Springer Publishing Company imprint: 1125 books
by Christopher Ferguson, PhD
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2015
Provides an interdisciplinary overview and critical examination of how individuals are affected by mass media
There are few areas of modern social science that are as fiercely debated as media psychology. Written by one of the foremost experts on the topic, this is a concise overview of what...
Brief Cognitive Hypnosis
Facilitating the Change of Dysfunctional Behavior
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2001
ìBrief Cognitive Hypnosis gives a unique and refreshing presentation of various applications of hypnosis in clinical practice. Most importantly this book focuses on brief clinical interventions which are both effacacious and cost effective. The authors clearly describe a number of techniques for...
by Elaine T. Jurkowski, MSW, PhD
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
Public health social work is an interdisciplinary, epidemiologically oriented approach to improving human health and well-being. About one quarter of all social workers in the United States currently work in medical or public health settings, a number that is expected to increase significantly in...
Long-Term Care in an Aging Society
Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2015
This comprehensive graduate textbook focuses on the full spectrum of long-term care settings ranging from family and community based care through supportive housing options to a variety of institutional long-term care alternatives. Integrating theory and practice, the book features the perspectives...
Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Volume 31, 2011
Pathways Through The Transitions of Care for Older Adults
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
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This unique volume, with its person- and context-centered focus, is the only book to emphasize the need to incorporate social, cultural, and demographics into transitional care protocol for elderly patients. It encompasses the larger context of life experience in order to provide optimal...
Annual Review of Nursing Research, Volume 27, 2009
Advancing Nursing Science in Tobacco Control
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2009
This volume sets the stage for understanding the evolution and importance of nursing science in the field by providing a brief historical overview of the tobacco epidemic and emerging science, describing changing trends in tobacco use, reviewing health risks of smoking and benefits of quitting, reviewing...
Rural Mental Health
Issues, Policies, and Best Practices
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2012
Named a 2013 Doody's Core Title!
Addressing the needs of America's most underserved areas for mental health services, Rural Mental Health offers the most up-to-date, research-based information on policies and practice in rural and frontier populations.
Eminent clinicians and researchers...
Annual Review of Nursing Research, Volume 30, 2012
Disasters and Humanitarian Assistance
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2012
This landmark annual review has provided nearly three decades of knowledge, insight, and research on topics critical to nurses everywhere.
The purpose of this annual review is to critically examine the full gamut of literature on key topics in nursing practice, including nursing theory, care...
Health and Social Work
Practice, Policy, and Research
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2018
This new text illuminates the essential information about health and social work critical to understanding today’s complex health care systems and policies. Chapters highlight current practice, policy, and research in different settings and with special populations. Readers learn how to advocate...
Devastating Losses
How Parents Cope With the Death of a Child to Suicide or Drugs
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2012
This book fills a critical gap in our scientific understanding of the grief response of parents who have lost a child to traumatic death and the psychotherapeutic strategies that best facilitate healing. It is based on the results of the largest study ever conducted of parents surviving a child's...
Adolescent Self-Injury
A Comprehensive Guide for Counselors and Health Care Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2007
In this truly comprehensive guide, Dr. D'Onofrio approaches the topic of how first-responders, such as teachers, coaches, social workers, guidance counselors, and campus health counselors, can and do treat adolescent self-injury. From examinations of the core social and emotional issues related to...
Motivational Interviewing in Schools
Strategies for Engaging Parents, Teachers, and Students
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2013
One of the greatest challenges for mental health and other professionals in school settings is to get students, families, and staff willing to partake of and engaged in their services. This is the first book on applying motivational interviewing (MI) is a powerful, evidence-based technique for facilitating...
Community Care for an Aging Society
Issues, Policies, and Services
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2004
Most older persons desire to remain living in the community, but those requiring care are often at risk of not having their needs met. Families may find themselves unable to care for their older relatives, while formal services are often unavailable or inaccessible. Policies and services are beginning...
The Heart of Being Helpful
Empathy and the Creation of a Healing Presence
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 1999
Based on more than 30 years of clinical experience as a psychiatrist and a therapist, Dr. Breggin's book, now available in an affordable paperback, illustrates the importance of developing a therapeutic bond--or healing presence--between helping professionals and their clients. The author provides...