Guilford Pr.

Body image; a handbook of science, practice, and prevention, 2d ed.

This collection of over four dozen essays offers a comprehensive introduction to and on-going resource for the physical and social science of body-image. Tightly edited by Cash (psychology, Old Dominion U.) and Smolak (psychology, Kenyon College) to cross-reference each other, the essays are organized into nine major sections that cover conceptual foundations, developmental perspectives, assessment considerations and methods, cultural differences, disorders and other medical contexts, elective and non-elective body alteration, psychosocial interventions for pathological body-images, and the future of body-image science. There are several new chapters on sociocultural, genetic/neurological and positive psychology frameworks to studying body-image; developmental considerations for body-image in both adolescent boys and girls; non-Western cultures, binge-eating, appearance-related drug-use; body image in medical contexts; and body-art. In addition to an anthropologist, the contributors represent a wide-range of psychological sub-disciplines in health and nutrition, neurology, clinical psychology, sexuality, epidemiology, perception, social psychology and body-image as such. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Clinical work with traumatized young children.

This collection of 17 essays presents state of the art research on traumatized young children with the aim of raising awareness about the impact of trauma and a stress on intervention. They repeat the particular vulnerability young children have to trauma, as compared to older children and adults, but by the same token their remarkable capacity for recovery. The first two of five sections focuses on trauma's effects on young children, especially on forming socially healthy brains, and then evaluation and treatment models. The third and fourth sections focus on children who come from military families and then on cases involving at-risk children in juvenile courts and families with substance-abuse issues. The last section presents special issues, including children traumatized by natural disasters and the importance of self-care in situations where the vicarious trauma care-providers experience can cause more trouble for traumatized children. The contributors come from pediatrics, clinical and research-oriented psychology, juvenile court-system, social work research, trauma-support groups and the military. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Cognitive behavior therapy; basics and beyond, 2d ed.

For new and experienced health and mental health professionals and graduate students, Beck (psychology in psychiatry, U. of Pennsylvania) offers a new edition of her cognitive behavior therapy text, updated to reflect research since the first edition and including chapters on the evaluation session and behavioral activation, as well as an increased emphasis on the therapeutic relationship, building on patients' strengths, and homework, along with seven reproducibles and a sample case. It also includes the Cognitive Behavior Therapy Rating Scale. The text outlines the fundamentals of cognitive behavior therapy and implementation of evidence-based techniques, including how to conceptualize patients cognitively, plan treatment, assess its effectiveness, and specify problems in a therapy session. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Cognitive methods in social psychology.

The major shift in focus in social psychology in recent decades is increasing interest in the latent cognitive processes that underlie social-psychological phenomena, according to Klauer (U. of Freiburg) and other German psychologists. In introducing these 13 chapters, they note that in the cognitive revolution, new theoretical approaches and new methods are influencing each other. Methods explained by international researchers include attentional paradigms, priming paradigms, response interference tasks, evaluative conditioning, mindset priming, working memory capacity, psycholinguistic methods, assessment of metacognition, peripheral psychophysiological measures, neuroimaging methods, and mathematical models and connectionist simulations. Chapters include examples and recommended reading. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Differentiated reading instruction in grades 4 & 5; strategies and resources.

Walpole (education, the University of Delaware) explains how to provide small-group instruction to help upper elementary students develop skills in word recognition, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. The book provides activities and lesson plans along with advice on assessment and differentiated instruction, all within the RTI framework and alignment with Common Core Standards. Relevant research findings are summarized, and ideas are described for motivating students to read. Appendices offer about 60 pages of reproducibles, including planning templates, lessons, teaching reminders, book club reminders, graphic organizers, and sample lesson plans. A glossary of terms is included. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Effective instruction for English language learners; supporting text-based comprehension and communication skills.

Jacobson et al. (teacher education, San Diego State U.) present 25 lessons to aid teachers in improving the content learning and literacy skills of English language learners in kindergarten through eighth grade. They explain how to foster language, literacy, and content-area growth for students with beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels of language proficiency. Lessons are based on TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) standards and English language arts Common Core Standards and focus on comprehension, pronunciation, fluency, vocabulary, and grammar. They use a gradual release-of-responsibility frame for instruction; explain the research base for each; and present ideas for peer collaboration, differentiation and accommodation, teacher modeling and guiding, and technology connections, as well as worksheets. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Global shift; mapping the changing contours of the world economy, 6th ed.

