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  • Campus Violence

    Kinds, Causes, and Cures

    by Leighton Whitaker, Jeffrey Pollard ...
    This timely book shows how the rapidly increasing phenomenon of violence in the U.S. is invading college and university campuses. Campus Violence shows what colleges, universities, and other schools can do to deconstruct the violence culture and begin to educate for a better society. The chapters assist educators in determining the nature of both external and internal violence and what to do about ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Alcoholism/Chemical Dependency and the College Student

    by Leighton Whitaker, Timothy Rivinus ...
    Professionals who work with college students--and college students themselves--address the current epidemic of drug use on college campuses in this timely book. In acknowledging that substance abuse problems proliferate during college and on into adult life when they then affect the next generation, the outstanding group of contributors offers forthright and clear descriptions, explanations, and ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • Case Book of Brief Psychotherapy with College Students

    by Leighton Whitaker, Stewart Cooper, James Archer Jr ...
    Short-term therapy doesn't have to be second-best!This valuable book explores a variety of brief therapy approaches with young adults between 17 and 25. Each case discussion thoroughly covers the salient points of the client, the problem, and the treatment, as well as segments of the treatment transcripts that illustrate the critical aspects of the counseling. A post-hoc question-and-answer ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Understanding and Preventing Violence

    The Psychology of Human Destructiveness

    by Leighton C. Whitaker ...
    Series series Pacific Institute Series on Forensic Psychology
    More violence has been perpetrated in the 20th century than in the two previous centuries combined. Understanding and Preventing Violence: Unmasking the Mentality of Human Destructiveness elucidates the mentality of destructive behavior with the hopes that in the future, the trend may be reversed through enlightenment. But in order to choose to be ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • Schizophrenic Disorders:

    Sense and Nonsense in Conceptualization, Assessment, and Treatment

    by Leighton C. Whitaker ...
    Series series Perspectives on Individual Differences
    No diagnosis of mental disorder is more important or more disputable than that of "schizophrenia." The 1982 case of John Hinckley, who shot President Reagan, brought both aspects of this diagnostic dilemma to the forefront of national attention. It became evident to the general public that the experts engaged to study him exhaustively could not agree on whether Hinckley was schizophrenic. General ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Pharmacological Treatment of College Students with Psychological Problems

    Edited by Leighton Whitaker, Stewart Cooper ...
    Get valuable insights into best practices and procedures for treatment Mental health practitioners across the country are increasingly treating students by combining the use of psychotropic medication with psychotherapy. Pharmacological Treatment of College Students with Psychological Problems explores in detail this uncritically accepted exponential expansion of the practice. Leading ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

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  • Overcoming Borderline Personality Disorder:A Family Guide for Healing and Change

    A Family Guide for Healing and Change

    by Valerie Porr, M.A. ...
    Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is characterized by unstable moods, negative self-image, dangerous impulsivity, and tumultuous relationships. Many people with BPD excel in academics and careers while revealing erratic, self-destructive, and sometimes violent behavior only to those with whom they are intimate. Others have trouble simply holding down a job or staying in school. Overcoming ... Read more

    $22.79 USD

  • The Better Angels of Our Nature

    Why Violence Has Declined

    by Steven Pinker ...
    **“If I could give each of you a graduation present, it would be this—the most inspiring book I've ever read."—Bill Gates (May, 2017)Selected by The New York Times Book Review as a Notable Book of the Year**The author of Rationality and Enlightenment Now offers a provocative and surprising history of violence.Faced with the ceaseless stream of news about war, crime, and terrorism, one could easily ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Power of Different

    The Link Between Disorder and Genius

    by Gail Saltz, M.D. ...
    Unlock the Hidden Potential in Brain Differences: How Unique Wiring Fuels Creativity, Talent, and SuccessIn The Power of Different, psychiatrist and bestselling author Gail Saltz delves into the fascinating connection between brain differences often labeled as "disabilities" and the potential for remarkable talents and abilities. Drawing on the latest scientific research and profiling both famous ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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  • Mistakes Were Made (but Not By Me) Third Edition

    Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts

    by Carol Tavris, Elliot Aronson ...
    A NEW EDITION UPDATED IN 2020 • Why is it so hard to say "I made a mistake" — and really believe it?When we make mistakes, cling to outdated attitudes, or mistreat other people, we must calm the powerful cognitive dissonance that jars our feelings of self-worth. And so, unconsciously, we create fictions that absolve us of responsibility, restoring our belief that we are smart, moral, and right—a ... Read more

    $16.49 USD

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  • Ungifted

    Intelligence Redefined

    by Scott Barry Kaufman ...
    Child prodigies. Gifted and Talented Programs. Perfect 2400s on the SAT. Sometimes it feels like the world is conspiring to make the rest of us feel inadequate. Those children tapped as possessing special abilities will go on to achieve great things, while the rest of us have little chance of realizing our dreams. Right?In Ungifted, cognitive psychologist Scott Barry Kaufman -- who was relegated ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Trauma-Informed Practices With Children and Adolescents

    by William Steele, Cathy A. Malchiodi ...
    Trauma-Informed Practices With Children and Adolescents is a sourcebook of practical approaches to working with children and adolescents that synthesizes research from leading trauma specialists and translates it into easy-to-implement techniques. The approaches laid out address the sensory and somatic experiences of trauma within structured formats that meet the "best practices" criteria for ... Read more

    $58.99 USD