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Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development
Presents the results of a comprehensive scientific study of early child care and its relation to child development. This book provides information about the ways in which nonmaternal care is linked to health, psychological adjustment, and mother-child bonds in the first six years of life. It addresses the full complexity of this vital issue.
Presents approaches to couple and family therapy that use attachment theory as the basis for clinical understandings. This book provides fresh insights on the nature of interactions between adult partners and among parents and children. It offers both strategies and techniques for helping clients build stronger, more supportive relational bonds.
Bringing together leading authorities, this comprehensive volume integrates the breadth of knowledge on clinical problems of adolescence, including conduct problems, substance abuse, mood and anxiety disorders, and more. It also provides perspectives on the processes underlying healthy or maladaptive development in this period of rapid change.
Addresses the process of neuropsychological assessment and intervention with older adults. The editors and contributors detail the state of knowledge about frequently encountered conditions ranging from mild cognitive impairment to progressive, stable, and reversible dementias.
Illustrates the different forms that childhood anxiety can take and offers practical solutions specific to each. This book emphasizes strategies for preventing episodes before they begin, demonstrates how to intervene when one is in progress, and offers tips on how to keep anxiety from worsening as a child matures.
Acting as a teaching text and clinical resource, this book is about: how to do psychotherapy; and how to apply the science of change, to the complexities of helping people develop meanings in their lives. It shows how to nurture the therapeutic relationship, while implementing interventions as: centering techniques, problem solving, and others.
Offers guidelines for assessment and intervention with college drinkers. This book is provides practical advice on interacting with students in a range of contexts, from brief conversations in medical settings to motivational counseling sessions and group interventions.
Detailing the first one-on-one cognitive-behavioral treatment approach for this highly challenging population, this resource provides a straightforward rationale and clear guidelines for implementing the authors' flexible four-phase model.
This book provides vital information on psychotropic medications that are frequently prescribed to children. Guidelines are outlined for monitoring use, documenting effects, and facilitating collaboration among providers, teachers, and parents. Pub . 8/05.
