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  • Virus-Induced Immunosuppression Virus-Induced Immunosuppression
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    Virus-Induced Immunosuppression

    It is now widely acknowledged that at the beginning of this century Claude von Pirquet first pointed out that a viral disease, i. e. , measles, resulted in an anergy or depression of preexisting immune response, namely, delayed...
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  • Cognitive Approaches to Neuropsychology Cognitive Approaches to Neuropsychology
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    Cognitive Approaches to Neuropsychology

    Since its early development, neuropsychology has examined the manner in which cognitive abilities are mediated by the brain. fudeed, all of neuropsy­ chology, and especially clinical neuropsychology, could be subsumed under...
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  • Mechanisms of Cerebral Hypoxia and Stroke Mechanisms of Cerebral Hypoxia and Stroke
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    Mechanisms of Cerebral Hypoxia and Stroke

    The articles and short communications in this volume are based on papers pre­ sented to the Symposium on Cerebral Hypoxia and Stroke held in Budapest in August of 1987. Besides participants at the meeting, three scientists who...
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  • Pediatric Brain Death and Organ/Tissue Retrieval Pediatric Brain Death and Organ/Tissue Retrieval
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    Pediatric Brain Death and Organ/Tissue Retrieval

    The death 'Of a child, 'One wh'Ose vulnerability and unfilled promise c'Omp'Ounds the tragedy 'Of any death, t'Ouches us deeply. When that death 'Occurs due t'O the generally unexpected and sudden loss 'Of brain functi'On, it...
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  • Juvenile Psychiatry and the Law Juvenile Psychiatry and the Law
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    Juvenile Psychiatry and the Law

    I am not sure when a series of volumes becomes an "institution"; this is the fourth annual volume of Critical Issues in American Psychiatry and the Law, and each has been an extraordinary summary of important forensic topics...
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  • The Pathobiology of Neoplasia The Pathobiology of Neoplasia
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    The Pathobiology of Neoplasia

    This book is directed primarily to advanced graduate and medical students, postdoctoral trainees, and established investigators having basic research interests in neoplasia. Its content is based in part on the lecture outlines...
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  • Psychiatric Consultation in Childbirth Settings Psychiatric Consultation in Childbirth Settings
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    Psychiatric Consultation in Childbirth Settings

    The primary purposes of this volume are: 1. To provide mental health practitioners with a current overview of our knowledge about normal parental development during pregnancy and its relation to fetal development, with...
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  • Models of Mental Disorders Models of Mental Disorders
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    Models of Mental Disorders

    My ideas for this book have been evolving over the last several years as I have been working in the animal modeling area and have seen it change rather dramatically. There have been tremendous advances, both in methodology and...
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  • Reactions to Psychotropic Medication Reactions to Psychotropic Medication
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    Reactions to Psychotropic Medication

    After thousands of clinical trials, the efficacy of psychotropic drugs in the treatment of psychiatric disorders has become well established. However, the very success of these drugs has meant that many patients with chronic...
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  • Cell Calcium Metabolism Cell Calcium Metabolism
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    Cell Calcium Metabolism

    A widespread appreciation for the role that calcium plays in cell physiology and patho­ physiology has now been achieved due to the pioneering studies of many of the scientists who attended the VIIth International Spring...
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  • Biological Barriers in Behavioral Medicine Biological Barriers in Behavioral Medicine
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    Biological Barriers in Behavioral Medicine

    A "New Looking Glass" for Behavioral Medicine In 1984, John Briggs, a science writer and specialist in interdisciplinary studies teaching at the New School for Social Research, and F. David Peat, a physicist who was for many...
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  • Toxic Substances and Human Risk Toxic Substances and Human Risk
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    Toxic Substances and Human Risk

    As society has become increasingly aware of the potential threats to human health due to exposures to toxic chemicals in the environment and the workplace and in consumer products, it has placed increased demands upon the...
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  • Evaluation and Accountability in Clinical Training Evaluation and Accountability in Clinical Training
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    Evaluation and Accountability in Clinical Training

