A diagnostic manual offering precise, scientific definitions of mental retardation and its effect on psychosocial, intellectual, and adaptive functioning and behavior. Thirty-three essays identify tr
The American Psychological Association is excited to offer the second edition of its popular, compact, and economical student’s dictionary. With some 5,500 entries—over 500 more than the original edit
Miller presents students, academics, researchers, and mental health professionals working in a wide variety of contexts with a pragmatic approach to what is typically known as abnormal psychology. The
In this reprint from 2005, the authors argue that sexuality is often affected by upbringing and that unresolved emotional pain brings about psychological defenses that interfere with healthy sex. View
Kearney, a clinical child psychologist at the U. of Nevada, Las Vegas, has written his book mainly with the school psychologist in mind. The problem of school refusal is put into a context in initial
What can you hear when you are completely silent? Beautifully illustrated and gently written, Silence encourages children to stop, listen, and reflect on their experiences and the world around them. U
This book will be a great resource for researchers, instructors, policymakers, consultants, and activists in the area of occupational health psychology. It is multidisciplinary and integrative in its
Emotion moves us and reason guides us, declares Greenburg (psychology, York U., Toronto). He introduces students and readers new to counselling and psychotherapy to the basic attitudes and methods for
For students in clinical psychology and related fields, Jankowski, who teaches objective personality assessment, introduces the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory, one of the most frequently used ps
Examining the impact of intrusive, inhibiting, and manipulative parenting behaviors, nine chapters review the research and offer new methodologies and conclusions. They relate psychological control to
A licensed psychologist and professor of psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison presents research and guidance relating to the process of forgiveness, which he argues is a central, vital sk
Chronicles the evolution of Navy clinical psychology from its roots in Titchener's turn-of-the-century experimental psychology, to the introduction of the Binet-Simon Scale for mental and psychologica
Sternberg offers a roadmap of sorts for those beginning their academic careers in the field of psychology. It tackles the obvious--teaching, research, obligations to one's department--but also del
Zane rushes home to tell his mother about problems he faced during his school day, and she reminds him that while others may only see his "autism stripe," he has stripes for honesty, caring, and much
Dalenberg provides examples from her own experiences as a therapist as well as that of others gathered in an experimental study at the Trauma Research Institute in La Jolla, California (where she's di
