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38 produkter
Resilience for Today
Gaining Strength from Adversity
Av Edith H. Grotberg, Edith Henderson Grotberg
Inbunden, 2003
827 kr
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The increased bombardment of information on the world's dangers, from imminent disasters to terror and wars reported in the media, make us particularly vulnerable to stress and feelings of helplessness. This volume is unique in describing how to promote resilience in different groups, under …
Redressing the Emperor
Improving Our Children's Public Mental Health System
Av John Lyons
Inbunden, 2004
827 kr
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Lyons provides a fresh and thought-provoking understanding of the children's public mental health system, as well as the need to foster its evolution and improvement. He presents the history of child mental health systems, including the U.S. system's roots and the early 19th-century case of the …
Myth of Depression as Disease
Limitations and Alternatives to Drug Treatment
Av Allan Leventhal, Christophe Martell
Inbunden, 2005
877 kr
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Depression is commonly thought of as a biological disorder best treated with antidepressant medications. Pharmaceutical companies and many experts promote this view as established in scientific fact. Here, Leventhal and Martell argue that there is scant actual scientific evidence for this view, and …
Terror in the Holy Land
Inside the Anguish of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Av Judy Kuriansky, Judy Kuriansky
Inbunden, 2006
690 kr
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Israelis and Palestinians have been caught in what seems a forever war with routine terror in the promised land for more than 100 years. This book is the first to bring together commentary and anguished personal insights from people on both sides of the battle. Readers get a personal look at—and a …
Making Enemies
Humiliation and International Conflict
Inbunden, 2006
690 kr
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When the statue of Saddam Hussein fell and Iraqis danced on the body, hitting it with their shoes, there was joy. Moments later, when an American soldier climbed the statue to place an American flag on the face, there was a national gasp, a moment of humiliation for the Iraqis. Americans had …
Creating Young Martyrs
Conditions That Make Dying in a Terrorist Attack Seem Like a Good Idea
Av Alice LoCicero, Samuel J. Sinclair
E-bok, 2008
405 kr
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The authors explain how and why we must understand the conditions that spur youths to become martyrs by making them think suicide bombings and other acts of self-destructive terrorism are a good way to die. LoCicero and Sinclair present cutting-edge research and theory about the political, social, …
Beyond Bullets and Bombs
Grassroots Peacebuilding between Israelis and Palestinians
Av Judy Kuriansky, Judy Kuriansky
Inbunden, 2007
710 kr
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In the midst of ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict, civil war, and political discord, courageous civilians from both sides are working together toward mutual understanding and peace. In 40 captivating chapters, experts tell intriguing personal stories, interwoven with psychosocial models and …
Beyond Bullets and Bombs
Grassroots Peacebuilding Between Israelis and Palestinians
E-bok, 2007
785 kr
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In the midst of ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict, civil war, and political discord, courageous civilians from both sides are working together toward mutual understanding and peace. In 40 captivating chapters, experts tell intriguing personal stories, interwoven with psychosocial models and …
Right Brain/Left Brain Leadership
Shifting Style for Maximum Impact
Inbunden, 2008
622 kr
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Leaders of all kinds, in all fields, need to be methodical and logical, but also strategic, innovative, and intuitive. Yet the two different styles require different modes of thinking, or what author Mary Lou Décosterd describes as shifts to right brain, or left brain, thinking. Those who operate …
Helping Children Cope with the Death of a Parent
A Guide for the First Year
Av Paddy Greenwall Lewis, Jessica G. Lippman
E-bok, 2004
412 kr
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The mourning of a parent's death can take many years—for some it may take a lifetime. The first year of separation, however, is often the most difficult and heart wrenching. The first birthday, holiday, spring, summer, autumn, and winter spent without the loved one often revives or increases the …
Trauma Psychology
Issues in Violence, Disaster, Health, and Illness [2 Volumes]
E-bok, 2007
2952 kr
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These volumes by a team of internationally recognized experts reflect and highlight both recognized and under-recognized events that cause trauma. They also examine current and emerging research on effective interventions to minimize and heal the effects of the trauma. Special attention is also …
Collateral Damage
The Psychological Consequences of America's War on Terrorism
Av Paul Kimmel, Chris E. Stout Ph.D.
