Substance Abuse Treatment for Youth and Adults: Clinician's Guide to Evidence-Based Practice

Substance Abuse Treatment for Youth and Adults: Clinician's Guide to Evidence-Based Practice (Re-post)
Publisher:Wiley | Pages:432 | File type: PDF | 3 mb

quot;David Springer and Allen Rubin have compiled a valuable practice guide for any professional who works with substance�Cabusing youth or adults. This is a volume that should be on every practitioner��s bookshelf!quot;
�CC. Aaron McNeece, Dean and Walter W. Hudson Professor (Emeritus), College of Social Work, Florida State University

quot;This edited book is an important addition for clinicians wishing to incorporate the latest in evidence�Cbased practices into their work with substance abusing clients. The detailed descriptions, case examples and supportive materials in each chapter provide invaluable guidelines to both beginning and experienced clinicians. It is a book that belongs in the libraries of all substance abuse educators, students and clinicians.quot;
�CS. Lala A. Straussner, Professor and Director, Post�CMaster��s Certificate Program in the Clinical Approaches to Addictions Treatment, Silver School of Social Work, New York University

quot;A major stumbling block to adoption of evidence�Cbased practice in the real world of clinical practice has been the absence of clinician�Cfriendly guides. Such guides need to be understandable, free of technical research jargon, infused with clinical expertise, and rich with real�Clife examples. Rubin and Springer have hit a home run with this series, which has all of these characteristics and more.quot;
�CEdward J. Mullen, Willma Albert Musher Chair and Professor, Columbia University
Product Description State�Cof�Cthe�Cart, empirical support for the treatmentof substance abuse

Part of the Clinician��s Guide to Evidence�CBased Practice Series, Substance Abuse Treatment for Youth and Adults provides busy mental health practitioners with detailed, step�Cby�Cstep guidance for implementing clinical interventions that are supported by the latest scientific evidence.

Edited by renowned educators David W. Springer and Allen Rubin, this thorough yet practical reference draws on a roster of experts and researchers in the field who have assembled state�Cof�Cthe�Cart knowledge into this well�Crounded guide. Each chapter serves as a practitioner�Cfocused how�Cto guide and covers interventions that have the best empirical support for treating substance abuse problems, including:

* Family behavior therapy for substance abuse and associated problems
* Motivational interviewing
* Problem solving and social skills training
* Adolescent community reinforcement approach (A�CCRA)
* Cognitive behavioral coping skills therapy for adults
* Seeking Safety treatment for clients with PTSD and substance abuse

Easy�Cto�Cuse and accessible in tone, Substance Abuse Treatment for Youth and Adults is an indispensable resource for practitioners who would like to implement evidence�Cbased, compassionate, effective interventions in their care of substance�Cabusing clients.

Readings in Virtual Research Ethics: Issues and Controversies {Repost}

Readings in Virtual Research Ethics: Issues and Controversies
Publisher: Information Science Publishing | File type: PDF | 379 pages | 12,6 mb
Readings in Virtual Research Ethics: Issues and Controversies provides an in-depth look at the emerging field of online research and the corresponding ethical dilemmas associated with it. Issues related to traditional research ethics such as autonomy or respect for persons, justice, and beneficence are extended into the virtual realm and such areas as subject selection and recruitment, informed consent, privacy, ownership of data, and research with minors, among many others are explored in the media and contexts of email surveys and interviews, synchronous chat, virtual ethnography, asynchronous discussion lists, and newsgroups.

Fundamentals of Quantum Chemistry: Molecular Spectroscopy and Modern Electronic Structure Computations

Fundamentals of Quantum Chemistry: Molecular Spectroscopy and Modern Electronic Structure Computations
Publisher: Kap/Plenum| File type: PDF | 280 pages | 12,6 mb
Fundamentals of Quantum Chemistry: Molecular Spectroscopy and Modern Electronic Structure Computations..

Nanoscale Magnetic Materials and Applications

J. Ping Liu, Eric Fullerton, Oliver Gutfleisch, D.J. Sellmyer, quot;Nanoscale Magnetic Materials and Applicationsquot;
Springer | 2009 | 732 pages | File type: PDF | 16,9 mb
Nanoscale Magnetic Materials and Applications covers exciting new developments in the field of advanced magnetic materials. Readers will find valuable reviews of the current experimental and theoretical work on novel magnetic structures, nanocomposite magnets, spintronic materials, domain structure and domain-wall motion, in addition to nanoparticles and patterned magnetic recording media.

