Written predominantly for those working in the mental health services, this book aims to extend the theory and practice of psychiatry. The chapters explore the culture of psychiatry as well as seeking to reaffirm the importance of anthropology for understanding psychiatric practice and psychological disorders in both socio-historical and ......
The Behavioural Approach to Changing Organizations
The challenge to improve safety at work remains a key concern of many organizations, as traditional approaches to safety in organizations have not had the anticipated impact of reducing accident rates at work. As the authors of this new book show, the existing methods of attempting to enhance safe performance have very limited efficacy. The ......
A comprehensive attempt to bring together forensic clinicians and those working within the criminal justice system, this text examines the complex relationship between remorse, shame, guilt and attempts at reparation. It asks such questions as: should a show of remorse by an offender be taken into account in sentencing ?; is there a correlation ......
A comprehensive attempt to bring together forensic clinicians and those working within the criminal justice system, this text examines the complex relationship between remorse, shame, guilt and attempts at reparation. It asks such questions as: should a show of remorse by an offender be taken into account in sentencing ?; is there a correlation ......
Despite the growth of interest in dementia and dementia care over the past two decades, services and interventions for younger people with dementia and their carers remain, on the whole, fragmented and poorly developed. The focus of social, psychological and biomedical research has been almost exclusively on older people and their carers.The first ......
Features the four primary documents that, since 1878, formed a type of 'preamble' to the revised United States Code, including the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, the Northwest Ordinance, and the Constitution. This book discusses how and why these documents were given such an important place in the US Code.
Widely regarded as the definitive work on forensic psychotherapy, this major compendium is now published in paperback to meet the need for its availability as a student text. Since its original publication, forensic psychotherapy has become increasingly widely established.
Addresses the threats and potential benefits of asteroids. This book explains the major differences between comets and asteroids and describes what might happen should the Earth suffer a collision with either one of them.
The implications of biodiversity loss for the global environment have been widely discussed, but only recently has attention been paid to its direct and serious effects on human health. Biodiversity loss affects the spread of human diseases, causes a loss of medical models, diminishes the supplies of raw materials for drug discovery and ......
