Medicine
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Alcohol Consumption and Alcohol-Related Problems in Germany
by Gerhard Bühringer, Rita Augustin, Eckardt Bergmann, Kim Bloomfield, Winfried Funk, Burckhard Junge, Ludwig Kraus, Christa Merfert-Diete, Hans-Jürgen Rumpf, Roland Simon, Jürgen TöppichIn the current climate of growing concern about the public health consequences of alcohol consumption, the publication of Alcohol Consumption and Alcohol-Related Problems in Germany is particularly timely. The book provides up-to-date information on consumption patterns and the extent of negative effects associated with alcohol consumption in the German population. Estimates for the prevalence of …
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Behavior and Medicine
by Danny Wedding, Margaret L. StuberA unique textbook, comprehensive and up-to-date, with a practical, clinical emphasis and a structure that is ideally suited for teaching behavioral sciences in the medical school classroom.This new edition of one of the most popular and highly regarded texts on behavioral and social science in medicine has been fully revised and updated. It is structured to reflect the latest Institute of Medicine…
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Clinical Handbook of Psychotropic Drugs
by Ric M. Procyshyn, Kalyna Z. Bezchlibnyk-Butler, J. Joel JeffriesThe Clinical Handbook of Psychotropic Drugs has become a standard reference and working tool for psychiatrists, psychologists, physicians, pharmacists, nurses, and other mental health professionals.Independent, unbiasedPacked with unique, easy-to-read comparison charts and tables (dosages, side effects, pharmacokinetics, interactions…) for a quick overview of treatment optionsSuccinct, bulleted …
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Diagnostic and Management Guidelines for Mental Disorders in Primary Care
ICD-10 Chapter V Primary Care Versionby World Health OrganizationThis volume has been prepared in light of the experiences of primary care physicians and other health care providers, taking into account their specific needs. Short, user-friendly and oriented towards management, the book contains essential information for both physicians and other primary care staff on how to help patients with mental disorders. The book provides helpful guidelines on diagnosis …
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Glaucoma
A Guide for Patients. An Introduction for Care-Providers. A Quick Referenceby Josef FlammerGlaucoma is a disease that poses a serious threat to vision. Patients seek to know how the disease originates, whether they did something “wrong” to cause it, whether a change in their lifestyle can improve it, and which treatment options are available. This book will provide patients, relatives and friends, as well as care providers and even those simply interested in this topic with a better…
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ICF Core Sets
Manual for Clinical Practiceby Jerome E. Bickenbach, Alarcos Cieza, Alexandra Rauch, Gerold StuckiPractical, standardized tools to assess and document functioning, disability, and health according to the WHO ICF in a variety of health conditions and settingsThe WHO’s International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) is the accepted common framework for understanding and documenting functioning and disability.The ICF Core Sets selected for this book have now been develo…
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Involuntary Childlessness
Psychological Assessment, Counseling, and Therapyby Bernhard StraußA high proportion of couples in western industrialized countries are unable to have children, and in many cases these couples need psychosocial support. This book describes a range of counseling and therapy approaches that can be used in a variety of circumstances. The approaches described here provide concrete assistance and advice on psychosocial interventions for all professionals who are activ…
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Multiple Sclerosis
by Pearl B. Werfel, Ron E. Franco Durán, Linda J. TrettinEarn 5 CE credits for reading volumes of the Advances in Psychotherapy book series. Click here to find out more!Comprehensive, practical, concise, and up-to-date guidance on the most effective medical, psychological, and neuropsychological diagnostic methods and interventions with multiple sclerosis (MS)This innovative book will help both mental health and medical professionals empower patients or…
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Orbital Fractures
Diagnosis, Operative Treatment, Secondary Correctionsby Beat HammerThe term "orbital fracture" refers to any fracture that involves the bony cavity containing the eyeball. Such traumatic injuries of the ocular region are found in about 80% of cases of central facial fractures, and their spectrum ranges from a simple fracture of the cheek bone to a complex comminuted fracture of the orbit. The possible treatments begin with closed repositioning and end with extens…
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Practical Psychiatry in the Long-Term Care Home
A Handbook for Staffby David K. Conn, Nathan Herrmann, Alanna Kaye, Dmytro Rewilak, Barbara SchogtThis practical book is aimed at providing training and guidance for staff members in long-term care facilities. The goal is to help staff understand and solve the wide range of psychiatric and behavioral problems which are encountered on a day-to-day basis. It not only is especially helpful for frontline health aids who work most closely with the residents, and for supervisors and administrators, …
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Practicing Psychology in Primary Care
by H. Russell SearightThis book equips mental health professionals, students, interns, and post-graduate trainees to work effectively in a primary care setting – which today is the principal site for psychiatric care, behavioral health risk reduction, and psychological treatment of physical or functional complaints such as diabetes, hypertension, asthma, fibromyalgia, or irritable bowel syndrome. The primary care set…
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Schizophrenia, Sleep, and Acupuncture
by Peggy Bosch, Maurits van den NoortThis book is an introduction for professionals in Western medicine and for acupuncturists on the use of acupuncture in treatment of schizophrenia and sleep disorders.Acupuncture has long been used in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) in mental health and sleep disorders. This book aims to build a bridge between “conventional” medicine research and practice, which is increasingly interested in…
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Textbook of Hyperbaric Medicine
by Kewal K. JainThis textbook, now appearing in its 5th, fully updated, and expanded edition, has become widely recognized as the best exposition available on the topic of hyperbaric medicine and the wide range of applications of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO). In addition to explaining the basic principles of HBO therapy, and its application in carbon monoxide poisoning and decompression sickness, the textbook looks ob…
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The Behavioral Sciences and Health Care
by Olle Jane Z. Sahler, John E. Carr, Julia B. Frank, João V. NunesBehavioral sciences for the next generation of health care providersThe fourth edition of The Behavioral Sciences and Health Care provides trainees in every area of health care with foundational concepts of behavioral science as applied to individual and population health and disease. The text breathes new life into the biopsychosocial model by highlighting the integrated sciences model, which foc…