Now in its sixth edition, this text for mid- to upper-level students of economic geography has been fully updated to include current empirical data, additional maps and charts, and a greater focus on the concept of the global production network (GPN). All chapters have been completely rewritten. After a brief introduction, Dicken (emeritus, economic geography, U. of Manchester, UK) groups the material into four broad sections: the shifting contours of the global economy, processes of global shift, the picture in different economic sectors, and winning and losing the global economy. A sampling of topics discussed includes technological change, environmental impacts of globalization networks, the argro-food industries, advanced business services, and making the world a better place. A companion website offers resources for both students and lectures such as PowerPoint slides and online readings. The first edition was published in 1986. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Handbook of applied behavior analysis.

This handbook aims to be a one-stop resource for those working in service and applied research settings. About 20 of the contributors have been or are currently editors or associate editors of major behavioral journals. They describe theory, research, methods, and practices of applied behavior analysis (ABA), giving examples from different settings. After a review of the history and philosophy of ABA, the book explains basic principles and concepts and describes methods for measurement and experimental design. Later chapters detail methods for behavioral assessment and interventions for increasing desirable behavior and decreasing problem behavior. Final sections describe sub-specialties within the field of ABA, such as behavioral pediatrics and treatment of drug addiction, and examine professional issues such as ethics and professional certification. The book is for special educators, school and clinical psychologists, autism specialists, and professionals in behavioral medicine. It can be used in graduate courses in psychology and education and in ABA certification programs. Fisher directs the Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders at the University of Nebraska's Munroe-Meyer Institute. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Introduction to remote sensing, 5th ed.

Campbell (geography) and Wynne (forest resources and environmental conservation, both Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U.) continue to keep this textbook introducing remote sensing current. It is for a course introducing remote sensing, for students going into the field or students who will use it in another field. They assume that the lectures and readings from the text will be supplemented with laboratory exercises and other resources that instructors bring. In sections on foundations, image acquisition, analysis, and applications, they discuss such aspects as electromagnetic radiation, land observation satellites, thermal imagery, hyperspectral remote sensing, hydrospheric sciences, and land use and land cover. No dates are noted for earlier editions. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Loving someone with borderline personality disorder; how to keep out-of-control emotions from destroying your relationship.

People with the borderline personality disorder (BPD) are often self-destructive and surrounded by chaos. This guide for spouses, family, and friends gives advice on surviving emotional crises, making decisions about hospitalization, and coping. Author Manning is a former trainer in dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), one of the only evidence-based treatments for BPD. In addition to explaining the complex web of symptoms and causes of BPD, she introduces the same communication and validation skills that are taught to DBT therapists, demonstrated with many examples from the author's professional experience. A final chapter on getting help briefly reviews the four main therapies for BPD: DBT, mentalization-based therapy, schema-focused therapy, and transference-focused psychotherapy. Resource pages list therapy clinics, research centers, and advocacy and treatment organizations in the US, Canada, the UK, New Zealand, and Australia. Books and DVDs are also listed. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Marriage and relationship education; what works and how to provide it.

This book focuses on how to provide Couples Relationship Education (CRE), particularly in a group setting. The difference between CRE and conventional couple's therapy is that CRE stresses the maintenance and cultivation of relationships, whereas couple's therapy tends to address long-standing or otherwise established problems that threaten the relationship. Halford (clinical psychology, U. of Queensland) relies on an evidence-based approach and aims to be of relevance to a wide variety of couples (not just married heterosexuals) at different stages in their relationship and individual lives. The first four chapters explain just what CRE is, the different formats, how it works and how to assess feedback. The latter six detail several units in Halford's Couple's CARE program on self-change, communication, intimacy, managing differences, sex and making goals as a couple. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Neuroplasticity and rehabilitation.

Raskin (psychology and neuroscience, Trinity College) offers graduate students and rehabilitation professionals 14 chapters on neuroplasticity and rehabilitation. Contributors working in physical therapy, gerontology, psychology, and related fields in North America and the UK discuss mechanisms that underlie plasticity, changes observed in rodent models, evidence for motor and sensory reorganization in primates, the concept of cognitive reserve, and neuroplastic changes that respond to everyday experiences. Coverage also includes therapeutic approaches that apply these findings to motor impairments, dyslexia, acquired attention deficits, aphasia, executive attention and working memory, as well as metacognitive executive functions like error monitoring, problem solving, and multitasking. The final chapter addresses medications that improve cognitive or motor functioning that can be combined with other therapies. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Optimizing cognitive rehabilitation; effective instructional methods.