E-bok, 2006
803 kr
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Color-coded terrorism alerts are issued, then lifted with no explanation. False alarms can, like crying wolf, desensitize people to a real need to be on alert. And that psychic numbing is just one effect discussed in this book by fifteen psychologists teamed up to take a critical look at the U.S. …
Resilience for Today
Gaining Strength from Adversity
E-bok, 2003
909 kr
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The increased bombardment of information on the world's dangers, from imminent disasters to terror and wars reported in the media, make us particularly vulnerable to stress and feelings of helplessness. This volume is unique in describing how to promote resilience in different groups, under …
Redressing the Emperor
Improving Our Children's Public Mental Health System
Av John Lyons
E-bok, 2004
909 kr
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Lyons provides a fresh and thought-provoking understanding of the children's public mental health system, as well as the need to foster its evolution and improvement. He presents the history of child mental health systems, including the U.S. system's roots and the early 19th-century case of the …
Psychology of Terrorism
Coping with the Continuing Threat
E-bok, 2004
530 kr
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Easily the most thorough treatment of terrorism's complexities on the market today is how one reviewer described the set from which this single volume is drawn: the 4-volume Psychology of Terrorism . Here, Editor Chris E. Stout presents seven classic chapters from across that multivolume set, which …
Havens
Stories of True Community Healing
Av Leonard Jason, Martin Perdoux
E-bok, 2004
942 kr
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For good reasons, Americans are growing concerned about the cost of health care and housing. There are many reasons why people need care-the addiction of a teenage child or spouse, an elderly relative in need of nursing home care, a psychological disorder, or a chronic medical condition—but even …
Terror in the Holy Land
Inside the Anguish of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
E-bok, 2006
803 kr
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Israelis and Palestinians have been caught in what seems a forever war with routine terror in the promised land for more than 100 years. This book is the first to bring together commentary and anguished personal insights from people on both sides of the battle. Readers get a personal look at—and a …
Making Enemies
Humiliation and International Conflict
E-bok, 2006
780 kr
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When the statue of Saddam Hussein fell and Iraqis danced on the body, hitting it with their shoes, there was joy. Moments later, when an American soldier climbed the statue to place an American flag on the face, there was a national gasp, a moment of humiliation for the Iraqis. Americans had …
Martyrdom
The Psychology, Theology, and Politics of Self-Sacrifice
E-bok, 2004
758 kr
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Martyrdom is a controversial and disputed concept. Just as religion is often hijacked by politics, martyrdom is frequently ascribed to a narrow, partisan, and parochial foundation. This is the first book to present varied views on the topic of martyrdom, reaching beyond cliches and simplistic …
Gender, Humiliation, and Global Security
Dignifying Relationships from Love, Sex, and Parenthood to World Affairs
E-bok, 2010
682 kr
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An award-winning author and transdisciplinary social scientist offers a must-read guide to paradigm change for creating a socially and ecologically sustainable future. Gender, Humiliation, and Global Security: Dignifying Relationships from Love, Sex, and Parenthood to World Affairs aims at …
Emotional Exorcism
Expelling the Four Psychological Demons That Make Us Backslide
Inbunden, 2009
827 kr
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Emotional Exorcism: Expelling the Four Psychological Demons That Make Us Backslide offers a powerful, research-grounded model and tools to help us overcome our problems without beating up on ourselves for backsliding to negative habits.Dr. Holly Hunt's groundbreaking work, Emotional Exorcism, …
Emotional Exorcism
Expelling the Four Psychological Demons That Make Us Backslide
E-bok, 2009
909 kr
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Emotional Exorcism: Expelling the Four Psychological Demons That Make Us Backslide offers a powerful, research-grounded model and tools to help us overcome our problems without beating up on ourselves for backsliding to negative habits. Dr. Holly Hunt''s groundbreaking work, Emotional Exorcism , …
Helping Children Cope with the Death of a Parent
A Guide for the First Year
Av Paddy Greenwall Lewis, Jessica G. Lippman
Häftad, 2004
425 kr
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The mourning of a parent's death can take many years—for some it may take a lifetime. The first year of separation, however, is often the most difficult and heart wrenching. The first birthday, holiday, spring, summer, autumn, and winter spent without the loved one often revives or increases the …
Peace Movements Worldwide
[3 Volumes]
Av Michael N. Nagler, Marc Pilisuk
E-bok, 2010
1798 kr
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This three-volume anthology is a comprehensive overview of how the human yearning for peace has played out, and is playing out, on this planet. Peace Movements Worldwide is quite simply the most comprehensive work of its kind on this important subject. In its three volumes, experts document the …
Emotion and Conflict
How Human Rights Can Dignify Emotion and Help Us Wage Good Conflict
Inbunden, 2009
827 kr
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A social scientist with global affiliations, among others with Columbia University in New York, University of Oslo in Norway, and La Maison des Sciences de l'Homme in Paris, Lindner takes us across history and into nations worldwide to show how emotion spurs hierarchies of domination and therefore …
Emotion and Conflict
How Human Rights Can Dignify Emotion and Help Us Wage Good Conflict
E-bok, 2009
909 kr
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A social scientist with global affiliations, among others with Columbia University in New York, University of Oslo in Norway, and La Maison des Sciences de l'Homme in Paris, Lindner takes us across history and into nations worldwide to show how emotion spurs hierarchies of domination and therefore …
Right Brain/Left Brain President
Barack Obama's Uncommon Leadership Ability and How We Can Each Develop it
E-bok, 2010
963 kr
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This intriguing analysis examines an aspect of President Obama that falls outside of his ethnic background, his political career, or policies: how his unique leadership style comes from his extraordinary ability to use both halves of his brain to maximum potential. Right Brain/Left Brain President: …
How Women Are Transforming Leadership
Four Key Traits Powering Success
Inbunden, 2013
622 kr
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This thought-provoking work examines the traits and stories of influential women throughout history to the present day in order to make the case that women continue to evolve leadership practices for the better.How Women Are Transforming Leadership: Four Key Traits Powering Success delves into the …
How Women Are Transforming Leadership
Four Key Traits Powering Success
E-bok, 2013
702 kr
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This thought-provoking work examines the traits and stories of influential women throughout history to the present day in order to make the case that women continue to evolve leadership practices for the better. How Women Are Transforming Leadership: Four Key Traits Powering Success delves into the …
War on Women in the United States
Beliefs, Tactics, and the Best Defenses
Av Joel T. Nadler, Meghan R. Lowery Ph.D.
Inbunden, 2018
732 kr
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The book examines gender roles, gender inequity, and the impacts of both unintentional and purposeful efforts to undermine women's equal treatment in the United States, documenting what women have faced in the past and still face in America today.Although women's rights is a worldwide issue, this …
