Steven Banks – författare

The presumed link between mental disorder and violence has been the driving force behind mental health law and policy for centuries. Legislatures, courts, and the public have come to expect that mental health professionals will protect them from violent acts by persons with mental disorders. Yet for three decades research has shown that clinicians'' unaided assessments of "dangerousness" are barely better than chance. Rethinking Risk Assessment: The MacArthur Study of Mental Disorder and Violence tells the story of a pioneering investigation that challenges preconceptions about the frequency and nature of violence among persons with mental disorders, and suggests an innovative approach to predicting its occurrence. The authors of this massive project -- the largest ever undertaken on the topic -- demonstrate how clinicians can use a "decision tree" to identify groups of patients at very low and very high risk for violence. This dramatic new finding, and its implications for the every day clinical practice of risk assessment and risk management, is thoroughly described in this remarkable and long-anticipated volume. Taken to heart, its message will change the way clinicians, judges, and others who must deal with persons who are mentally ill and may be violent will do their work.

Rethinking Risk Assessment tells the story of a pioneering investigation that challenges preconceptions about the frequency and nature of violence among persons with mental disorders, and suggests an innovative approach to predicting its occurrence.

The presumed link between mental disorder and violence has been the driving force behind mental health law and policy for centuries. Legislatures, courts, and the public have come to expect that mental health professionals will protect them from violent acts by persons with mental disorders. Yet for three decades research has shown that clinicians'' unaided assessments of "dangerousness" are barely better than chance. Rethinking Risk Assessment: The MacArthur Study of Mental Disorder and Violence tells the story of a pioneering investigation that challenges preconceptions about the frequency and nature of violence among persons with mental disorders, and suggests an innovative approach to predicting its occurrence. The authors of this massive project -- the largest ever undertaken on the topic -- demonstrate how clinicians can use a "decision tree" to identify groups of patients at very low and very high risk for violence. This dramatic new finding, and its implications for the every day clinical practice of risk assessment and risk management, is thoroughly described in this remarkable and long-anticipated volume. Taken to heart, its message will change the way clinicians, judges, and others who must deal with persons who are mentally ill and may be violent will do their work.

Just el dia abans de començar l''institut, en Tom va rebre tres mossegades que el van deixar convertit en una part de vampir, una part d''home llop i una part de zombi. I saps què va ser el pitjor de tot? Que, tot i això, va haver de començar l''institut, perquè ni tan sols ser un vampizombillop et deslliura d''anar a classe! Ara ha d''aprendre a volar, refrenar-se per a no udolar quan practica amb el seu grup de música i investigar el seu misteriós veí científic. I, sobretot, ha de controlar-se per no menjar-se en Terrence, el ratolí de la seva germana. Ser l''únic vampizombillop del món no és gens fàcil!

En Tom començarà a anar a l''institut, no vol cridar l''atenció, però té gana i ganes d''udolar, per no dir que està mig mort. La culpa és d''un vampir... i un zombi... i un home llop... I per culpa d''una sèrie de lamentables mossegades, en Tom és, alhora, vampir, zombi i home llop. Amb l''ajuda del seu incontenible amic Zeke, en Tom, intenta acceptar el futur. Però, ho acceptarà la resta de l''institut?

LO QUE TE PASA SI TE CONVIERTES EN UN VAMPIZOMLOBO.Una nueva serie monstruosamente divertida de Steven Banks, guionista jefe de Bob Esponja y nominado a los premios Emmy.Tom tiene once años y va a entrar en el instituto. No quiere llamar la atención, pero tiene hambre y ganas de aullar, por no mencionar que está medio muerto...Tras sufrir una serie de lamentables mordiscos, Tom es ahora parte vampiro, parte zombi y parte hombre lobo. Y eso ha pasado justo la víspera de su primer día en el instituto, arruinándole completamente su Plan Tom Invisible. Y no tiene ningún Plan Qué Hago Si Me Convierto en Vampizomlobo.Con la ayuda de su incontenible amigo Zeke, Tom intenta aceptar su futuro. Zeke piensa que lo de ser vampiro, zombi y hombre lobo resulta ¡excelente! (A Zeke todo le parece ¡excelente!). Al menos ahora Tom podrá hacer frente al matón de su curso. Pero ¿su amiga Annie le querrá en su grupo musical? ¿Y aceptará el resto del instituto al vampizomlobo?

Segunda parte de la serie monstruosamente divertida de Steven Banks, guionista jefe de Bob Esponja y nominado a los premios Emmy.Justo el día antes de empezar el instituto, Tom recibió tres mordiscos que lo dejaron convertido en parte vampiro, parte hombre lobo y parte zombi. ¿Y sabes qué fue lo peor de todo? Que aun así tuvo que empezar el instituto, porque ni siquiera ser un vampizomlobo te libra de ir a clase.Ahora tiene que aprender a volar, refrenarse para no aullar cuando practica con su grupo de música e investigar a su misterioso vecino científico. Y, sobre todo, tiene que controlarse para no comerse a Terrence, el ratón de su hermana. ¡Ser el único vampizomlobo del mundo no es nada fácil!