Developmental Psychology category: 2023 books

Enhancing the Wellbeing and Wisdom of Older Learners: A Co-research Paradigm examines how lifelong learning, becoming wise, and sharing wisdom are integrally linked to older people’s wellbeing. The book highlights appropriate learning styles and pedagogies for older people, including research models...

“We also have the right to remain happy!” Says the author in his plea to be heard and recognized for the human being.  He is under the label of ‘homosexual’. He speaks straight from the heart with an aim to share with everyone the torment and anguish that he undergoes everyday and...

REALLY? For Real? exposes and highlights the irony behind misconceptions on subjects of Compromise, Deception, and Success. Additionally, these upset-poems pinpoint the need for a different mindset and psyche so that one’s age or stage does not serve to halt or hinder the purpose, destiny, or legacy...

Muito se tem escrito, falado e divulgado sobre o aumento da expectativa de vida. A todo momento ouvimos recomendações de como manter a qualidade de vida: prática de exercícios, alimentação saudável e assim por diante. Para além de todas essas questões, há, contudo, uma experiência pessoal,...

What Kids Want-And Need-From Parents is truly a seminal book in parenting. It begins with one man’s 50-year journey to discover a better way to prepare American kids for life and culminates with the amazing discovery: the biggest factor in children’s success in life turns out to be dependent...

It is often easier recognizing the physical needs of a child when it comes to the trying to provide adequately for nutritious food, water, warmth and so on. When it comes to the mental health of child, the parent may not have such as easy time at all. A child mental healthy may not be as obvious as...

Parkinson’s Disease: Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Pathology explores the molecular pathways at the basis of the cellular defects connected to Parkinson’s disease, the second most common neurodegenerative disease, and the most common movement disorder. This book presents the latest research...

The End of Alzheimer’s: The Brain and Beyond, Second Edition is the first comprehensive overview on the molecular basis of Alzheimer’s outside of the brain, merging the most recent findings within the field into a single book. It aims to educate the reader on the many overlooked aspects of Alzheimer’s...

First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Awarded the book prize for 2012 by the Australasian Journal on Ageing! Even when he’s grey around the muzzle, the black dog of depression can still deliver a ferocious bite. Depression can strike at any age, and it may appear for the first time as we get older, as a result of life circumstances...

This book takes a multidisciplinary approach to emotion, with contributions from biologists, psychologists, neuroscientists, robot engineers, and artists. A wide range of emotional phenomena is discussed, including the notion that humans’ sophisticated sensibility, as evidenced by our aesthetic...

In 1928, Margaret Mead published her first book, entitled Coming of Age in Samoa, in which she described to the Western world an exotic culture where people "came of age" with a minimum of "storm and stress." In 1983, Derek Freeman, an Australian anthropologist, published a book...

Nutritional Modulators of Pain in the Aging Population provides an overview on the role of foods, dietary supplements, obesity, and nutrients in the prevention and amelioration of pain in various diseases in the aging population. Headaches, fibromyalgia, joint pain, arthritis pain, back pain, and...

In 2010, 15 percent of Americans older than age 70 had dementia. By 2050, the number of new dementia cases among those 65 and older is expected to double. This blueprint outlines policy options to help decisionmakers improve dementia long-term services and supports (LTSS) by promoting earlier detection,...