Founded in 1973, Guilford Press has built an international reputation as a publisher of books in mental health, education, geography, and research methods. We pride ourselves on teaming up with authors who are recognized experts, and who translate their knowledge into vital, needed resources for practitioners, academics, and general readers. Our dedicated editorial professionals work closely on each title to produce high-quality content that readers can rely on.
Looking After Yourself and Your Family While Helping an Aging Parent
Helps family members navigate tough decisions and make the most of their time together as they care for an aging parent. The author urges readers to be honest about the level of commitment they're able to make, and also emphasizes the need for clear communication with each other and their aging parent.
What the Science Shows, and What We Should Do about It
While knowledge on substance abuse and addictions is expanding rapidly, clinical practice still lags behind. This book incorporates developmental, neurobiological, genetic, behavioral, and social-environmental perspectives, and talks, among the other things, about the nature and causes of alcohol and other drug problems.
Updated and expanded for greater utility, this new edition of a well-received work is significantly revised and restructured to reflect major developments in the field. Comprehensive and clinically relevant, it focuses on empirically supported, state-of-the-art trauma treatments. Twelve of the 17 chapters are new, and the rest are extensively ......
Assessment and Management of Traumatic Brain Injury
Neuropsychologists are involved in the assessment and management of sports-related concussion. This book provides practical guidelines for evaluating mild head injury and making crucial return-to-play decisions for athletes at various levels, from schoolchildren to high school, college, and professional players.
Provides an overview of research using genetic and neuroimaging methods in the study of personality. This volume provides coverage of the structure of personality and its mapping onto biology, genetic markers for individual differences and vulnerability towards psychopathology, sex differences and age-related processes, and more.
The second volume of this comprehensive handbook addresses such topics as the transition to school, the teacher-child relationship, vocabulary development, neuroimaging work, Vygotskian theory, findings from international studies, and more.
Bringing together over 40 experts in disaster mental health, this volume presents practical clinical guidelines, focusing on what first-responders, clinicians, and policymakers need to know about effective intervention in the immediate, intermediate, and long-term aftermath of large-scale traumatic events.
Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development
Presents the results of a comprehensive scientific study of early child care and its relation to child development. This book provides information about the ways in which nonmaternal care is linked to health, psychological adjustment, and mother-child bonds in the first six years of life. It addresses the full complexity of this vital issue.
Presents approaches to couple and family therapy that use attachment theory as the basis for clinical understandings. This book provides fresh insights on the nature of interactions between adult partners and among parents and children. It offers both strategies and techniques for helping clients build stronger, more supportive relational bonds.
