E.Molinari ■ A. Compare ■ G. Parati 2006 Among the various areas of interest studied in the Laboratory of Clinical Psychology of the Faculty of Psychology at the Catholic University in Milan and in the Psychology Laboratory of the Italian Auxologic Institute, the study and care of the psychological aspects of cardiac illness constitute a particularly interesting challenge. The […]
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Scott H. Faro Feroze B. Mohamed 2006 Basic Principles and Clinical Applications Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) represents one of the most advanced and enlightening functional imaging techniques that has ever been developed. The past ten years (1990–2000) of scientific research has been designated the decade of the brain and has led to numerous technological developments and the establishment of […]
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Marc A. Schuckit 2006 A Clinical Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment This book uses a clinically oriented approach for working with patients and clients with substance-use disorders. The material represents a blending together of my three major professional roles as a clinician, teacher, and researcher.
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Edited by S.R. Pandi-Perumal and J.M. Monti 2006 During the past decades, sleep research has seen enormous progress. Numerous discoveries have been described in a wealth of papers of ever increasing size and complexity. These publications have become difficult to follow not only because of their number, but also because they have been published specialty journals that are not […]
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N. Kato, M. Kawata, R.K. Pitman (Eds.) 2006 Brain Mechanisms and Clinical Implications Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was introduced into the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 3rd edition (DSM-III), in 1980, in response to the experiences of many patients in the United States, foremost among them Vietnam veterans. Since then the concept has been widely accepted.
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Mauro Mancia (Ed) 2006 The papers collected in this volume have the aim of integrating the contributions from two disciplines: psychoanalysis and neuroscience. Recent great developments in the latter offer the opportunity to build a bridge to psychoanalysis, providing an anatomo-functional basis for some of the functions in which the psychoanalytic theories of the mind are rooted.
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P. Riederer, H. Reichmann, M. B. H. