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Politics and government, Psychology, Customs and cultures, General non-fiction
Presenting new insights into reciprocity this book combines Marcel Mauss s well-known gift theory with Barrington Moore… s idea of mutual obligations linking rulers and the ruled Teasing out the interrelatedness of these approaches Reciprocity in Human Societies suggests that evolutionary psychology reveals a human tendency for reciprocity and collaboration not only in a mutually cooperative way but also through increasing retributive moral emotions The book discusses various historical societies and the different models of the current welfare state Nordic social democratic conservative and liberal and the repercussions of the neoliberal policies of tax havens tax cuts and austerity with a cross-disciplinary approach that bridges evolutionary psychology sociology and social anthropology with history
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Business and economics, Psychology
Departing from the traditional approach of surveying current and future trends and developments this unique Handbook brings phenomena … theories and concepts from multiple disciplines together to advance entrepreneurship With original contributions from authors who are experts in their fields the collection offers state-of-the-art insights into generating new areas for research new theories and concepts and new questions for policy debates all aimed at advancing entrepreneurship Divided into four sections and covering perspectives such as neuroscience theology organisational behavior and education The Palgrave Handbook of Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Entrepreneurship is a rich source of information for researchers educators entrepreneurs leaders and managers
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Psychology
This book addresses the premise that therapy can be understood practiced and researched as a discursive activity … Using varied forms of discourse analysis it examines the cultural institutional and face-to-face communications that shape and occur within therapies that are discursively understood and practiced By first providing an overview of commonalities across discursive therapies and research approaches the authors discursively examine general aspects of therapy Topics explored include subjectivity psychological terms institutional influences therapeutic relationships therapists ways of talking and questioning discursive ethics and assessment of therapeutic processes and outcomes This book offers a macro-analysis of the conversational practices of a discursively informed approach to therapy as well as a micro-analysis of the ways in which language shapes and is used in a discursively informed approach to therapy This book will interest practitioners seeking to better understand therapy as a discursive process and discourse analysts wanting to understand therapy as discursive therapists might practice it
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Disabilities, Medicine, Psychology, General non-fiction
Completely revised with the latest research and clinical strategies this is the authoritative volume on Asperger syndrome now… part of DSM-5 autism spectrum disorder Considered the definitive reference since its initial publication the book focuses on how to assess each child or adolescent s needs and provide effective interventions in the areas of communication behavior and academic and vocational functioning The neural and genetic bases of autism spectrum disorders are also explored New to This Edition Expanded coverage of evidence-based assessment and treatment including two chapters on behavioral interventions Addresses challenges in the transition to new diagnostic criteria for autism spectrum disorder in DSM-5 Chapters on neuropsychological advances the transition to higher education and forensic issues Many new authors and extensively revised chapters
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Disabilities, Psychology
The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome is the definitive handbook for anyone affected by Asperger's syndrome (AS). Now including a… new introduction explaining the impact of DSM-5 on the diagnosis and approach to AS, it brings together a wealth of information on all aspects of the syndrome for children through to adults. Drawing on case studies and personal accounts from Attwood's extensive clinical experience, and from his correspondence with individuals with AS, this book is both authoritative and extremely accessible. Chapters examine: * causes and indications of the syndrome * the diagnosis and its effect on the individual * theory of mind * the perception of emotions in self and others * social interaction, including friendships * long-term relationships * teasing, bullying and mental health issues * the effect of AS on language and cognitive abilities, sensory sensitivity, movement and co-ordination skills * career development. There is also an invaluable frequently asked questions chapter and a section listing useful resources for anyone wishing to find further information on a particular aspect of AS, as well as literature and educational tools. Essential reading for families and individuals affected by AS as well as teachers, professionals and employers coming in contact with people with AS, this book should be on the bookshelf of anyone who needs to know or is interested in this complex condition. 'I usually say to the child, "Congratulations, you have Asperger's syndrome", and explain that this means he or she is not mad, bad or defective, but has a different way of thinking.' - from The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome
