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While neurodevelopmental and genetic disorders are often diagnosed in childhood, understanding and managing the impact of these conditions is a lifelong challenge. This authoritative Handbook presents cutting-edge knowledge to guide effective assessment and treatment throughout the adult years. Illuminated are the neurobiological bases and ......
Reviews knowledge about multiple problem behaviors in adolescence, focusing on "what works" in prevention and treatment. This research is presented on the epidemiology, development, and social costs of four youth problems that frequently co-occur: serious antisocial behavior, drug and alcohol misuse, tobacco smoking, and risky sexual behavior.
Helping Your Teen Make Healthy Choices about Eating and Exercise in a Weight-Obsessed World
Shows parents how to strike the difficult balance between bolstering self-esteem and offering constructive advice. This book provides science-based, practical ideas for instilling healthy eating and exercise habits, educating teens about nutrition and portion size, and talking about body image.
A text for advanced students and a reference for researchers and clinicians. This work examines how dispositions or traits, affect the process of aging and shape each individual's life course. It offers an introduction to the Five-Factor Model of personality, and looks at the contribution of this model, to the development of theory of personality.
Presents an empirically validated program for teaching parents to manage noncompliance in 3 to 8-year-olds. Practitioners are provided with guidelines for child and family assessment, detailed descriptions of parent training procedures, effective adjunctive treatment strategies, and complete protocols for conducting and evaluating the program.
Helping Your Teen Make Healthy Choices about Eating and Exercise in a Weight-Obsessed World
Helps strike the balance between bolstering self-esteem and offering constructive advice. Drawing on her study, Project EAT (Eating Among Teenagers), and her experience as a mother of four, the author offers ideas for instilling healthy eating and exercise habits, educating teens about nutrition and portion size, and talking about body image.
An introduction to adult personality assessment that will engage graduate and undergraduate students alike. This book reviews five assessment paradigms, and invites leading representatives of each paradigm, to interpret test and interview data, collected from a single subject. Divided into two parts, it suggests areas of potential integration.
A Clinician's Guide to Interpersonal and Social Rhythm Therapy
Presents a powerful approach for helping people manage bipolar illness and protect against the recurrence of manic or depressive episodes. The book vividly details each phase of the treatment and marshals clear eveidence for tis effectiveness. This is an invaluable contribution to the biopsychosocial treatment literature.
