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Intended for results-oriented psychoanalysis, this book describes how clinical psychoanalysis can focus on symptom relief and deliver results efficiently.

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Prenatal testing for genetic abnormalities has transformed pregnancy and motherhood. Using sociological research, this book analyzes the social-psychological and ethical implications of invasive prenatal testing, particularly CVS and amniocentesis.

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Testing for genetic abnormalities has transformed pregnancy and motherhood, and the recent discoveries by the Human Genome Project affect us all. Among the issues discussed in the new Afterword are the spread of prenatal testing, the changing meanings of pregnancy, and the perils and promises of the Human Genome Project.

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In general, the contributors challenge the fundamental relationships of authority that exist between patients and health care practitioners, question the tradition of using classical ethical theories within the domain of health care, and suggest a set of different directions in which health care should develop.

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Presents and assesses a variety of socio-cultural and behavioral factors that shape and influence lay and professional cancer prevention and control beliefs and actions.

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A must for parents, teachers and counselors, this book targets preadolescent girls aiming to engage them in educational activites that will empower them to avoid eating disorders.

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Unless you'd rather commit a major felony and see for yourself, this is your chance to peek inside a cell hall, get intimate with a few inmates and learn what it's like to be a prison nurse.

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Private Parts is an informative, credible, anecdotal, and completely accesible book that covers a wide range of concerns, both physiological and psychological, about male private parts and sexuality.

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Mental health policy in the United States has involved varying approaches, often reflecting the social and economic conditions of the times.

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A survey of probabilistic approaches to modeling and understanding brain function.

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Problems and Solutions is a concise guide for beginning psychotherapists who have mastered basic theory and technique and are now preparing to run psychotherapy sessions.

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A holistic view of the factors affecting the health of a patient beyond the illness itself, this work examines the experiences of the patient. The author argues that terminal illness may not be a tragedy, but an opportunity for emotional growth, and discusses the inadequacies of modern health care.

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Following an introduction that outlines the history and projects the future of gerontology, the authors offer insightful profiles of roughly 300 researchers, teachers, and practitioners in aging.

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This book examines the correlations being drawn between notions of progress and pathology across a range of socio-economic cultures in the long nineteenth century. -- .

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A fascinating investigation into a very strange episode of scientific history. P.W. Barber tells the story of the invention, practice and downfall of psychedelic psychiatry, revealing how it shaped twentieth century understanding of mental health.

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A fascinating investigation into a very strange episode of scientific history. P.W. Barber tells the story of the invention, practice and downfall of psychedelic psychiatry, revealing how it shaped twentieth century understanding of mental health.

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Choice

In one of the few professional books to consider psychotherapy with college students as a particular specialty, Robert May invited senior, experienced college psychotherapists to examine the unique and typical characteristics of therapy with young adults in college.