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Psychology
This practical guide offers management psychology and related professionals comprehensive background in and robust methods for… evaluating frequently litigated wage and hour issues Wage and hour compliance is impacted by numerous sources including federal laws such as the Fair Labor Standards Act state and local laws guidance from government enforcement agencies and court decisions This book provides a clear and understandable overview of the legal context along with methods for data collection and analysis to measure and evaluate compliance pertaining to commonly litigated disputes such as independent contract classification FLSA exemptions pay equity and off-the-clock work This framework for understanding and responding to such cases is suitable to both those new to the field and expert consultants while also acting as a springboard for further research in this increasingly relevant legal area Included in the coverage Trends in wage and hour litigation Applicable data collection methods for evaluating wage and hour compliance Assessing employment status Strategies to measure and prevent off the clock work Factors that impact meal and rest break compliance Stages of a class-action lawsuit Statistical sampling and analyses Understanding and analyzing pay equity Wage and Hour Law Guide to Methods and Analysis fills knowledge needs for an audience that includes management and industrial organizational psychology graduate students interested in legal issues as well as testifying experts external consultants HR practitioners management professionals and labor economists
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Psychology, General non-fiction
Working-through Collective Wounds discusses how collectives mourn and create symbols It challenges ideas of the irrational and destructive crowd… and examines how complicated scenes of working-through traumas take place in the streets and squares of cities in times of protest Drawing on insights from the trauma theory of psychoanalyst S ndor Ferenczi and his idea of the confusion of tongues the book engages the confusions between different registers of the social that entrap people in the scene of trauma and bind them in alienation and submission Raluca Soreanu proposes a trauma theory and a theory of recognition that start from a psychoanalytic understanding of fragmented psyches and trace the social life of psychic fragments The book builds on psychosocial vignettes from the Brazilian uprising of 2013 It will be of great interest to psychoanalysts interested in collective phenomena psychosocial studies scholars and social theorists working on theories of recognition and theories of trauma
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Psychology
Representing the first scholarly compendium of information in the field this book provides a synopsis of the scientific literature… that is equally useful to new and experienced investigators Recent research in the use of ketamine for difficult-to-treat depressive disorders and related conditions is presented as is an examination of how insights from these studies are forging new conceptual models of the neurobiology of stress-related affective and addictive disorders and the nature of treatment-resistance In addition the book discusses how ketamine s rapid antidepressant effects provide a scientific platform to facilitate innovation in clinical trial design including patient selection choice of control group outcome measures and dose-optimization There is surging worldwide interest in the use of ketamine therapy and this work collects the insights of many of the world s leading researchers in this nascent clinical and scientific field This book has appeal to researchers both clinical and basic clinicians health care administrators and patients Researchers will benefit from an updated discussion of neurobiological mechanisms and hypothesized actions of ketamine in neural circuits Clinicians benefit from a clear summary of safety and efficacy data which will permit informed choices regarding the risk-to-benefit ratio for administration of ketamine to patients
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Psychology
This topically-organized text provides a comprehensive overview of infant development with a strong theoretical and research base Readers gain… a clear understanding of infant development and issues that will be the focus of significant advances in infancy studies in the future The new fifth edition reflects the enormous changes in the field that have occurred over the past decade The thoroughly revised chapters emphasize work from the 21st century although classic references are retained and explore contextual methodological neurological physical perceptual cognitive communicative emotional and social facets of infant development The fifth edition features a more accessible style and enhanced pedagogical and teaching resource program This extensively revised edition features a number of changes The fifth edition adds a new co-author Martha Arterberry who brings additional teaching and research skills to the existing author team An enhanced pedagogical program features orienting questions at the beginning of each chapter and boldfaced key terms listed at the end of the chapter and defined in the glossary to help facilitate understanding and learning Two new boxes in each chapter - Science in Translation illustrate applied issues and Set for Life highlight the significance of infancy for later development Increased emphasis on practical applications and social policy More graphs tables and photos that explain important concepts and findings Literature reviews are thoroughly updated and reflect contemporary research All new teaching web resources -- Instructors will find Power Points electronic versions of the text figures and a test bank and students will find hyperlinked references and electronic versions of the key concepts and the definitions Intended for beginning graduate or advanced undergraduate courses on infant and toddler development or infancy or early child development taught in departments of psychology human development family studies education nursing social work and anthropology this book also appeals to social service providers policy makers and clergy who work with community institutions Prerequisites include introductory courses on child development and general psychology
