Now in its fifth edition, this classic text helps readers learn how to design, conduct, analyze, and report high-quality clinical studies. Alan E. Kazdin brings together a wide array of authoritative articles with his own expert insights to illustrate fundamental issues research in an accessible manner, including generating ideas, selecting ......
This book offers a comprehensive review of current research and theoretical approaches? to pediatric obesity. Pediatric obesity is a significant public health concern that requires a multifaceted approach to treatment. Key factors including ethnic, gender, and socioeconomic diversity, health equity and lifestyle behaviors all impact the ......
An Individualized, Biopsychosocial Approach to Assessment and Treatment
This book offers integrative treatments for clinical depression based on the biopsychosocial model. Keith Dobson synthesizes decades of research and professional experience in this comprehensive guide that follows the therapy process from beginning to end.
The Role of Personality Dynamics and Social Ecology
Argues that the dynamic relationship between personality and social factors, which the author terms 'ecodynamics', is the root cause of complex depression and leads to severe consequences, including suicide.
Explores human trafficking through various psychological frameworks, summarizing the definitions and types of trafficking, their social impact, and the ways in which mental health practitioners can provide care to victims.
Provides in-depth coverage of APA's 2017 Multicultural Guidelines, teaching students and professionals how to apply them in clinical practice, education, research, and consultation. The authors expand the scope of the original document to create an even more thorough and easy-to-read advice for developing cultural competence.
How to Conduct Legal, Ethical, and Evidence-Based Telepractice
This book is a practical guide for mental and behavioral health care providers on using videoconferencing and other technologies to provide safe, high-quality care for their patients and clients.
Breaking the Silence, Myths, and Taboos That Hurt Therapists and Patients
Describes, documents, and discusses the history and current context of how silence around taboo topics affects psychotherapists and their clients. The book addresses the internal and external factors that maintain the silence and provides information, strategies, and exercises to help readers explore various unspoken topics and learn to speak up.
