Spartacus -- by Howard Fast (Author) (Book - Child)
"Spartacus, a fictionalization of a slave revolt in ancient Rome in 71 B.C., is well known today partly because of the 1960 movie starring Kirk Douglas and Laurence Olivier. It was originally...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
Psychoneuroendocrinology -- by Owen Wolkowitz, Anthony Rothschild (Authors) (Book)
"The mind-body connection is one of the hottest topics in medicine today, documented by enormous amounts of data regarding hormone effects on the brain and behavior. Yet it is only now?with the...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Group Therapy in Clinical Practice -- by Hillel Swiller, Anne Alonso (Authors) (Book)
"In this era of rising health care costs, the economy of group therapy has sparked a renewed interest among mental health professionals. Beginning with a review of group therapy's roots in...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Treatment of Depression: Bridging the 21st Century -- by Myrna Weissman (Author) (Book)
"The dramatic advances?and controversies?of the past 25 years in understanding the epidemiology and treatment (both pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy), and the health care and delivery issues...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
The Psychiatrist's Guide to Capitation and Risk-Based Contracting -- by American Psychiatric Association (Author) (Book)
"In today's competitive economic environment, many psychiatrists are entering capitation agreements with managed care organizations. In exchange for a flat fee for each member of a benefit plan, the...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Gender and Its Effects on Psychopathology -- by Ellen Frank (Author) (Book)
"Starting in embryonic development, gender has profound influences on us. Endocrine receptors in the brain affect cognition, mood, and behavior differently in males and females, and gender roles...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Infanticide: Psychosocial and Legal Perspectives on Mothers Who Kill -- by Margaret Spinelli (Author) (Book)
"Maternal infanticide, or the murder of a child in its first year of life by its mother, elicits sorrow, anger, horror, and outrage. But the perpetrator is often a victim, too. The editor of this...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Trauma and Disaster Responses and Management -- by Robert Ursano, Ann Norwood (Authors) (Book)
"In our increasingly dangerous world?brought into urgent focus by the September 11, 2001, attacks?the need to manage the psychiatric consequences of traumatic events and disasters has never been...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Keeping Boundaries: Maintaining Safety and Integrity in the Psychotherapeutic Process -- by Richard Epstein (Author) (Book)
"Keeping Boundaries is an across-the-board review of the subject of boundary maintenance in psychotherapy. Using a comprehensive approach, this book examines the problem of therapeutic boundaries and...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Pocket Guide to the ICD-10 Classification of Mental and Behavioral Disorders -- by World Health Organization, J.E. Cooper (Authors) (Book)
"The use of a widely accepted diagnostic classification is vital for the effective treatment of psychiatric patients, and is essential in research. This pocket-book version of Chapter V of the...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
