Constitutional Psychophysiology: Research in Review is based on the findings of a research project conducted by the psychophysiology research team at the Psychological Institute of the University of Freiburg, West Germany. This book is organized into four parts encompassing 21 chapters that summarize the numerous psychological, physiological, biochemical, and anthropometric measurements in extensive multivariate investigations of large student and cardiocirculatory patient samples. Part I de...
Psychoanalysis and Digital Culture (Routledge Studies in New Media and Cyberculture)
by Jacob Johanssen
Psychoanalysis and Digital Culture offers a comprehensive account of our contemporary media environment—digital culture and audiences in particular—by drawing on psychoanalysis and media studies frameworks. It provides an introduction to the psychoanalytic affect theories of Sigmund Freud and Didier Anzieu and applies them theoretically and methodologically in a number of case studies. Johanssen argues that digital media fundamentally shape our subjectivities on affective and unconscious levels,...
In the spirit of Medical Apartheid and Killing the Black Body; A science-based, data-driven, and global exploration of racial disparities in health care access by virologist, immunologist, and science journalist Layal Liverpool. Layal Liverpool spent years as a teen bouncing from doctor to doctor, each one failing to diagnose her dermatological complaint. Just when she’d grown used to the idea that she had an extremely rare and untreatable skin condition, one dermatologist, after a quick exam,...
Antimicrobial Drug Resistance
Antimicrobial Drug Resistance presents information regarding the ability of organisms to resist natural and synthetically derived inhibitors. It presents the view of the authors who made significant contributions to the understanding of resistance. The book focuses on inhibitors classified as antifungal, antiviral, and antimalarial, as well as metal ions. It also covers numerous reactions, which have been genetically and biochemically analyzed in this context. Additionally, some chapters cover...
Bleomycin Chemotherapy
Sexual Assault
by Angelo P. Giardino, Elizabeth M. Datner, Janice B. Asher, Barbara W. Girardin, Diana K. Faugno, and Mary J. Spencer
Sexual Assault: Victimization Across the Life Span is the essential desk reference for anyone treating or investigating sexual assault. Emergency room personnel, physicians, EMTs, social service agencies, judges, and law enforcement personnel will find critical information on physical examinations, proper documentation, forensic evidence (including DNA analysis), and legal issues. The special sections devoted to the unique problems of sexual victimization of each age group are also invaluable. E...
From the Wellcome Prize-winning author of It's All in Your Head Brainstorm examines the stories of people whose symptoms are so strange even their doctor struggles to know how to solve them. A man who sees cartoon characters running across the room; a teenager who one day arrives home with inexplicably torn clothes; a girl whose world turns all Alice in Wonderland; another who transforms into a ragdoll whenever she even thinks about moving. The brain is the most complex structure in the uni...
Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Body
by Jeffrey C Weinreb and Helen C Redman
The thirteen volume in the Evidence-based Clinical Chinese Medicine series is a must read for Chinese medicine practitioners interested in neurology or rehabilitation. Using a 'whole evidence' approach, this book aims to provide an analysis of the management of post-stroke spasticity with Chinese and integrative medicine.This book describes the understanding and management of post-stroke spasticity with conventional medicine and Chinese medicine. Chinese medicine treatments used in past eras are...
Physical Activity and Health
by Adrianne Hardman, David Stensel, and Jason Gill
This psychobiographical study of the renowned French pediatrician and psychoanalyst Françoise Dolto introduces both her theories of child development and her unique insights into language and identity. A friend of Jacques Lacan’s, Dolto believed that we are all humanized through language, and that the words we use carry unconscious traces of our early histories of love, suffering and desire. Suggesting that infants unconsciously symbolize and that a continuous circulation of unconscious affects...
Dr Joseph Cheung's Total Health and Fitness Revolution
by Joseph Cheung
Promoting Normal Birth (Fresh Heart Books for Better Birth)
How to Become a Clinical Psychologist (How to become a Practitioner Psychologist)
by Laura Golding and Judith Moss
Clinical Psychology is a very popular and competitive career path for psychology students. This practical and accessible guide contains all the information and advice required by those considering pursuing a career in the field. How to Become a Clinical Psychologist provides a clear overview of a career in clinical psychology, with chapters examining areas such as the educational and work experience requirements for selection, the doctoral training programmes and the personal qualities and attr...
Advances in Radiation Biology (Advances in radiation biology, Vol 17)
This volume is a summary of the effects of exposure to low levels of ionizing radiation. Sources of such radiation include nuclear reactors, the workplace and the home (radon).
Essential Chinese Medicine - Volume 1: Restoring Balance
by Bao Chun Zhang and Yu Ting Chen
Over the course of several thousand years, with a long history of continual development and enhancement, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has become a unique Chinese medical system with significant success in the field of healthcare, making great contributions to the well-being of mankind.The Essential Chinese Medicine book series fulfills the mission of honouring life and promoting the health of family members and friends. This series develops and expands on the essence of TCM to advocate new...
Evidence-based Clinical Chinese Medicine - Volume 11: Acne Vulgaris (Evidence-based Clinical Chinese Medicine, #11)
by Meaghan Coyle and Haiying Liang
The eleventh volume in the Evidence-based Clinical Chinese Medicine series is a must read for Chinese medicine practitioners interested in dermatology. Using a 'whole evidence' approach, this book aims to provide an analysis of the management of acne vulgaris with Chinese and integrative medicine.This book describes the understanding and management of acne vulgaris with conventional medicine and Chinese medicine. Chinese medicine treatments used in past eras are analysed through data mining of c...
Research and Practices in Child Maltreatment Prevention Volume 2
by Randell Alexander
STM Learning’s Research and Practices in Child Maltreatment Prevention, Volume 2: Societal, Organizational, and International Approaches provides in-depth examinations of prevention models across social spheres. This comprehensive second volume includes chapters on the roles of community, corporate business, government, nonprofits, and research organizations in child abuse prevention. Written by and for multidisciplinary professionals in medicine, law, social work, and public health, this all-n...
How to Implement Evidence–Based Healthcare Set (How To)
by Trisha M. Greenhalgh
Trisha Greenhalgh Evidence-based Medicine Bundle Now available in a discounted bundle, buy together and save over 20%! This set includes: *How to Implement Evidence-Based Healthcare (978-1-119-23852-2) *How to Read a Paper: The Basics of Evidence-Based Medicine, 5th Edition (978-1-118-80096-6)