Examines challenges that arise for educators teaching social justice and diversity-related courses and offers best practices for addressing them. Contributors cover issues such as incorporating current events related to social justice into classroom discussion, navigating one's own stigmatized or privileged identities, and dealing with bias.
Applying Pattern Recognition to the Analysis of Organizational Behavior
Talks about the field of neural networks, in which powerful computing capabilities offer insights into longstanding, complex I/O questions such as employee selection and behavioral prediction. Neural networks mimic the way the human brain works, using interconnected nodes and feedback loops to learn to recognize patterns in vast amounts of data.
An Evidence-Based Approach to Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
The first comprehensive text that bridges the gap between neuropsychological assessment and intervention for children and adolescents with prevalent emotional and behavioral disorders. Written for clinicians and other practitioners who treat behavioral disorders in this young population, as well as for clinical researchers and students in graduate ......
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.
Understanding and Applying the Most Effective Treatment Intervention
Nicotine consumed via cigarettes is addictive, as well as destructive. This is review and examination of the available techniques and methods that clinicians can use to effectively treat this condition.
Starting with his own professional and personal search for meaning as a young scholar, Ronald B. Miller guides readers through a historical tour of alternative conceptualizations and treatments for psychological problems. Across a comprehensive range of mental illnesses, he reviews theoretical bases, methods of diagnosis and assessment, and ......
Acquaints readers with key genetic influences and dietary patterns. This book focuses primarily on psychological aspects of obesity such as teasing, body image, and co-morbidity with mental disorders as well as the psychosocial consequences for children, families and the larger society.
Obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders (OCSDs) are conditions that, while not meeting diagnostic criteria for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), share many similar symptoms. This book reviews the latest research on OCD and OCSDs and provides evidence-based guidance for assessment and treatment.
Improving the Well-Being of Ethnic and Racial Minority Workers
To fully understand the needs of racial and ethnic minorities, occupational health psychology requires a more multicultural perspective. This book gathers experts in OHP and multicultural psychology to establish an evidence-based framework that will promote advancements in policy, research, and interventions, all of which are needed to reduce ......
