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Suicide is now the third leading cause of death among adolescents
in the United States, and some studies suggest that as many as 75
percent of all teenagers have considered killing themselves.
Current research on young people who are suicidal (those who
attempt and those who succeed) is discussed in a plain way. Among
the wide ranging topics covered are the prevalence of adolescent
suicide, racial and gender differences, methods used in the study
of suicidal behavior, associated behavioral problems (e.g., drugs
and alcohol), psychological profiles, precipitating events for
suicide attempts, teenage suicide clusters, the effects of suicide
on family and friends, the treatment of suicidal adolescents, and,
most importantly, strategies for intervention and prevention.
Since the publication of the first edition in 1993, there have been
important developments in the public's understanding of depression
and in the various approaches to treating the disorder. This new
edition reflects these new realities, giving increased emphasis to
the biological foundations of depression, the development of and
wide use of antidepressant drugs, the shift in the means of
dispensing these drugs from mental health professionals to primary
care physicians, and the development of alternative medicine
approaches to treatment.Written in an easy-to-read manner, the book
provides a wide-ranging picture of what is known about depressed
moods and depression. This section examines the disorder's
demographic, biological, and psychological aspects, considers its
antecedents in childhood experiences, evaluates the role of stress
in bringing on depression, and looks at the disorder's relation to
alcohol and drug abuse. The latter part of the book is devoted to
treatment, providing thorough discussions of antidepressant
medicines, psychotherapy, and electroconvulsive therapy. It
concludes with a discussion of the troublesome issue of recurrence,
presenting some views about how to lessen this risk.
The dynamics of 21st century life have created a social environment
full of stressful situations. The American Psychological
Association claims that stress in the workplace has reached a
critical point, and psychological surveys find that the most common
aspects our lives, such as relationships and daily activities, are
those that cause the greatest degrees of stress. This book provides
a comprehensive look at what professionals know about coping with
stress, drawing upon statistical analysis to assert which methods
of coping seem to be effective and which do not. The book begins
with a discussion of the nature of stress, looking at the effects
of stress in daily life, considering some of the ways researchers
study stress, and examining how the human body reacts to stressful
events. The study then turns to the ways psychologists
conceptualize, measure and study coping mechanisms, and to specific
techniques, concentrating on those that have proven to be most
effective, such as improving basic interpersonal skills and
polishing defense maneuvers for dealing with stress. For
individuals considering professional help, the final chapters
present some basic information about medications, psychotherapy and
alternative medicine approaches.
Our dreams fascinate us as individuals and as a society. What do
surveys report people dream about? How about the dreams of the
blind? The mentally ill? What does research show about the
possibility of dream telepathy? How did the ancient people view
dreams? This wide-ranging book also discusses such topics as REM
studies, the effects of experimental stimulation on dream content,
research on dreams and creativity, symbolism, and nightmares. The
book explores a number of techniques used to analyze dreams,
illustrating these approaches with dream examples and case studies.
Violence has been a part of the human condition for a long time.
Evidence from the distant past of hominids shows traces of violence
inflicted by other hominids. The history of our own species has
more than its share of violent encounters--sometimes rising to the
level of sheer brutality. Indeed, the examples of human inhumanity
are so numerous and so diverse, one might entertain the thesis that
violence is hardwired, as it were, into the genetic makeup of our
species. The thesis underlying this book is that in order to better
understand violence, it is important to examine anger and
aggression and the interrelationship among the three concepts.
Feelings of anger often precede aggressive and violent acts. If we
learn how to control anger better, we can expect a reduction in
violent acts. And aggression itself may be channeled into behaviors
which can be useful rather than destructive. This book addresses
the problem of anger by using an interdisciplinary approach,
drawing on research from psychology, anthropology, sociology and
history as well as statistical data provided by criminologists.
If you are interested-even curious about your nightly dreams and
you would like to know what researchers from psychology and
neuroscience can now tell us about dreams, this is your book. The
author, a dream researcher himself, has published many studies on
dreams and has been a practicing psychotherapist as well. Open the
book and you will see that it is very readable. The science is
presented in a non-technical question-and-answer format. Want to
know about dreaming in color, what affects your recall of dreams,
what most people dream about, those puzzling, sometimes troubling
recurrent dreams, the experience of lucid dreaming, or the new
advances in the treatment of nightmares? It's all in here, along
with a discussion of the approaches that have been used to try to
interpret dreams-- from the ancient Assyrian dictionaries uncovered
by archaeologists to modern dream dictionaries, to the free
association technique of Sigmund Freud, the different approach
offered by Carl Jung and the explorations of the author in using
real incidents that are brought to mind by dreams, probing their
meaning to the individual in an objective way-a technique that has
been successfully used in research studies.
Syndicated columnist, Harry Ellison, who lives with Sergeant Debbie
Simmons of the Washington, D. C. Metropolitan Police Department,
has a penchant for becoming involved in unusual murder mysteries.
But, the case that began with a telephone call from his niece,
Stephanie, a doctoral student in music, may be the most bizzare
case of all. Recently returned from Vienna where she was doing
research on her doctoral dissertation on Franz Schubert, Stephanie
finds herself stalked by a person, unknown, while working in the
Library of Congress. The person leaves her fragments of musical
notation that appear to be the missing part of an unfinished
Schubert composition. The music is unmistakably Schubert's in
style, but is it authentic or the opening gambit in an elaborate
scam? And, how do these musical fragments relate to the unexplained
deaths of three renowned Schubert scholars? When Harry and Debbie
begin their investigation, they encounter deception, danger, and
ultimately must match wits with a diabolical killer.
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