    Accountability in clinical training implies a strong relationship between the training outcomes touted by a training program and the performance of its graduates. The training program and its faculty must be able to ensure that...
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  • Premenstrual Syndrome Premenstrual Syndrome
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    Premenstrual Syndrome

    As the work on a revised edition of the Diagnostic and StatisticaL ManuaL (OSM-llIR) progressed, a great controversy grew over the inclusion of a new diagnostic category, "Premenstrual Phase Dysphoric Disorder." Some ...
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  • Illness Behavior Illness Behavior
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    Illness Behavior

    In August, 1985, the 2nd International Conference on Illness Behaviour was held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The first International Conference took place one year previous in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. This book is...
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  • Prevention and Treatment of Contraceptive Failure Prevention and Treatment of Contraceptive Failure
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    Prevention and Treatment of Contraceptive Failure

    The International Women's Health Coalition was pleased to be the convenor and host of the first Christopher Tietze International Symposium, held in Berlin in September 1985. The papers in this volume represent a wide range of...
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  • Medical Factors and Psychological Disorders Medical Factors and Psychological Disorders
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    Medical Factors and Psychological Disorders

    Throughout the last decade, the field of clinical psychology has expanded dramatically. Clinical psychologists are involved in the treatment and research of a wider range of problems and disorders than they have ever been...
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  • Neurobiology of Central D1-Dopamine Receptors Neurobiology of Central D1-Dopamine Receptors
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    Neurobiology of Central D1-Dopamine Receptors

    Our understanding of the functional mechanisms relating dopamine activity to normal and abnormal behavior has been turned "upside-down" by the recent developments described in the chapters of this volume. Heretofore, it was...
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  • Childhood Aggression and Violence Childhood Aggression and Violence
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    Childhood Aggression and Violence

    The conference on which this volume is based was one of a series of symposia initiated by the Department of Psychology at the University of Hawaii at Manoa on the theory and research surrounding topics of interest to the...
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  • Recent Practice and Theory Recent Practice and Theory
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    Recent Practice and Theory

    In this volume are papers selected from the 1982 Annual Confer­ ence of the American Association for the Study of Mental Imagery, as well as several others that were later invited. This conference, a yearly one, was held at the...
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  • Kinins IV Kinins IV
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    Kinins IV

    Scientists from 25 countries came together at the Hyatt Regency Hotel on October 21-25, 1984, for the 4th International Kinin Congress in the beautiful city of Savannah, Georgia. Many of the delegates enjoyed southern ...
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  • Clinical Disorders of Memory Clinical Disorders of Memory
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    Clinical Disorders of Memory

    Memory is essential for the retention of learning. In the presence of memory deficits, new learning is impaired and performance of previously learned habits deteriorates. What is the nature of memory? Where does it reside in...
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  • Psychotherapy with Adolescent Girls Psychotherapy with Adolescent Girls
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    Psychotherapy with Adolescent Girls

    When I was getting my medical and psychiatric training in the late 1950s and early 1960s, the model of normal and deviant adolescent development was the white male. This was not surprising, since for every clinical or ...
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  • Clinical Applications of Medical Imaging Clinical Applications of Medical Imaging
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    Clinical Applications of Medical Imaging

    The primary purpose of this book is to bridge the gap be­ tween the practice of clinical medicine and diagnostic radi­ ology. It is intended primarily for utilization by medical students in training and by nonradiologist...
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  • The Private Practice of Behavior Therapy The Private Practice of Behavior Therapy
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    The Private Practice of Behavior Therapy

    Entering a full-time private practice and forsaking the comforts of a regular paycheck was a difficult decision for me. Fortunately, I was able to begin my practice on a part-time basis in space rented from two physician...
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  • Aging, Reproduction, and the Climacteric Aging, Reproduction, and the Climacteric
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    Aging, Reproduction, and the Climacteric

