This title takes a theoretically exciting and socially critical view of human development and the power of context to shape positive outcomes. A transformative theme, from deficits to strengths, emerges in this book, as it surveys the mounting evidence that programs that shore up resilience can and do work.
Psychological and Ethical Considerations in End-of-life Care
This work offers information about the choices that people must make regarding how they will die, or how they will resist dying, and about the ethical issues involved in making those choices. It presents the major moral, value-based, and ethical principles that guide end-of-life decision-making.
In this volume, the latest in the ""Personality-Guided Psychology"" series, Robert G. Harper integrates a broad research base on how personality type interacts with and affects the course of common medical conditions, such as cancer, diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
This resource aims to shed light on the role personality factors play in the genesis and treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Using Theodore Millon's psychology as a framework, the authors provide insight into this challenging disorder.
This text examines the essential role that psychology plays in the delivery of primary care. Chapters provide descriptions of procedures that successfully implement theory, analyses of clinical and research implications and discussions about the provision of care within special populations.
Here, therapists mine their case histories to present teaching tools for theology-minded practitioners. Written from several theistic traditions and psychological orientations, this casebook examines the therapeutic relationship as it occurs in various forms of faith.
Psychosocial Roots, Consequences and Interventions
An analysis of the psychosocial basis of terrorism, offering theory and interventions for understanding, intervening and preventing this challenge to international security. It includes strategies to eliminate the conditions that give rise to terrorism as well as ways to treat terrorism's victims.
Building upon Erikson's developmental model that first propelled the construct of ""generativity versus stagnation"" into mainstream consciousness, this text examines the critical stage of development that occurs during the ""long middle"" of adulthood, as it exists on societal and cultural levels.
Academia's formal rules are published in faculty handbooks, but its implicit rules are often difficult to discern. This text offers practical advice to help new academics set the best course for a lasting and vibrant career. Leading academics share the lessons they have learned by experience.
