Psychoneuroimmunology, a collaborative work of 50 international experts, expands on the American Psychiatric Association's symposium on this topic to present never-before-compiled scientific research from this evolving field. Maintaining a clinical focus, this book illustrates clinical effects by examining relevant research studies.
Why does social anxiety occur, and why are some people more prone to it than others? Drawing on work on personality and social psychology, clinical and counselling psychology, communication and sociology, this book provides an overview of basic and applied research in the feelings of anxiety, shyness and embarrassment that are often the ......
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and the Feeling Brain
Understanding ADHD is an exploration into th e biobehavioural underpinnings of Attention Deficit Hyperact ivity Disorder (ADHD). This book is aimed at professionals a nd academics in mental health care, psychotherapy, education and social work. '
Scholars of psychology present two innovative methods for measuring objectively the complex psychological inference in which observation, memory, knowledge, and reasoning are combined to yield insights into the subjective experience of others. They juxtapose new theory and research to show why peop
Caffeine is the most popular psychoactive substance in the world, and one of the widest-traded commodities in the forms of coffee, tea and cola soft drinks. But is consumption of caffeine safe in terms of physical and mental health? Addressing this question, the author of this volume traces how caffeine consumption evolved as well as how caffeine is absorbed, distributed and metabolized in our bodies. He then discusses the effects of caffeine on: psychomotor and cognitive performance; psychological well-being; blood pressure and cardiovascular health; carcinogenic potentials; pregnancy and perinatal health; athletic performance; and diagnostic and therapeutic applications. The book concludes with an examination of the issue of whether or not caffeine is a drug of abuse, and whether or not there is a safe level of caffeine consumption.
James traces how caffeine consumption evolve d, as well as how caffeine is absorbed, distributed and meta bolised in our bodies. He discusses caffeine''s effects on ou r physical and mental health, and examines whether caffeine is a drug of abuse. '
Includes chapters on romantic love. This book aims to broaden the scope to include the role of love in the developmental process of infants and children, on physical and mental health and illness, on violent criminality, and other social aspects of love. It emphasises what various scientific disciplines have discovered about the role of love.
What is the relationship between rage and power(lessness)? How does rage relate to personal or social injustice? Can we ritualize rage or is it always spontaneous? Finally, what provokes rage and what is provocative about it? This book contains essays that focus on the psychological and social origins of rage, and, its relationship to the self.
What is the relationship between rage and power(lessness)? How does rage relate to personal or social injustice? Can we ritualize rage or is it always spontaneous? Finally, what provokes rage and what is provocative about it? This book contains essays that focus on the psychological and social origins of rage, and, its relationship to the self.