Cutting-edge applications in the field are described by leading experts from academic and industrial communities. These include new devices based on domain wall motion, magnetic sensors derived from both giant and tunneling magnetoresistance, thin film devices in micro-electromechanical systems, and nanoparticle applications in biomedicine.

In addition to providing an introduction to the advances in magnetic materials and applications at the nanoscale, this volume also presents emerging materials and phenomena, such as magnetocaloric and ferromagnetic shape memory materials, which motivate future development in this exciting field.

Nanoscale Magnetic Materials and Applications also features a foreword written by Peter Gr��nberg, recipient of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physics.

Organic Crystal Engineering: Frontiers in Crystal Engineering

Prof Edward R.T. Tiekink, Jagadese Vittal, Michael Zaworotk, quot;Organic Crystal Engineering: Frontiers in Crystal Engineeringquot;
Wiley | 2010 | 336 pages | File type: PDF | 8 mb
Organic Crystal Engineering provides reviews of topics in organic crystal engineering that will be of interest to all researchers in molecular solid-state chemistry. Specialist reviews written by internationally recognized researchers, drawn from both academia and industry, cover topics including crystal structure prediction features, polymorphism, reactions in the solid-state, designing new arrays and delineating prominent intermolecular forces for important organic molecules.

Lectures on Solar and Planetary Dynamos

M. R. E. Proctor, A. D. Gilbert, quot;Lectures on Solar and Planetary Dynamosquot;
Cambridge University Press | 1995 | 392 pages | File type: PDF | 6,9 mb

Dynamo theory is the study of the generation and maintenance of magnetic fields by fluid motion. It is important in many areas of physics, ranging from stellar and galactic dynamics, through solar physics and geomagnetism to reactor physics. This volume is the only modern introduction to the subject, and is comprised of the lectures given by leading specialists for an intensive course held at the Newton Institute in Cambridge, U.K. as part of a NATO Advanced Study Institute. Topics covered include planetary and solar dynamos, fast dynamos, and the use of symmetry principles to derive evolution equations. Each chapter starts with background material and goes right up to the forefront of current research. Detailed bibliographies are provided. This book will be welcome reading for graduate students in planetary and solar physics, plasma physics, and astrophysics....

Integrative Physiology in the Proteomics and Post-Genomics Age

Wolfgang Walz, quot;Integrative Physiology in the Proteomics and Post-Genomics Agequot;
Humana Press; 1 edition (March 22, 2005) | English |280 pages | File type: PDF | 5.28 mb

This collection of articles by internationally recognized researchers highlights the major questions and accomplishment of modern physiological research and demonstrates that modern molecular methods can well be incorporated and strengthen the original integrative perspectives of physiology set out by Claude Bernard's concept of the quot;milieu interieur.quot;
Among the critical issues discussed are the place of functional genomics in regulatory physiology, the role of model systems in integrative physiology, the function of neural circuits in behavior and consciousness, and the influence of external challenges to the whole body and the environment on genes. Perceptive and timely, Integrative Physiology in the Proteomics and Post-Genomics Age bridges the gap between molecular biology and whole body function, establishing the future of physiology as an integrative science based on new molecular insights...

Gravitational Lensing: Strong, Weak and Micro

Peter Schneider, Christopher Kochanek, Joachim Wambsganss, quot;Gravitational Lensing: Strong, Weak and Microquot;
Springer | 2006 | ISBN: 354030309X | 552 pages | File type: PDF | 40 mb
The theory, observations, and applications of gravitational lensing constitute one of the most rapidly growing branches of astrophysics. The gravitational deflection of light generated by mass concentrations along a light path produces magnification, multiplicity, and distortion of images and delays photon propagation from one line of sight relative to another. The huge amount of scientific work produced over the last decade on gravitational lensing has clearly revealed its already substantial and wide impact and its potential for future astrophysical applications.

The up-to-date contributions in this book are based on the lecture notes of the 33rd Saas�CFee Advanced Course of the Swiss Society of Astronomy and Astrophysics, entitled Gravitational Lensing: Strong, Weak, and Micro. The book comprises four complementary parts, written by leading experts in the field, constituting a genuine textbook about gravitational lensing.