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Fitness, Psychology
A practical hands-on experienced-based guide from a military veteran turned yoga teacherBrendon Abram combines his first-hand experience with… PTSD in the field and years of teaching to offer this practical guide to bringing trauma-sensitive yoga to both clinical and studio settings Drawing on his work with military veterans first responders and survivors of domestic and sexual abuse he emphasizes the importance of respecting the uniqueness of every individual and demonstrates how to use the foundational principles of yoga to create a safe experience Abram explains that basic principles of yoga bring power to the practice and that breath mindful movement focused awareness and acceptance of present-moment experience form the foundation of any yoga offering
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Psychology, Religion, Social issues
A chilling expos of youth suicide driven by faith Tony Frost Tribune … Child and teen suicide is no stranger to this author I recall gazing at the stillness of my childhood friend in a coffin and the nun telling me that God had taken him back because he had been made of sin He had killed himself because word got out that he had been born out of wedlock Then there was that girl in my high school class who took the easy way out when she found herself with child A few months after I released my biography of John Paul I a gay teen called me and told me that my book had saved his life He had planned to take his life on that day because his faith condemned the person he happened to be During my years with the Children s Home and Hospital School I ve shared in the grief left in the wake of children s notes I have gone to live with Jesus Thousands of mentally and physically impaired among countless others have left the same legacy behind Then we have tragedies like F tima where two little children are saints today because their faith encouraged them to advance their deaths in slow and agonizing ways to suffer and die for sins of the flesh against the Immaculate Heart of Mary and a Catholic world that thinks it wonderful While through the years the preacher s hatred has taken its greatest toll in unwed mothers gay and transgender teens and other outcasts of religion his lure of heaven remains the leading cause of pre-puberty suicide today As for F tima I give you much more than the Vatican s beatification investigation which found these children tortured themselves with abrasive ropes and stinging nettles and abstained from drinking water on hot days As for me I must live out my days haunted by children s lives snuffed out by the preacher s irresponsible bluff because I had not acted sooner Thousands of tiny coffins lowered into the ground so that the preacher can sell his condominiums in the sky to sheep who lust for more Lucien Gregoire Though the author dismantles traditional concepts of heaven as peddled by preachers he leaves us with far greater opportunity as he proves the salvation tenet of the 33-Day Pope Don t knock yourself out over smart monkeys and Adam and Eve Each of us is responsible for our own evolution We can either choose to remain as mortal men or we can evolve as Gods
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Business and economics, Psychology, Self help
Goulston s ideas are a bit counter-intuitive but they really do shift the dynamic and help people diffuse… and disarm the irrational person leading to more positive outcomes -- Online MBA Because some people are beyond difficult Let s face it we all know people who are irrational No matter how hard you try to reason with them it never works So what s the solution How do you talk to someone who s out of control What can you do with a boss who bullies a spouse who yells or a friend who frequently bursts into tears In his book Just Listen Mark Goulston shared his bestselling formula for getting through to the resistant people in your life Now in his breakthrough new book Talking to Crazy he brings his communication magic to the most difficult group of all the downright irrational As a psychiatrist Goulston has seen his share of crazy and he knows from experience that you can t simply argue it away The key to handling irrational people is to learn to lean into the crazy to empathize with it That radically changes the dynamic and transforms you from a threat into an ally Talking to Crazy explains this counterintuitive Sanity Cycle and reveals Why people act the way they do How instinctive responses can exacerbate the situation and what to do instead When to confront a problem and when to walk away How to use a range of proven techniques including Time Travel the Fish-bowl and the Belly Roll And much more You can t reason with unreasonable people but you can reach them This powerful and practical book shows you how
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Parenting, Psychology, Self help
