Behaviourism, Behavioural theory Books

In this DVD, Cory F. Newman demonstrates an approach to supervision that creates a safe, professionally supportive environment for a supervisee to acquire, practice, and master cognitive behavioural therapy methods, and become more confident as a...

The question of whether personal gratification is compatible with social good is one of the fundamental problems of motivation. The family, an institution that has undergone extraordinary change in the last generation, is perhaps the most profound...

Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is a complex and evolving model of treatment that has been developed for and applied to a wide range of mental and physical problems and disorders. CBT's flexibility as a model can also make it a difficult technique to...

The effect of the law on human behavior is contemporary society-nothing less is the concern of this important book. It is curious that scholars in psychology and law have largely neglected this topic because studies of the effects of law on behavior may...

The study of animal behavior throws light on everything said to be "natural": social and family relations, mating, communication, and learning. Comparative Perspectives in Modern Psychology illustrates that human behavior is best understood through a...

`Given the currency of the issues and the status of the contributors, this book will be an important foundational source for faculty and doctoral students in the organizations sciences' - Michael Tushman, Harvard University Variations in Organization...

Rose offers strategies which incorporate cog nitive, behavioural, social resources and small group theory into a single model. Rose explores assessment, intervention and treatment, addressing topics such as coordinating famil y and group therapy. '

Rose offers strategies which incorporate cog nitive, behavioural, social resources and small group theory into a single model. Rose explores assessment, intervention and treatment, addressing topics such as coordinating famil y and group therapy. '

New research continues to challenge our assumptions about the fundamental nature and course of grief: its roots in our biology, our emotions, and our social interactions. The ""Handbook of Bereavement Research"" provides a broad view of diverse...

The authors of Integrating Behavioral and Social Sciences With Public Health examine the ways that community-based behavioral and social science have been applied to major public health concerns. By its nature, public health is complex: Drug addiction,...

Fear of violent crime has intensified the search for effective anticrime policies. When the violent offender is also mentally disturbed, the criminal justice and mental health systems face particular challenges. What is the relationship between emotional...

Accessible and comprehensive, this book shows how to build a schoolwide multi-tiered system of support (MTSS) from the ground up. The MTSS framework encompasses tiered systems such as response to intervention (RTI) and positive behavioral interventions...

This text aims to provide a comprehensive introduction to the methodology of population health research and an assessment of underlying theories of health and behaviour, taking an interdisciplinary approach. The contributors take a critical overview of...

In the past, disruptive behavior disorders were often attributed to a lack of willpower or general "badness" in children and adolescents. Research now points to unique neurodevelopmental underpinnings for these disorders. Neuroimaging, genetic studies,...

Epidemiological studies consistently show that anxiety and mood disorders are two to three times more prevalent in women than in men, and women are more likely than men to develop posttraumatic stress disorder in response to a traumatic event. One of the...

Until recently, behavioural health was defined within the strict dichotomy of inpatient and outpatient care - a dichotomy that failed to mirror the range and complexity of human experience and clinical needs. Today's integrated system renders this...

Updated for DSM-IV, the "Structured Interview for DSM-IV Personality (SIDP-IV)" is a semi-structured interview that uses non-perjorative questions to examine behaviours and personality traits from the patient's perspective. The SIDP-IV is organized by...

"A whole life can be shaped by an old trauma, remembered or not." -- Lenore Terr, Child Psychiatrist What behavioral patterns could one expect from an adult whose brutal childhood traumas held themes of dismemberment, punishment, and worse? For Joseph...

The phenomenon of trichotillomania, or hair pulling, has been observed for centuries. The ancient Greek physician Hippocrates noted hair pulling as one of the many symptoms that the physician was advised to assess as routine matter. In modern culture,...

Today's practice of psychiatric administration is totally different from that in past years because of the vast changes sweeping the health care and behavioural health care sectors. This textbook provides the practitioner and student of administration in...

In the past several years there have been a number of significant advances in the research, diagnosis, and treatment of mania and bipolar disorder. This text provides a comprehensive overview of all recent developments on all aspects of mania. The text...

Traditionally, impulsive and compulsive behaviours have been categorised as fundamentally distinct. However, patients often exhibit both of these behaviours. This common comorbidity has sparked renewed interest in the factors contributing to the...

Conduct disorder is the most prevalent emotional disorder in children and adolescents, and therefore requires special attention from clinicians. "Conduct Disorders in Children and Adolescents" provides a comprehensive and balanced view of this field. It...

Patient Violence and the Clinician presents clinically relevant information on violent patients and how clinicians can deal with threats of potential violence in their everyday practice. This book describes the clinical information known about the...

Not since Anna Freud's 1937 book, The Ego and the Mechanisms of Defense, has any one volume explored this topic as fully as Ego Mechanisms of Defense by George E. Vaillant. By summarizing the latest empirical studies, proposing a universal language of...

Suicide Over the Life Cycle: Risk Factors, Assessment, and Treatment of Suicidal Patients attempts to solve the mystery of suicide by filling in the gaps in our understanding about risk factors and treatment of suicidal patients, and by integrating and...