Students and researchers alike will benefit from this comprehensive presentation of the astrophysical and astronomical aspects of gravitational lensing.

Extraordinary People: Understanding "Idiot Savants"

Darold A. Treffert, quot;Extraordinary People: Understanding quot;Idiot Savantsquot;quot;
Harpercollins | 291 pages | Djvu | 2,4 mb
From Publishers Weekly
A psychiatrist and director of a mental health center in Wisconsin, Treffert, in this compelling report, analyzes the quot;Savant Syndrome.quot; Now considered pejorative, the scientific term quot;idiot savantquot; has been changed to quot;savant,quot; and describes a mentally or otherwise handicapped person whose genius in a particular field is inexplicable. The Savant syndrome is so rare that only 200 cases have been documented in this country. Readers will share the author's feelings of bewildered awe as they meet the quot;extraordinary peoplequot; and the families who help the phenomenally gifted, but otherwise cruelly deprived, savants in music, art, math and feats of memory impossible for the rest of the population.

Skin Cancer (The Biology of Cancer)

Skin Cancer (The Biology of Cancer)
Chelsea House Publications | 168 pages | File type: PDF | 2 mb

Skin cancer is the most common of all cancers; doctors detect it in about 1 million Americans every year. Skin Cancer examines this disease, which, if found early, is usually cured by relatively simple surgery. Readers also gain valuable insight into how they can lower their risk for skin cancer, such as by reducing exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation from sunlight.

Causes of Cancer (The Biology of Cancer)

Causes of Cancer (The Biology of Cancer)
Chelsea House Publications | 136 pages | File type: PDF | 2 mb

Causes of Cancer delves into the many factors responsible for causing cancer, from environmental conditions to abnormal in vitro and in vivo developments to viruses and cancers caused by exposure to radiation. This richly informative book also empowers readers by highlighting how avoiding exposure to particular carcinogens may prevent certain forms of cancer.

Stages of Cancer Development (The Biology of Cancer)

Stages of Cancer Development (The Biology of Cancer)
Chelsea House Publications | 136 pages | File type: PDF | 3.5 mb

Stages of Cancer Development follows the evolution of cancer from a single genetically altered cell, through the stages of hyperplasia (uncontrolled cell division), dysplasia (genetic changes that lead to an excess of cells in the affected region), carcinoma in situ (additional changes that make cells appear abnormal and allow them to spread over a larger region, affecting cell function), to full-blown cancer (focusing on malignant tumors that have the ability to invade surrounding tissues and spread throughout the body). This book presents a complex topic in a clear and approachable manner, making it an invaluable guide for student research.

Cancer Genetics (The Biology of Cancer)

Cancer Genetics (The Biology of Cancer)
Chelsea House Publications | 112 pages | File type: PDF | 8 mb

Cancer Genetics demonstrates how cancer cells differ from normal cells in structure and function. It examines specific cancer-related genes, such as oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes, and discusses inherited syndromes that are associated with cancer, including certain forms of breast cancer. New research into the human genome and the possibility that particular genes confer a susceptibility to cancer are some of the other intriguing topics examined in this book.

Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancer (The Biology of Cancer)

Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancer (The Biology of Cancer)
Chelsea House Publications | 160 pages | File type: PDF | 3 mb

quot;Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancerquot; helps readers understand the nature of cancer and the different types of cancer. Comprehensive and accessible, this book explains the various methods used to detect and diagnose the disease. An in-depth chapter is dedicated to each of the key methods of treatment - cell transplant and biological therapy, chemotherapy, radiation, surgery, and alternative therapies.

Prevention of Cancer (The Biology of Cancer)

Prevention of Cancer (The Biology of Cancer)
Chelsea House Publications | 144 pages | File type: PDF | 2 mb

Designed to combat misinformation and help readers keep informed about the biology of cancer, Prevention of Cancer presents the latest research on key factors believed to defend against the occurrence of cancer. Chapters focus on the major cancer risk factors, such as smoking, sun exposure, lifestyle and nutrition, genetics, and environmental contributors. This book also outlines steps readers can take to lower their risk for cancer, and special attention is given to what cancer survivors can do to decrease their chances of a relapse.

