychology, a group of international theorists and clinicians investigates a variety of existential concerns.

This multi-authored work brings together the scholarly and the clinical in its analysis of two separate yet inextricably linked endeavours in psychology: the cultural adaptation of existing interventions and the movement toward evidence-based practice (EBP).

Examines several current clinical approaches to trauma-focused treatment. Rather than describe theoretical approaches in isolation, the editors have integrated these interventions into a broader clinical context, emphasising the importance of understanding evidence-based interventions in relation to each client's unique presentation.

An introduction for clinicians on the theory and practice of Reinforcement-Based Treatment (RBT) in substance abuse treatment. Its aim is to help clinicians implement RBT methods or integrate RBT into their own substance-abuse treatment practice.

Introduces mental health care professionals to the business aspects of running a private practice, including billing, collecting, financial agreements with clients, and ethically balancing business and clinical interests.

In this book, Scott Browning and Elise Artelt integrate clinically validated interventions within an original theoretical framework for stepfamily therapy. They envision the stepfamily as comprised of subsystems, a series of overlapping relationships between individuals. This key insight enables clinicians to divide the stepfamily into more manageable units and plan treatment accordingly.

This book examines social anxiety in the lives of young people in the context of dating and romantic relationships, alcohol and drug use, performance anxiety and school refusal, and alongside comorbid disorders such as depression.

Examines three contemporary scientific approaches to the study of personality-the psychodynamic, the trait-psychobiological, and the cognitive. It also focuses on corresponding theoretical frameworks that continue to guide much of the research on personality disorders-attachment and separation, the psychobiological paradigm, and cognitive frameworks.

This is loaded with tips and advice for taking on everyday challenges and for building up confidence and self-esteem. Take a peek inside and find lots of ways to explore your strengths and feel more confident in school, with your friends...with everything!

This volume deepens our understanding of human and animal behaviour, including the impact that pets can have on children's development and the efficacy of animal-assisted therapies. It first addresses HAI research methodology; then summarizes the progress of HAI research in child development and human health; and ends with a detailed agenda for future research.

This book takes a comprehensive look at how pharmacotherapy is reshaping the practice of psychology.

An argument for the use of hypnotic analgesia as a viable alternative to psychopharmacological interventions for controlling acute, chronic, and perioperative pain, as well as pain from nonsurgical procedures. It provides a survey of the different types of pain and easy-to-follow induction examples for the major types of pain syndromes.

Summarizes the progress regarding the theory, research, and practice of relapse prevention for depression. This title also discusses the four treatments with the most empirical support for preventing depressive relapse: cognitive - behavior therapy, interpersonal therapy, problem-solving therapy, and pharmacotherapy.

There are many different types of family therapy, but at the heart of each is systems theory, a model that arose from the fields of biology, physics, chemistry, and cybernetics. This book discusses the history, theory, and practice of this systems-oriented therapy.