3 Oct, 2010
RD114 envelope proteins provide an effective and versatile approach to pseudotype lentiviral vectors Therapeutic lentiviral vectors are emerging as vital tools for molecular medicine as evidenced by the growing number of clinical trials using these vector systems. From a basic research standpoint, lentiviral vectors are very intriguing substrates. On the one hand, the HIV-1 genome offers expanded cloning capacity and the capability to transduce nondividing cells such as hematopoietic stem cells … Read more on…. Click Here to Read More
2 Oct, 2010

Product DescriptionChris Kearney and Tim Trull’s ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY AND LIFE: A DIMENSIONAL APPROACH provides students with a concise, contemporary, science-based view of psychopathology that emphasizes the individual first and the disorder second. Through consistent pedagogy featuring clinical cases and real first-person narratives, the text illuminates our understanding that abnormal behavior–rather than being either present or absent–exists in everyone to some degree on a continuum from normal to pathological. By highlighting this widely accepted dimensional view–which places the behavior of an individual at the forefront of clinical assessment, prevention, definition, and…. Click Here to Read More
23 Sep, 2010

Product DescriptionThe immediate purpose of this study is to explain the essentials of a promising approach to measuring and improving cognitive performance, and to summarize the exceptional results obtained from years of experimental applications in the United States and abroad. The extended purpose is the glaring inadequacy of intellectual performance of those educated in the United States and elsewhere, compared to current needs. Meehan’s study is significant for democratic societies in its claims that skill levels can be raised, regardless of IQ scores, or even grade point averages. Cognitive Education and Testing: A Methodological Approach…. Click Here to Read More
22 Sep, 2010

Product DescriptionThomas J. Dishion and Elizabeth A. Stormshak describe their family-centered, ecological approach, which engages children, adolescents, and their families; may be used as a periodic preventive checkup and as a more intensive intervention; and may be delivered in community settings such as schools in order to have the greatest public health impact. The authors demonstrate how they examine psychopathology in children and adolescents in the context of the ecology (families, peer groups, communities, and schools) in which they live. They present their empirically derived approach and illustrate how developmentally and culturally relevant interventions…. Click Here to Read More
20 Sep, 2010

Product Description This book provides an in-depth and very modern approach to clinical social work with clients in mental health settings. This is a revision of a book originally titled Clinical Social Work Practice in Community Mental Health. The “community mental health” approach is now dated, and this revision features “behavioral” mental health, which is a newer and “postmodern” approach. The postmodern perspective is client-oriented, and helps the practitioner to be aware of underlying biases. This perspective is explained in Chapter 1 and is included in every chapter by featuring clients’ “voices,” particularly at the beginning and end of the chapters. Important new topics…. Click Here to Read More
19 Sep, 2010

Product DescriptionUsing a series of over 40 case studies, this valuable text illustrates the processes and pitfalls involved in evaluating psychological research.Invites students to consider whether the conclusion drawn at the end of each case is correct, or whether the results could have an alternative explanation. Cross-referencing between sections is made easy by page references that link the case studies and explanations. Cases reflect the range of research methods taught at undergraduate level and include qualitative research.Gives students an understanding of methodological problems.Equips students to critically evaluate published research.The author and publishers have made…. Click Here to Read More
18 Sep, 2010
When The American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law held its annual meeting in Chicago recently, one of the panel discussions was entitled ‘Serial Killers: From Cradle to Grave’ which addressed the perceived limitations of FBI profiles. The aim of this article is to review the main points raised during this fascinating debate. Among the issues raised were the following: The notorious BTK murderer Dennis Rader who remained at large for over 30 years did not fit into the FBI’s profiling methodology in relation to crime scenes. Florida prostitute Aileen Wuornos convicted and subsequently executed for the murder of several men was effectively excluded from profiling typologies because the FBI…. Click Here to Read More
16 Sep, 2010
Also how does this effect our health insurance and is this the doctors responsibilty to refuse treatment that exactly shouldn’t be on trial, do you feel that doctors should do more in terms of doing…. Click Here to Read More
14 Sep, 2010

Product DescriptionAn important component of DBT is the use of skills training to help manage the extreme beliefs, actions, and attitudes that form the criteria for borderline personality disorder. In actual therapy sessions, the video shows Dr. Linehan teaching patients the use of such skills as mindfulness, distress tolerance, interpersonal effectiveness, and emotional regulation. Vividly depicting the various stages of treatment, this program shows how DBT helps clients decrease negative behaviors and work toward personal goals. Designed for therapists, the video is also suitable for use in client and family education. In an especially compelling feature, the video includes live…. Click Here to Read More
12 Sep, 2010

Product DescriptionBecause most psychiatric illnesses are complex phenomena, no single method or approach is sufficient to explain them or the experiences of persons who suffer from them. In The Concepts of Psychiatry S. Nassir Ghaemi, M.D. argues that the discipline of psychiatry can therefore be understood best from a pluralistic perspective. Grounding his approach in the works of Paul McHugh, Phillip Slavney, Leston Havens, and others, Ghaemi incorporates a more explicitly philosophical discussion of the strengths of a pluralistic model and the weaknesses of other approaches, such as biological or psychoanalytic theories, the biopsychosocial model, or eclecticism.Ghaemi’s methodology…. Click Here to Read More
5 Sep, 2010
Soul corrosion is the loss of ideals caused by overexposure to nonsense and irrationality, a phenomenon that is frequently the result of following wrong advice. You can take vitamins to reinforce your immune system and improve your defences against common colds, but how do you protect your motivation against false ideas? Philosophy, taken in daily doses, is the only effective remedy against misconceptions and misrepresentations. In contrast to vitamins, the cost of a daily dose of philosophy is difficult to estimate, since it varies from person to person. Some men pay it dearly, while others get it at a discount. It is, nevertheless, for none of us free. Time and effort are the only…. Click Here to Read More
5 Sep, 2010

Product DescriptionPsychological stress is often overlooked by medical doctors as a major factor in physiologically based illness; however, clinical studies show that stress has a vital impact on both the mental and physical well-being of patients. Handbook of Stress Medicine: An Organ System Approach focuses on the relationship between stress and the physiology and pathology of the major organ systems of the body. It suggests that understanding how stress impacts on illnesses can help hold down medical costs through more accurate diagnoses and promote improved preventative care.Section I offers a general background on stress as it relates to medicine and the difficulties in conducting…. Click Here to Read More