Now in a second edition, this groundbreaking investigation into the nature of cognitive reality explores various manifestations of consciousness, including more familiar states such as sleeping and dreaming, as well as hypnosis, trance, dissociation, and near-death experiences.
Given the weaponization of difference in politics, education, and social media today, the need to understand and fight prejudice is urgent. The Psychology of Prejudice presents a comprehensive and nuanced review of the psychological underpinnings of prejudicial thoughts and behaviours.
Many students today struggle with stress and anxiety caused by increasing academic, social, and extracurricular demands. This book provides guidelines for improving students' mental and physical wellbeing, which in turn leads to improved academic performance and happier, better-adjusted students.
This multidisciplinary volume examines structural and related functional changes in the aging brain; the neural mechanisms underlying such changes; age-related changes in learning and episodic memory; risk and protective factors, as well as assessment and prevention of different kinds of cognitive decline.
Includes new chapters on screening and diagnosis of ASD, discrete trials training, pivotal response training, verbal behaviour interventions, and structured teaching approaches. Contributors also describe interventions for using cognitive behavior therapy with children and families to treat a variety of symptoms and behaviours.
Examines the nature of lies and concealment in everyday life and in therapy, with a focus on the process by which patients keep secrets and lie to their therapists. The authors discuss common lies told by therapy clients about a wide range of issues including sex, substance abuse, suicidal ideation, trauma, and the progress of therapy.
Explores neuropsychological considerations in the assessment, diagnosis, and management of sports-related concussions and their after effects. Expert contributors in neuropsychology and sports medicine describe treatment for persistent postconcussive symptoms, and explore genetic factors that can impact symptoms and diagnosis.
Widely adopted as a textbook in graduate psychology courses, this innovative volume presents over 100 different perspectives on crucial and tricky ethical issues, including the duty to protect, multiple relationships, privacy, privileged communication, testifying as an expert witness, and practicing ethically within the boundaries of managed care.
Presents a comprehensive systemic approach to treating difficult divorce. Drawing on the integrative tradition that considers both individual and systemic processes, Dr Lebow describes strategies for intervention that show therapists how to calm individuals, couples, and families in distress, and help ease the transition to a new family structure.