A must-have resource for anyone who lives or works with young kids with an introduction by Adele Faber … coauthor of How to Talk So Kids Will Listen Listen So Kids Will Talk the international mega-bestseller The Boston Globe dubbed The Parenting Bible For over thirty-five years parents have turned to How to Talk So Kids Will Listen Listen So Kids Will Talk for its respectful and effective solutions to the unending challenges of raising children Now in response to growing demand Adele s daughter Joanna Faber along with Julie King tailor How to Talk s powerful communication skills to children ages two to seven Faber and King each a parenting expert in her own right share their wisdom accumulated over years of conducting How To Talk workshops with parents and a broad variety of professionals With a lively combination of storytelling cartoons and fly-on-the-wall discussions from their workshops they provide concrete tools and tips that will transform your relationship with the young kids in your life What do you do with a little kid who won t brush her teeth screams in his car seat pinches the baby refuses to eat vegetables throws books in the library runs rampant in the supermarket Organized according to common challenges and conflicts this book is an essential emergency first-aid manual of communication strategies including a chapter that addresses the special needs of children with sensory processing and autism spectrum disorders This user-friendly guide will empower parents and caregivers of young children to forge rewarding joyful relationships with terrible two-year-olds truculent three-year-olds ferocious four-year-olds foolhardy five-year-olds self-centered six-year-olds and the occasional semi-civilized seven-year-old And it will help little kids grow into self-reliant big kids who are cooperative and connected to their parents teachers siblings and peers
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Psychology
Substance Abuse and the Family demonstrates what it means to view addiction through a systems lens by considering biology and… genetics family relationships and larger systems Throughout the text Michael D Reiter shows how to examine a person s predilection to become addicted his or her social environment around substance use the functionality of his or her family and various treatment options Chapters are organized around two sections Assessment and Treatment The first section pays attention to how the family system organizes around substance use and abuse Here family roles culture and other issues such as family violence and resilience are covered Two chapters are also included on the neuroscience and genetics of addiction with contributions from Jaime L Tartar and Christina Gobin There are also chapters on working with partial systems using genograms and working in a culturally-sensitive way with contributions from Dalis Arismendi with culture-specific consideration paid to African American Hispanic and Latin American Asian American and Native American families The second half of the book explores what a systems orientation means in practice and goes over self-help groups for individuals and families An overview of the major family therapy theories is included which examines intergenerational experiential communication approaches strategic systemic and post-modern models A separate chapter examines issues faced by both youth and adult children of alcoholics Intended for undergraduate and graduate students as well as beginning practitioners this text is one of the most penetrating and in-depth examinations on the topic available
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General non-fiction, Medicine, Psychology
This volume provides the skills practitioners need to conduct family therapy sessions in the home school and community… The authors demonstrate how meetings outside of the traditional office setting can enable therapists to intervene actively in the various systems that affect clients lives This multisystems approach can be particularly useful when working with poor and ethnic minority families whose support networks may include extended family school personnel and members of the church family Practitioners learn how to utilize out-of-office sessions to meet the people who are influential in clients lives observe the life realities of children adolescents and parents and identify resources that can be mobilized to produce change Detailed strategies are presented to help families navigate the overlapping demands of multiple agencies and institutions and to manage and prevent such problems as substance abuse school drop-out and child abuse Throughout therapeutic and ethical guidelines are illustrated by extensive clinical case material The book is ideal for those already doing home-based work as well as those who would like to incorporate it into their practice
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Psychology
The memoir of a neuroscientist whose research led him to a bizarre personal discovery James Fallon… had spent an entire career studying how our brains affect our behavior when his research suddenly turned personal While studying brain scans of several family members he discovered that one perfectly matched a pattern he d found in the brains of serial killers This meant one of two things Either his family s scans had been mixed up with those of felons or someone in his family was a psychopath Even more disturbing The scan in question was his own This is Fallon s account of coming to grips with this discovery and its implications How could he a happy family man who had never been prone to violence be a psychopath How much did his biology influence his behavior Fallon shares his journey to answer these questions and the discoveries that ultimately led to his conclusion Despite everything science can teach humans are even more complex than we can imagine
