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Through cutting-edge research and thoughtful personal stories comes
a "compassionate, friendly, and empathetic" (Kirkus Reviews)
exploration of post-traumatic growth--the emerging idea that
psychological trauma doesn't destroy a person, but can instead
spark future growth, self-improvement, and success.What if there's
an upside to experiencing trauma? Most survivors of trauma--whether
they live through life-threatening illnesses or accidents, horror
on the battlefield, or the loss of a loved one--can suffer for
months, even years. But recently, psychologists have discovered
that PTSD, or Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, is only a piece of
the whole experience. With the right circumstances and proper
support, many trauma survivors also benefit after a terrible
experience. They emerge stronger, more focused, and with a new
perspective on their future. In the tradition of Po Bronson and
Paul Tough, journalist Jim Rendon delivers a deeply reported and
unique look at the life-changing implications of post-traumatic
growth. The pain and anguish caused by traumatic events can become
a force for dramatic life change. It can move people to find deeper
meaning in their lives and drive them to help others. But how can
terrible experiences lead to remarkable, positive breakthroughs?
Upside seeks to answer just that by taking a penetrating look at
this burgeoning new field of study. Comprised of interviews with
leading researchers and dozens of inspiring stories, Rendon paints
a vivid and comprehensive portrait of this groundbreaking field and
offers a roadmap for anyone trying to understand how personal
tragedy can lead to a more hopeful and positive future.
Neurosurgical Management of Psychiatric Disorders, Part B, Volume
267 in the Progress in Brain Research serial highlights new
advances in the field with this new volume presenting interesting
chapters on topics such as the Neurosurgical Management of Tourette
Syndrome, Stereotactic Surgeries for Opioid Addiction: Patient
Selection and Results, Psychiatric Disorders as Indication for
Surgical Management of Drug-Resistant Temporal Epilepsy, Surgery of
Autism: Is it Possible?, Psychogenic Pain: Diagnosis and
Management, Stereotactic Cingulotomy and Capsulotomy for
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders: Indications and Comparative
Results, and much more.
You know you're having a senior moment when you decide it's time to
pull up your socks - and realize you forgot to put any on! Age is
just a number and you're only as old as you feel, but if you're
heading into your golden years and you're certifiably "no spring
chicken", you might benefit from browsing through the pages of this
tongue-in-cheek book to help you decide if your marbles just need a
polish or you've well and truly lost them! Inside you'll find
examples of classic "senior moments", such as: Ringing a friend to
ask them for their phone number. Getting annoyed at the fact that
your all-in-one remote won't open your garage door. Going to the
store for milk and coming home with a new dog collar, rawl plugs,
some plant pots that were on special offer... but no milk. Feeling
frustrated by your computer's instructions to "press any key", when
there's no "Any" key on your keyboard. With a sprinkling of
reassuring quotes from fellow old-timers, this collection will help
you see the funny side of getting older (but not necessarily
wiser).
Advances in Motivation Science, Volume Nine, the latest release in
Elsevier's serial on the topic of motivation science, contains
interesting articles that cover topics such as The Relentless
Pursuit of Acceptance and Belonging, Reward uncertainty and the
aversion-attraction dilemma, Neurobiological Mechanisms of
Selectivity in Motivated Memory, Accounting for long-term
motivation and sustained motivated learning, Interest: A Unique
Affective and Cognitive Motivational Variable That Develops, and
Neural systems for aversively motivated behavior, Neural systems
for aversively motivated behavior, and more.
Advances in the Study of Behavior, Volume 54 highlights new
advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting
chapters on Mobbing in animals: a thorough review and proposed
future directions, Learned components of courtship: a focus on
gestures, choreographies and construction abilities, Sexual
selection in the true bugs, and Brain-behavior relationships of
cognition in vertebrates: lessons from amphibians, Pre-Copulatory
and Copulatory Courtship in Male-Dimorphic Arthropods.
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E. Douglass Brown
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