    Interest in sexuality and reproductive function does not cease when people begin to age. Instead, a new set of questions arises. Women want to know if it is safe to have babies in their late thirties and early forties. They...
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  • Handbook of Prevention Handbook of Prevention
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    Handbook of Prevention

    Americans are "healing themselves" (Heckler, 1985) and prevention has taken root (McGinnis, 1985a). We are altering our lifestyle to reduce physical and mental health risks. Perhaps as important is the fact that the science of...
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  • A Primer of Human Behavioral Pharmacology A Primer of Human Behavioral Pharmacology
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    A Primer of Human Behavioral Pharmacology

    vii Drugs and sex are two topics about which most people have strong opinions and weak understanding. Knowledge of each can be gained in many ways, all with associated rewards and risks. Like all textbooks, this one was written...
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  • Immune Complexes and Human Cancer Immune Complexes and Human Cancer
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    Immune Complexes and Human Cancer

    Immune Complexes and Human Cancer, the fifteenth volume of Contem­ porary Topics in Immunobiology, is a compilation of information derived from recent studies on the role of circulating immune complexes (CIC) in the patho­...
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  • The Future of Piagetian Theory The Future of Piagetian Theory
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    The Future of Piagetian Theory

    Until recently, most books and articles on Piaget's theory, whether laudatory or critical, were written by psychologists or, more rarely, epistemologists, who had had no direct contact with the research that provided the basis...
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  • Sister Chromatid Exchanges Sister Chromatid Exchanges
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    Sister Chromatid Exchanges

    Chromosomes, being well-defined structures that are easily vis­ ible under the optical microscope, readily lend themselves to in­ tense physical and biochemical study. The understanding of the structure and function of this...
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  • From Research to Clinical Practice From Research to Clinical Practice
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    From Research to Clinical Practice

    It is an intriguing feature of human experience that in our present world, amid thousands of indications of the effectiveness of the scientific method, so many of us persist in demonstrably illusory or magical beliefs whether...
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  • The Gender Gap in Psychotherapy The Gender Gap in Psychotherapy
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    The Gender Gap in Psychotherapy

    This collection of readings is designed to clarify the relationship between social structures and psychological processes. Our awareness of the need for such a book derives from our extensive experiences in teaching a for­ mal...
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  • Epidemiology and Community Psychiatry Epidemiology and Community Psychiatry
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    Epidemiology and Community Psychiatry

    The purpose of the World Psychiatric Association is to coordinate the activities of its Member Societies on a world-wide scale and to advance enquiry into the etiology, pathology, and treatment of mental illness. To further...
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  • Psychiatry the State of the Art Psychiatry the State of the Art
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    Psychiatry the State of the Art

    The purpose of the World Psychiatric Association is to coordinate the activities of its Member Societies on a wor1d-~ide scale and to advance enquiry into the etiology, pathology, and treatment of mental illness. To further...
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  • Neural Transplants Neural Transplants
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    Neural Transplants

    The story of mammalian neural transplantation really begins eighty-one years ago. In Chicago in December of 1903, a 34-year-old physician, Elizabeth Hopkins Dunn, working as a research assistant in neurology, initiated a series...
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  • Physical Methods for Inorganic Biochemistry Physical Methods for Inorganic Biochemistry
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    Physical Methods for Inorganic Biochemistry

    This volume is intended for students and professionals in diverse areas of the biological and biochemical sciences. It is oriented to those who are unfamiliar with the use of physical methods in studies of the biological...
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  • Handbook of Behavioral Group Therapy Handbook of Behavioral Group Therapy
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    Handbook of Behavioral Group Therapy

    In 1977, the current editors contributed a review article on behavioral group therapy to a volume of Hersen, Miller, and Eisler's Progress in Behavior Modi­ fication series (1977). At that time we noted that, despite the...
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  • Modern Trends in Hypnosis Modern Trends in Hypnosis
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    Modern Trends in Hypnosis

    The 9th International Congress of Hypnosis and Psychosomatic Medicine expresses the continuity in the effort to gain scientific knowledge of hypnosis and scientific status for it, ever since the 1st International Congress for...
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