Problems of Condensed Matter Physics: Quantum Coherence Phenomena in Electron-hole and Coupled Matter-light Systems

Alexei L. Ivanov, Sergei G. Tikhodeev, quot;Problems of Condensed Matter Physics: Quantum Coherence Phenomena in Electron-hole and Coupled Matter-light Systems (International Series of Monographs on Physics)quot;
Oxford University Press, USA; illustrated edition (February 9, 2008) | English | 368 pages | File type: PDF | 19.64 mb

A nicely presented monograph which combines a coherent discussion of a specific field within condensed matter physics with various other topics.
This book is dedicated to Professor Leonid V Keldysh. His brilliant contributions to condensed matter physics include the Franz-Keldysh effect, an electron-hole liquid, the nonequilibrium (Keldysh) diagram technique, Bose-Einstein condensation (of excitons) and a 'metal-dielectric' transition, acoustically-induced superlattices, multi-photon transitions and impact ionization in solids. In many respects, his work influenced and formed the paradigm of modern condensed matter physics. As a result, many famous researchers in the field have enthusiastically provided unique contributions to the book.

Differential Diagnosis in Surgical Pathology, 2nd Edition (Re-post)

Differential Diagnosis in Surgical Pathology, 2nd Edition (Re-post)
Publisher:Saunders | Pages:1108 | File type: PDF | 51 mb

Differential Diagnosis in Surgical Pathology, 2nd Edition, by Paolo Gattuso, MD, Vijaya B. Reddy, MD, Odile David, MD, and Daniel J. Spitz, MD, is skillfully designed to help you confidently sign out your most complex and challenging cases. Covering a complete range of tumors and tumor-like conditions in all organ systems, it provides a user-friendly road map to the main criteria you should consider in order to differentiate between a variety of potential diagnoses that all have a very similar appearance. Over 1,350 new full-color macro- and microphotographs provide a realistic basis for comparison to what you see under the microscope. Quick checklists cover all diagnostic possibilities to make sure nothing falls through the cracks. Full-text online access at expertconsult.com allows you to reference the book from any computer and download all of its images.

* A concise, bulleted textual format facilitates quick retrieval of essential facts.
* A consistent approach to diagnosis and interpretation expedites reference.
* Coverage of all relevant ancillary diagnostic techniques addresses all of the investigative contexts needed to formulate an accurate diagnosis.
* Expert quot;pearlsquot; offer practical tips on what diagnostic criteria to consider or exclude.
* A comprehensive, yet manageable size allows for quick consultation.
* Over 1,350 new full-color macro- and microphotographs provide a realistic basis for comparison to what you see under the microscope.
* Immunohistochemical and molecular techniques throughout enable you to review all of the latest diagnostic considerations in one place.
* Expanded coverage of non-neoplastic entities assists you in recognizing benign lesions that may mimic the appearance and characteristics of malignant ones.
* Extensive updates include the latest classification schemes and relevant diagnostic techniques.
* A brand-new, color-coded layout highlights key points more clearly and helps you turn to the sections you need more speedily.

Thyroid Cytopathology

Douglas P. Clark, William C. Faquin, E.S. Cibas, quot;Thyroid Cytopathology (Essentials in Cytopathology)quot;
Springer; 1 edition | English | 204 pages | File type: PDF | 3.77 mb

Advances in molecular and genetics based diagnostics, are driving an increased interest in cytopathology as cytological specimens are the ideal substrate for this new technology. Although there are a handful of comprehensive, standard texts on the market, there is a need for portable, more concise books for easy reference. Thus, the inception of the new?Essentials in Cytopathology series is intended to fill the gap in the market. This Series will fulfill the need for an easy-to-use and authoritative synopsis of site-specific topics in cytopathology. The discussions will take into account the need for increased emphasis on differential diagnoses, the how-to's on screening, cytology/hitology correlation, what the criteria are, as well as issues involved with patient interaction, such as on-site evaluation. Discussions will address safety issues as well as diagnostic pitfalls. Each volume will be site-specific and edited by leading specialists in the field. These guide books fit into the lab coat pocket, ideal for portability and quick reference. Each volume will be heavily illustrated with a 125-image full color art program, while the text will follow a user friendly outline format. A must- have for every pathologist, cytopathologist, fellow and trainee. The inaugural volume of the Series will be the Thyroid, edited by Drs. Clark and Faquin, leaders in the field of thyroid cytopathology.

