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Reknowned authorities offer the first international handbook on
anxiety and phobic disorders in children and adolescents. Using
DSM-IV and ICD classifications, this comprehensive and up-to-date
volume addresses issues related to diagnostic classification,
epidemiolgy, etiology, assessment, and treatment. With its case
studies, this volume makes a practical reference for clinicians,
researchers, and students.
Perspectives on the Classification of Specific Developmental
Disorders is an up-to-date review of the controversy surrounding
the classification of such disparate disorders as reading,
spelling, writing, and language disorders. Severe and specific
impairments in these functions do exist and appear to follow a
developmental course. How to identify children presenting with such
problems and how to operationalize the disorders has long
challenged professionals. This text grew from an international
symposium held in the Netherlands, but all chapters have been
specially prepared for the publication. Described in the foreword
by Sir Michael Rutter, FRS, as ... thoughtful and well informed
discussions ... that may serve as a basis for a problem-solving set
of both research strategies and practical steps that will ensure
real resolutions of the dilemmas outlined here', the text should
serve as a stimulating source for debate of the many issues
involved.
Perspectives on the Classification of Specific Developmental
Disorders is an up-to-date review of the controversy surrounding
the classification of such disparate disorders as reading,
spelling, writing, and language disorders. Severe and specific
impairments in these functions do exist and appear to follow a
developmental course. How to identify children presenting with such
problems and how to operationalize the disorders has long
challenged professionals. This text grew from an international
symposium held in the Netherlands, but all chapters have been
specially prepared for the publication. Described in the foreword
by Sir Michael Rutter, FRS, as ` ... thoughtful and well informed
discussions ... that may serve as a basis for a problem-solving set
of both research strategies and practical steps that will ensure
real resolutions of the dilemmas outlined here', the text should
serve as a stimulating source for debate of the many issues
involved.
Reknowned authorities offer the first international handbook on
anxiety and phobic disorders in children and adolescents. Using
DSM-IV and ICD classifications, this comprehensive and up-to-date
volume addresses issues related to diagnostic classification,
epidemiolgy, etiology, assessment, and treatment. With its case
studies, this volume makes a practical reference for clinicians,
researchers, and students.
Communication disabilities are common, although their precise
nature and degree of severity vary greatly among individuals. They
are among the most handicapping of disabilities because they
isolate a person and in so doing restrict social, educational, and
occupational opportunities. One of the purposes of this book was to
bring together theoretical, practical, and clinical knowledge from
several disciplines that bear on language and communication into
some reasonably accessible form. The intent is to provide a broad
and multi-faceted view of language development and language
disorders. Thus, contributions from education, linguistics,
psychology, pediatrics, psychiatry, neurology, neuropsychology, and
speech therapy are included. They describe our current knowledge of
language development, suggest classifications for language
pathology, outline what is known of the epidemiology of language
difficulties, consider assessment and therapy, alternative
communication systems and the impact of the new technology on
communication aids. The variety of perspectives that it provides
will make it particularly useful to the range of specialists who
are concerned with the development of communication skills and
language disorders.
How can we best understand PTSD? Why do the majority of people who
are exposed to traumatic stress fail to develop PTSD? Is PTSD best
regarded as a failure or delay in the natural processes of
protection and recovery? This book represents the fruits of ten
years' experience of working with the survivors of accidents and
disasters. The contributors have all worked at the world-famous
University of London Institute of Psychiatry's unit for the study
and treatment of PTSD, and thus combine here to present a coherent
account of PTSD and its treatment, based largely on a social
learning and cognitive behavioural framework. Perspectives from
cognitive psychology and information processing, social psychology,
developmental psychology, and neuropsychology are brought together
to enlighten our understanding of PTSD, individual reactions, and
treatment approaches. Cross-cultural issues and issues of disaster
planning and emergency response are also covered. Academics,
researchers and professionals will find in this volume
* Contemporary models of PTSD based on the latest knowledge
* An authoritative, critical account of PTSD and treatment
methods, based on scientific research and unparalleled clinical
experience
* A coherent approach to PTSD in adults and children, with
consideration of both individual aspects and social/community
concerns
All psychologists, psychiatrists, therapists and planners with a
special interest in or responsibility for dealing with PTSD will
welcome this important and much-awaited volume. From the Foreword
by Professor S. Rachman, Vancouver: "an extremely informative and
stimulating book that covers the field. How much progress has been
accomplished inthe past decade? The best and quickest answer is to
read this volume."
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