This popular, topically organized, and thoroughly updated child and adolescent development text presents you with the best theories, research, and practical advice that developmentalists have to offer today. Authors David R. Shaffer and Katherine Kipp provide you with a current and comprehensive overview of child and adolescent development, written in clear, concise language that talks "to" you rather than "at" you. The authors also focus on application showing how theories and research apply to real-life settings. As a result, you will gain an understanding of developmental principles that will help you in your roles as parents, teachers, nurses, day-care workers, pediatricians, psychologists, or in any other capacity by which you may one day influence the lives of developing persons. Available with InfoTrac® Student Collections http://gocengage.com/infotrac.

Although research on the diagnosis and treatment of depression in children and adolescents has lagged far behind that in adults, recent large-scale studies -- armed with operationalized criteria and validated assessment instruments -- have done much to close this gap. In The Many Faces of Depression in Children and Adolescents, Drs. Shaffer and Waslick lead a distinguished group of contributors in presenting an overview of the key findings and concepts emerging from recent empirical efforts to understand the cause of depressive illness in youth. Featured are the following: - Current findings regarding the epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of depression in childhood and adolescence- Results of major clinical trials evaluating outpatient psychotherapeutic interventions for depressed and suicidal children and adolescents (e.g., cognitive-behavior therapy and interpersonal psychotherapy for depressed children and adolescents; dialectical behavior therapy for suicidal youth)- State-of-the-art principles of pharmacotherapy for acute, continuation, and maintenance treatment phases of major depressive disorder in children and adolescents- Dilemmas and challenges related to the diagnosis of bipolar disorder in children- Current knowledge regarding the epidemiology and clinical manifestations of -- and the etiological risk factors for -- suicidal ideation, suicide attempts, and completed suicide- Developments in the emerging field of youth suicide prevention

An invaluable compendium of current thought on a disorder whose potential consequences can be nothing short of devastating, this volume belongs on the bookshelf of every clinician who treats children and adolescents.

Eric Howard started out live on the mean streets of the lower West Side of New York City, learning to be street smart. Then at the age of five Eric moved to rural Kentucky, high in the Appalachian Mountains. Eric lived here with his Grandparents, in a very small town, until after High School. It was the family homestead that had been settled by his ancestors nearly 200 years before. This was his home till going to collage and where Eric learned to be a true Southern Gentleman. After Collage Eric served in the U.S.Army as a member of the Special Forces (Green Beret). His first tour of combat was as an elite member of S.O.G. Military Assistance Command Vietnam / Studies and Observations Group (MACV/SOG) Is a cover name to disguise the real function and name. Special Operations Group better describes it more accurately. Working closely with CIA, SOG carries out clandestine operations all over Southeast Asia. After 23 month in country Eric is badly wounded. Eric returns home to spend almost 16 months in an Army Hospital. After release from the Hospital Eric fights to remain in the U.S.Army and cover a bad case of PTSD. Eric becomes involved with a notorious out law biker gang. After much work Eric returns to active duty and the story goes on.

Harry Caine has been hired to determine whether the missing father of his client is dead or alive. The client wants closure in his burning desire to determine the what, who, where, when, and why of his missing father who disappeared shortly after taking off in his private plane from Pahokee to West Palm Beach. The authorities have declared the case closed after an exhaustive search of the surrounding everglades, sections of the Gulf of Mexico, and the waters off the Florida east coast. As Harry and Mona uncover the facts of the case, the profile of a serial killer begins to immerge. The action in this unforgettable Harry Caine Mystery takes place on land, sea, and air, moving from Palm Beach and Marion County, Florida, to Eleuthera Island in the Bahamas.

The Double Lie is a fictional account of multiple murders, partly inspired by four real-life killings tht took place in Henry County, Virginia in 2002 and Randolph county, North Carolina in late 2000. The fifth in the series of the Harry Caine mysteries.

West Palm Beach's top private-detective team steps up to the plate in this gripping novel of international payback involving Venezuela's Hugo Chavez in partnership with the infamous Colombian drug cartel. It's Harry's job to discover where his client's husband has gone, and more importantly, why.

Harry Caine, a licensed Florida PI operating his investigative agency in West Palm Beach, finds a way to attract big money clients. The Palm Beach kind of big money. His new client, Evans Enterprises, owns a network of car dealerships from West Palm Beach to Key Largo. The corporation finds itself under attack when used cars mysteriously explode, catch fire, or fail, due to a variety of other causes. Lawsuits proliferate and the negative and highly visible media coverage promises to destroy the company's business. Harry accepts the task of finding who and why someone is out to destroy Evans Enterprises. His investigation soon reveals a deeper, darker mystery fueled by envy, hate and revenge. A slow burning hate, motivated by an act of simple greed committed forty years earlier.