Introduction to Risk Calculation in Genetic Counseling

Ian D. Young, quot;Introduction to Risk Calculation in Genetic Counselingquot;
Oxford University Press, USA; 3rd edition | English | 256 pages | File type: PDF | 1.08 mb

The process of genetic counseling involves many key components, such as taking a family genetic history, making a diagnosis, and providing communication and support to the family.
Among these core processes is the mathematical calculation of the actual risk of a possible genetic disorder. For most physicians and counselors, the mathematics and statistics involved can be major challenge which is not always helped by complex computer programs or lengthy papers full of elaborate formulae. In this clear, reader-friendly guide, Ian Young addresses this problem and demonstrates how risk can be estimated for inherited disorders using a basic knowledge of the laws of probability and their application to clinical problems. The text employs a wealth of clearly explained examples and key points in order to guide the reader to an accurate assessment of the risk of genetic disease.
It primarily will appeal to genetic counselors, geneticists, and all those involved in providing medical genetic services.
In this new edition, Dr. Young has pruned redundancies and extensively updated the concepts in each of the 10 chapters, and he has included more working examples, a popular feature of the book....

THE PSYCHOLOGY OF BEAUTY

THE PSYCHOLOGY OF BEAUTY

The human being who thrills to the experience of beauty in nature and in art does not forever rest with that experience unquestioned. The day comes when he yearns to pierce the secret of his emotion, to discover what it is, and why, that has so stung him—to defend and to justify his transport to himself and to others. He seeks a reason for the faith that is in him. And so have arisen the speculative theories of the nature of beauty, on the one hand, and the studies of concrete beauty and our feelings about it, on the other. Speculative theory has taken its own way, however, as a part of philosophy, in relating the Beautiful to the other great concepts of the True and the Good; building up an architectonic of abstract ideas, far from the immediate facts and problems of the enjoyment of beauty. There has grown up, on the other hand, in the last years, a great literature of special studies in the facts of aesthetic production and enjoyment. Experiments with the aesthetic elements; investigations into the physiological psychology of aesthetic reactions; studies in the genesis and development of art forms, have multiplied apace. But these are still mere groups of facts for psychology; they have not been taken up into a single authoritative principle. Psychology cannot do justice to the imperative of beauty, by virtue of which, when we say "this is beautiful," we have a right to imply that the universe must agree with us. A synthesis of these tendencies in the study of beauty is needed, in which the results of modern psychology shall help to make intelligible a philosophical theory of beauty. The chief purpose of this book is to seek to effect such a union.

A way of defining Beauty which grounds it in general principles, while allowing it to reach the concrete case, is set forth in the essay on the Nature of Beauty. The following chapters aim to expand, to test, and to confirm this central theory, by showing, partly by the aid of the aforesaid special studies, how it accounts for our pleasure in pictures, music, and literature.

The whole field of beauty is thus brought under discussion; and therefore, though it nowhere seeks to be exhaustive in treatment, the book may fairly claim to be a more or less consistent and complete aesthetic theory, and hence to address itself to the student of aesthetics as well as to the general reader. The chapter on the Nature of Beauty, indeed, will doubtless be found by the latter somewhat technical, and should be omitted by all who definitely object to professional phraseology. The general conclusions of the book are sufficiently stated in the less abstract papers.

Of the essays which compose the following volume, the first, third, and last are reprinted, in more or less revised form, from the "Atlantic Monthly" and the "International Monthly." Although written as independent papers, it is thought that they do not unduly repeat each other, but that they serve to verify, in each of the several realms of beauty, the truth of the central theory of the book.

The various influences which have served to shape a work of this kind become evident in the reading; but I cannot refrain from a word of thanks to the teachers whose inspiration and encouragement first made it possible. I owe much gratitude to Professor Mary A. Jordan and Professor H. Norman Gardiner of Smith College, who in literature and in philosophy first set me in the way of aesthetic interest and inquiry, and to Professor Hugo Munsterberg of Harvard University, whose philosophical theories and scientific guidance have largely influenced my thought.