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Illicit drugs, despite the “war” waged by the United States government, remain a tremendous drain on the American economy and continue to take their toll on the lives of countless Americans. A comprehensive text with an instructor's manual, Drug Abuse and Social Policy in America analyzes why...

Supervision in Action aims to help professional and trainee supervisors, consultants and coaches to ‘take care of themselves’ - in other words, the art of learning from their own experience in their practice.

This book helps readers become better writers of psychology and better writers in general. After reading thousands of course papers, theses, and dissertations, Dr. Miller knows and addresses the issues that students find most challenging when writing about psychology. Written with the utmost flexibility...

Diagnosis, the classification tool of medicine, serves an important social role. It confers social status on those who diagnose, and it impacts the social status of those diagnosed. Studying diagnosis from a sociological perspective offers clinicians and students a rich and sometimes provocative view...

A brief summary from the author: Psychological Therapy in a Pharmacological World has been written to encourage an alternative look at current-day approaches to psychiatric therapy, and to share with my colleagues insights I have gained over 40 years of practice. - Understanding the psychological...

Immerse yourself in the topic of communication in the workplace with an interesting conversation about the communication demands of today’s nursing practice! Communication in Nursing, 8th Edition adopts a uniquely practical and personal approach, providing extensive examples, exercises, and techniques...

Health Care Professionalism at a Glance offers accessible coverage of an increasingly important aspect of medical and health professional education. This concise text includes how to identify and develop professional behaviours, how they are assessed, and how to challenge unprofessional behaviours. Health...

Bahasa Update for Doctors is a compilation of articles on Medical Terminology in Bahasa Malaysia which were published in 1991-92 in Berita MMA, a monthly newsletter of the Malaysian Medical Association. With a sprinkling of humor here and there, the author updates doctors and other health professionals...

This book is a selective guide, simple, practical monograph, designed to help scholars and students of psychology, education and management and business studies students. Learning brings permanent changes in life to learn and learning throughout life. Learning to play a significant role in...

This book examines aspects of Western psychological and educational theory in relation to educational practice around the world, and considers the extent to which current understandings are truly applicable to a range of diverse settings. In so doing, it also seeks to question, where appropriate, existing orthodoxies within Western educational systems.

Psychology students who want to continue their education today are confronted by a bewildering variety of possibilities. Succeeding in Graduate School offers them much needed practical help. Written by experienced mentors, this book: *explains the options provided by a bachelor's degree, describes...

Adaption-Innovation is a timely and comprehensive text written for anyone who wants to know more about dealing with problem solving, thinking style, creativity and team dynamics. In an age when teams have become critical to successful problem solving, Adaption-Innovation (A-I) theory is a model...

Exam Board: OCR Level: AS/A-level Subject: Psychology First Teaching: September 2015 First Exam: June 2016 Written by experienced teacher Fiona Lintern, this student guide for OCR Psychology: - Helps you identify what you need to know with a concise summary of the topics examined in the AS...

Field and university-based practicum supervisors required to mentor school psychology students are often poorly equipped to fulfill this role with expertise and confidence. This is the first-ever guide for such supervisors who are overseeing school psychology students throughout the course of their...