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Through engaging, illustrative case studies, this book serves as a guidebook for philosophical and psychological practitioners, as well as a text for instructors of philosophy and psychotherapy who wish to demonstrate the practical value of philosophy in their respective fields.

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Following World War II, Viktor Frankl revolutionized the field of psychotherapy with the inception of logotherapy. With Logotherapy: Viktor Frankl, Life and Work, Soggie offers a compelling and comprehensive introduction to both the man and his contribution to psychotherapy. T...

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As the population ages, policymakers must evaluate the nation's readiness to assist a growing group of people with conditions requiring chronic and long-term care.

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Produced in close consultation with state health care officials from all around the US, this important volume offers practical and timely recommendations for how to make health reform work. It addresses the central implementation, management, and federalism dimensions of reform.

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The intertwining of biological reproduction and the personal, political, legal, and technological meanings of reproduction, explored through ethnographic studies and analyzed in the context of science and technology studies and feminist theory.

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Using cases, interviews, dialogues, and vignettes, the authors provide effective models or blueprints for health professionals to follow.

Gordon is a psychologist who has pioneered internationally recognized effectiveness training programs widely used by teachers, parents, salesmen, managers, and other professionals.

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Health professionals need to learn the communication skills that will create collaborative and mutually satisfying relationships with patients.

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Explores the development of patient-consumerism from the 1960s to 2010 in relation to seven key areas: patient autonomy, representation, complaint, rights, information, voice and choice. -- .

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More and more, men are recognizing the need to educate themselves about their own bodies. This physician's guide to what every man should know about his sexual health is an informative and reassuring reference written to meet the increasing interest in male health issues. 8 line drawings.

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Examining both positive and negative effects, Rosser shows that the spread of the HIV virus was actually accelerated by a national education campaign utilizing fear, and contrasts this result with four international gay-sensitive education campaigns that produced positive changes in behavior and lifestyle.

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Birenbaum, a health-policy analyst, has created a synthesis of research studies and analyses of trends to chronicle these developments and to suggest remedies to correct the most unjust aspects of managed care.

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Depression in older people is easily missed. This practical guide shows how to identify depression in an older person and provide support to enable best possible quality of life.

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Bienvenido al Manual para padres sobre la depresin infantil y adolescente de Erika'sLighthouse, segunda edicin. Es posible que est leyendo nuestro manual porque creeque su hijo est deprimido y quiere saber qu hacer. Estamos aqu para ayudar.

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This expose on the psychology industry aims to add depth and gravity to the international chorus of voices calling for reform of the mental health industry.

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Mathematical modeling is critical to our understanding of how infectious diseases spread at the individual and population levels. This book explains how to translate biological assumptions into mathematics to construct useful and consistent models, and how to use the biological interpretation and mathematical reasoning to analyze these models.

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Philosophical debates over the fundamental principles that should guide life-and-death medical decisions usually occur at a considerable remove from the tough, real-world choices made in hospital rooms, courthouses, and legislatures. This title seeks to change that.

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Meaning Systems and Mental Health Culture critiques the objectification of clients and concomitant abandonment of meaning systems that characterize contemporary counseling and psychotherapy. Hansen provides a scholarly overview of trends in talk therapy through a cultural, historical, empirical, and philosophical examination of mental health care.