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Medicine, Psychology, Science and technology, Self help
How to rewire your brain to improve virtually every aspect of your life-based on the latest research in neuroscience and… psychology on neuroplasticity and evidence-based practices Not long ago, it was thought that the brain you were born with was the brain you would die with, and that the brain cells you had at birth were the most you would ever possess. Your brain was thought to be "hardwired" to function in predetermined ways. It turns out that's not true. Your brain is not hardwired, it's "softwired" by experience. This book shows you how you can rewire parts of the brain to feel more positive about your life, remain calm during stressful times, and improve your social relationships. Written by a leader in the field of Brain-Based Therapy, it teaches you how to activate the parts of your brain that have been underactivated and calm down those areas that have been hyperactivated so that you feel positive about your life and remain calm during stressful times. You will also learn to improve your memory, boost your mood, have better relationships, and get a good night sleep. Reveals how cutting-edge developments in neuroscience, and evidence-based practices can be used to improve your everyday life Other titles by Dr. Arden include: Brain-Based Therapy-Adult, Brain-Based Therapy-Child, Improving Your Memory For Dummies and Heal Your Anxiety Workbook Dr. Arden is a leader in integrating the new developments in neuroscience with psychotherapy and Director of Training in Mental Health for Kaiser Permanente for the Northern California Region Explaining exciting new developments in neuroscience and their applications to daily living, Rewire Your Brain will guide you through the process of changing your brain so you can change your life and be free of self-imposed limitations.
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Animals and wildlife, Psychology, Science and technology
Alexandra Horowitz the author of the lively highly informative New York Times bestselling blockbuster Inside of a Dog… explains how dogs perceive the world through their most spectacular organ--the nose--and how we humans can put our under-used sense of smell to work in surprising ways To a dog there is no such thing as fresh air Every breath of air is loaded with information In fact what every dog--the tracking dog of course but also the dog lying next to you snoring on the couch--knows about the world comes mostly through his nose In Being a Dog Alexandra Horowitz a research scientist in the field of dog cognition and the author of the runaway bestseller Inside of a Dog unpacks the mystery of a dog s worldview as has never been done before With her family dogs Finnegan and Upton leading the way Horowitz sets off on a quest to make sense of scents combining a personal journey of smelling with a tour through the cutting edge and improbable science behind the olfactory powers of the dog From revealing the spectacular biology of the dog snout to speaking to other cognitive researchers and smell experts across the country to visiting detection-dog training centers and even attempting to smell-train her own nose Horowitz covers the topic of noses--both canine and human--from surprising novel and always fascinating angles As we come to understand how complex the world around us appears to the canine nose Horowitz changes our perspective on dogs forever Readers will finish this book feeling that they have smelled into a fourth dimension--breaking free of human constraints and understanding smell as never before that they have however fleetingly been a dog
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Anthologies, Psychology, General non-fiction
First published in The New Yorker Solomon tells the story of Peter Lanza the father of Adam… Lanza the Sandy Hook Elementary shooter Read it--it s moving brave and just profoundly human and sad There aren t any answers And that s what makes this all so impossible and Solomon s journalism so essential Salon com Both parents loved Adam Neither parent imagined or wanted their child s horrific end This is why what Peter Lanza did by sharing his story with Andrew Solomon is so important Lanza s story fills important gaps in our understanding of how a beloved child became a killer--and reminds us as a society that we have an obligation to help families and children before they find themselves on irreversible paths of violence Time
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Music, Psychology
This book explores how music can improve skills that are impaired in some neurodevelopmental disorders including ADHD attention… deficit hyperactivity disorder autism and Rett syndrome Rehabilitation interventions based on the use of music termed music therapy are relatively widespread but not all are supported by empirical evidence This book offers readers an updated and scientifically grounded perspective on this theory and argues that music can be effective in promoting the acquisition of some basic mental abilities Chapters present some of the latest research and data on how musical activities can lead children affected by neurodevelopmental disorders to improve those skills including examples of training programs and exercises The book will be a valuable resource for therapists rehabilitators psychologists educators musicians researchers as well as anyone interested in exploring the potential in music for human growth