Psychology

Several year~ ago we edited a casebook on behavior therapy with children. The book appeared to fill a gap in the existing child literature and was quite well received. A similar gap appears to exist in the behavioral literature for adult cases, in that...

A number of factors converged to prompt this volume at this particular time. For several years, supervisors in predoctoral and internship programs have noted the need for a compendium of selected articles to illustrate the range of research and practice...

One of the most frequent requests I receive from graduate students is for references on how to formulate a complex clinical case. Typically, after reading the recommended materials, the student returns to request more detailed accounts of how clinicians...

Based on a five-year evaluation of an $80 million U.S. Army demonstration program, this first-of-its kind study explores the cost effectiveness of a managed care model of service delivery for children and adolescents with mental health and substance...

This book studies the early developmental and family history of children who come to perform at the gifted IQ level during middle childhood. The authors detail their original research-the first systematic, longitudinal study of such children-and offer a...

The editors of the present volume were also privileged to collaborate on an earlier book, Intimacy, also published by Plenum Press. In our pref­ ace to that volume, we described the importance and essence of inti­ macy and its centrality in the domain of...

Jeder Mensch kennt Phasen der Traurigkeit, Niedergeschlagenheit, Euphorie und fehlenden Lebensfreude. Der Übergang von der normalen Stimmungsschwankung zur behandlungsbedürftigen Störung ist fließend. Handlungsbedarf entsteht, wenn die...

This book is about a new and different way of approaching and studying the history of the built environment and the use of historical precedents in design. However, although what I am proposing is new for what is currently called architectural history,...

Psychotherapy involves a deep ethical commitment to self-knowl­ edge, personal change, and mutual respect by both the therapist and the patient. Unfortunately, therapists have not always lived up to that commitment in understanding and treating low...

Berufsethik rückt in den Mittelpunkt des Interesses - nicht zuletzt durch das Inkrafttreten gesetzlicher Regelungen wie des österreichischen Psychotherapiegesetzes. Patienten haben Rechte, Therapeuten Pflichten. Die Autorin vermittelt hier berufsethische...

The precise relationship between high-functioning autism and Asperger Syndrome is still a subject of debate. This volume provides a general overview of the disorder and present diverse opinions on diagnosis and assessment, neuropsychological issues,...