Applied Psychology category: 2264 books
by Elaine Kasket
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2017
Counselling psychologists can play a fundamental and inspiring role in people’s lives. Their aim is to address a range of psychological and emotional issues, helping people to live more skilful, effective, and meaningful lives. But how do you qualify, and what is being a counselling psychologist...
eHealth Research, Theory and Development
A Multi-Disciplinary Approach
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2018
This is the first book to provide a comprehensive overview of the social and technological context from which eHealth applications have arisen, the psychological principles on which they are based, and the key development and evaluation issues relevant to their successful intervention.
Integrating...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
In this nation, in this decade, there is only one way to deal with an individual who is sick-with dignity, with compassion, care and confidentiality, and without discrimi nation. Statement made by President George Bush at the National Business Leadership Conference This book is about the care of...
Human Potential
Exploring Techniques Used to Enhance Human Performance
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2009
Throughout time, people have explored the ways in which they can improve some aspect of their performance. Such attempts are more visible today, with many working to gain an ‘edge’ on their performance, whether it is to learn a new language, improve memory or increase golf handicaps. This book...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2016
This book on the psychology of white collar criminals discusses various cases of financial crime, while also attempting to delve into the minds of the criminals in question. The literature on this topic is growing as it gains momentum in the scientific field, as a result of the extremely negative...
A "Dummies" Guide to Self Help and Psychiatry
Self help for beginners: How to make the most of your mind.
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2019
“A DUMMIES GUIDE TO SELF HELP AND PSYCHIATRY”
DEPRESSION: How to Conquer Stress and Nervous Tension
* Depressive illnesses are serious, but treatable disorders.
* Depressive illnesses are more than temporary "blue moods", or periods of grief after a loss.
*...
What’s Wrong With Leadership?
Improving Leadership Research and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2018
Leadership practitioners and those who seek to develop leadership are concerned with whether they are using evidence-based best practices to develop leadership capacity in themselves and others. Are we indeed using best practices in the study, practice, and development of leadership? This book seeks...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2017
The ability to prioritise long-term goals above short-term gratifications is crucial to living a healthy and happy life. We are bombarded with temptations, whether from fast-food or faster technologies, but the psychological capacity to manage our lives within such a challenging environment has far-reaching...
Telemental Health
Clinical, Technical, and Administrative Foundations for Evidence-Based Practice
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2012
Acquiring access to mental health treatments can be difficult for those who are not near mental health facilities. The growing field of telemental health addresses this problem by using video and telephone conferencing to provide patients with access to psychiatric professionals. However, the process...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
Over the past decade, research and theory on heroism and heroic leadership has greatly expanded, providing new insights on heroic behavior. The Handbook of Heroism and Heroic Leadership brings together new scholarship in this burgeoning field to build an important foundation for further multidisciplinary...
Marketing Health Behavior
Principles, Techniques, and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2013
This is a book that grew out of frustration. The frustration was rooted in our failed attempts to help people modify health-related behavior. From a behavioral medicine perspective, it was readily apparent to us that there were many things people could do to improve their health. Some of these were...
The Aging Consumer
Perspectives From Psychology and Economics
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2011
At present, about 45 million Americans are over the age of 65, and by 2020, one out of every six Americans will be 65 or older. These statistics are reflective of a worldwide phenomenon in developing and developed countries alike unrivalled since the Industrial Revolution.
This edited volume,...
Work Stress and Health in a Globalized Economy
The Model of Effort-Reward Imbalance
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2016
This book provides a comprehensive, updated summary of research evidence on the effects of stressful working and employment conditions on workers’ health, as based on one of the worldwide leading theoretical models, effort-reward imbalance. It offers three innovative features that are appealing...
by Roberto de Vries, Maria Gracia Cruz, Florencio Mejia
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 9, 2017
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 9, 2017
El desarrollo laboral en el campo de la asesoría nos permitió observar que la Psicología y la Política tienen un área común y poco estudiado y de gran valor, porque la Psicología influye en las decisiones humanas y la Política es un mundo de decisiones.
En Psicopolítica, podemos aprender...