In light of how few speech-pathologists rely on systematic instructional methods, and how less reliable trial-and-error methods are for those with acquired cognitive impairment, Sohlberg (communication disorders and sciences, U. of Oregon) and Turkstra (communicative disorders, U. of Wisconsin, Madison) created this manual as a resource for evidence-based design, implementation and evaluation of instructional techniques in the context of neurorehabilitation. They draw on techniques used in special education, and neuro- and cognitive-psychology. They emphasize Planning, Implementation and Evaluation (PIE) and the need for substantial decision-making outside of the clinical setting. The first four chapters of the book provide theoretical foundations, review the literature regarding specific instructional techniques for those with acquired cognitive impairments, consider contextual factors in enhancing neuroplasticity and introduce the PIE schema. Chapters five through nine provide specific guidelines for employing the PIE schema to teach facts and concepts, using external aids, metacognitive strategies, and social skills. Exercises and worksheets are provided throughout these latter chapters, in the back of the book and online in PDF-form at the Guilford website. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Psychoanalytic diagnosis; understanding personality structure in the clinical process, 2d ed.

McWilliams (applied and professional psychology, Rutgers U.) offers a guide for mental health practitioners and graduate students that overviews psychoanalytic personality theory and its implications for clinical practice. She outlines a rationale for character diagnosis, influential psychoanalytic theories pertaining to character structure, individual differences that embody different maturational challenges, therapeutic implications, and how analytic theory provides tools for seeing patients as complex wholes, rather than collections of symptoms. In the second part, she focuses on major personality types and the clinical problems presented by patients of each, their drives, affect, and temperament; defensive and adaptive processes; early relational patterns; experiences of the self; differential diagnosis; and transference and countertransference. This edition incorporates advances in attachment theory, neuroscience, and the study of trauma; covers the contemporary relational movement in psychoanalysis; and has new case examples, an expanded section on somatization, and a revised review of defenses. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Psychotherapy for children with bipolar and depressive disorders.

Fristad (psychiatry, psychology, and human nutrition, Ohio State U.) et al. outline the use of psychoeducational psychotherapy for clinicians treating children ages 8 to 12 with bipolar disorder or depression. They explain how the treatment combines elements of family therapy and cognitive-behavioral therapy and provide background information on mood disorders in children, their treatment, and practical considerations for implementing treatment. They explain how to conduct sessions in individual-family and multi-family formats, and the complexities of diagnosis. Informational handouts and worksheets are included. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Social psychology and evaluation.

The wedding of social psychology and evaluation can result in evidence-based improvement of programs and outcomes. Following Mark's (psychology, Pennsylvania State U.) introduction of the concepts and methods of each field, North American social scientists treat topics including their relationship in historical perspective; relevant theories (e.g., planned behavior change); the implications of theory-driven program evaluation; and applications of social psychology to strengthen evaluation influence and use. Chapters include editors' introductory and concluding comments, and recommended readings. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Social skills training for children with Asperger syndrome and high-functioning autism.

White (psychology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U.) mental health professionals, special educators, and classroom teachers can help children and teens who have Asperger's syndrome and high-functioning autism overcome isolation and make social connections in and outside of school. She describes a variety of approaches drawn from research and her and others' clinical experiences for classroom, small group, clinic, home, and individual intervention. Coverage also includes assessments, the theory and background of social skills training, key difficulties associated with autism, and ways to address social competence in later adolescence and adulthood. Many of the strategies are based on those for other populations and incorporate case examples. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Vulnerability to depression; from cognitive neuroscience to prevention and treatment.

This book examines the neuro-cognitive foundations for depression and offers key insights into recognizing cognitive vulnerability, who is vulnerable to depression and how to treat it. For Ingram (psychology, U. of Kansas), Atchley (psychology, U. of Kansas) and Segal (depression studies and psychology, U. of Toronto) vulnerability is distinguished from risk in that risk only deals with the probability of depression while vulnerability, as a clinical concept, points toward the mechanisms that give rise to it. In the course of ten chapters they explicate this concept of vulnerability, the cognitive neuroscientific study of behavior, the neuroscience of cognitive vulnerability and the relevant data on depression, therapeutic modalities, and prevention efforts based on risk data. They return to the idea of the vulnerable person in the end. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

When someone you love suffers from posttraumatic stress; what to expect and what you can do.

This plain-language guide is for family and friends of those affected by posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) caused by any kind of trauma, including accidents, natural disasters, war, and sexual or non-sexual assault. The guide explains how trauma affects the survivor and describes treatments that can help with PTSD, with advice on finding a therapist. One section of the book is devoted to taking care of the care-taker, setting limits, and communicating needs. Several chapters focus on coping with specific traumas. On the positive side, there is material on reconnecting with partners, helping children of survivors, and the positive changes that can occur in PTSD survivors. A 12-page resource section offers an annotated list of organizations in the US and around the world. Zayfert directs the Anxiety Disorders Service at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. DeViva is a clinical psychologist in the Veterans Affairs Connecticut Health Care System. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)