C.C. Thomas

Crisis intervention; a handbook of immediate person-to-person help, 5th ed.

France (psychology, Shippensburg University) provides a framework for providing immediate assistance to people in crisis situations, including victims of crime, natural disasters, and terrorist attacks, domestic and relational issues, and police and hostage situations. After two early chapters on core concepts, there is material on different special populations, followed by four chapters on service- relate discusses such as case management and alliances with other community organizations. This fifth edition reflects recent research, and contains a wealth of new material on suicide and rape, as well as guidelines for minimum requirements for training programs. The book will be useful to professionals and volunteers who work in crisis centers, hotlines, college counseling centers, hospitals, correctional facilities, youth programs, and other social service programs. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Forensic archaeology and human rights violations.

Eleven chapters presented by Ferllini (forensic archaeological science, U. College London, UK) explore issues connected to the use of forensic archaeology and forensic anthropology for the investigation of human rights violations. Topics addressed include the implications of international criminal law for investigation; the legal framework, organization, and processes of international forensic investigations; lessons from international cases for crime scene management; challenges for forensic anthropological investigations in the field and at the mortuary; and case studies of applications in Bosnia and Herzegovina; Colombia; Argentina; and Afghanistan. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Microcounseling; making skills training work in a multicultural world.

Daniels (psychology, Memorial U. of Newfoundland) and Ivey (U. of Massachusetts, Amherst) outline the major theoretical constructs and concepts of the microcounseling model, examine microcounseling and intentional competence, discuss issues and strategies in microcounseling supervision, and review and summarize 450-plus studies on microcounseling from 1967 to the present. The text also includes chapters contributed by several internationally renowned scholars involved in the development of microcounseling — Machiko Fukuhara (Tokiwa U., Mito, Japan), Kay Gustafson (Omaha Veteran's Administration Medical Center, Nebraska), Paul Pedersen (Syracuse U.), and Henk Van Der Molen (Erasmus U., Rotterdam) — focusing on the application of microcounseling within various multicultural contexts. For professionals and graduate and undergraduate students in counseling programs, as well as social workers, nurses, and physicians. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Multicultural aspects of disabilities; a guide to understanding and assisting minorities in the rehabilitation process, 2d ed.

Bryan's (health promotion sciences, U. of Oklahoma) text offers helping professionals insights into the need to incorporate cultural factors into the development of effective rehabilitation plans for minorities with disabilities, including people of color, women, and the elderly. The material is presented in four sections: culture and multiculturalism, disability, disabilities and multiculturalism, and helping. In addition to updating information throughout the text, the final section — helping — was added as a completely new component, focusing on methods of assisting minorities with disabilities. Topics addressed in this section include the helping relationship and one's own belief systems and motivation, individual therapies, and family counseling therapies. A new chapter on religion and diversity has also been added to the opening material on culture and multiculturalism. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Practical radiographic imaging, 8th ed.

The latest edition of Carroll's (radiography, Midland College, Texas) student textbook on radiographic imaging incorporates input from educators and three contributing authors to improve the text and add depth. The eighth edition presents four extensive chapters on digital imaging, with a steady progression from computer fundamentals to the detailed clinical applications of computerized radiography and direct digital radiography, and offers a thorough treatment of technique skills including the proper application of automatic exposure controls, the "how-to" of quality control, and repeat analysis. Illustrated in b&w. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Visually speaking; art therapy and the deaf.

In introducing ten essays on art therapy with deaf children, adolescents, and adults, as well as hearing children of deaf adults, Horovitz (Nazareth College, Rochester, New York) shares how her childhood experience of becoming temporarily deaf influenced her career choice. She points out that contributors distinguish between the deaf as disabled, and those who consider themselves part of a unique Deaf culture. With case examples, they discuss treating patients who are deaf/multiply handicapped, and how computer software has expanded art therapy applications. Deafness is also examined in international, positive psychology, and program planning contexts. The volume includes artwork and rating scales. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)