Freeing Yourself from Destructive Thoughts and Emotions
Illuminates the nature of self-compassion and offers steps for incorporating it into daily life. This book is suitable for readers new to mindfulness or those who want to take their practice to the next level.
Reviews the knowledge about developmental disabilities: neuroscientific and genetic foundations; the impact on health, learning, and behavior; and, effective educational and clinical practices. This handbook analyzes what works in intervening with diverse children and families, from infancy through the school years and the transition to adulthood.
A Resource for Researchers, Practitioners, and Policy Makers
Presents an overview of the key areas of research, from primary prevention, to early cancer detection, to the clinical treatment of cancer, to survivor experience and bereavement, to future directions for research. This book is suitable for researchers, health care providers, and mental health professionals in the fight against cancer.
Psychological Implications for Child, Adolescent, and Adult Caregivers
Includes chapters that present the theory and empirical research on caregiving from a different phase in the lifespan, including childhood, adolescence, emerging adulthood, and young, middle, and older adulthood. This book offers a look at often overlooked family caregivers.
Why Rome Fell, Hitler Rose, Enron Failed, and My Sister Stole My Mother'
Takes the reader inside the head of the kinds of malevolent people you know, perhaps all too well, but could never understand. This book presents a tour-de-force of popular science writing that melds scientific research with intriguing family history and puts both a human and scientific face to evil.
rs, Complementary Therapists and Mental Health Professionals
Damien Ridge is a reader in Integrated Health at the University of Westminster, following positions as Senior Research Fellow at City University London and Senior Qualitative Researcher at Oxford University. He has been a specialist qualitative researcher for over 15 years, with expertise in understanding how people give meaning to recovering from ......
Reviews the scientific knowledge on subjective well-being (SWB): its definition, causes and consequences, measurement, and practical applications that may help people become happier. This work explores the connections between SWB and a range of intrapersonal and interpersonal phenomena, including personality, health, wealth, religion and culture.
Intended for readers from various walks of life who are interested in the ways that psychological science and knowledge cast light on the issues of everyday living, this title includes 10,000 entries offering definitions. It offers coverage of over 90 subareas across the field of psychology - including clinical, experimental, and neuropsychology.
Is it Right for Me and What Can I Do with My Degree?
Offers a comprehensive strategy aimed at helping undergraduates use self-exploration tools to decide if psychology is the right major for them. This title offers an explanation of psychology and its subfields and an examination of the importance of diversity and multiculturalism.
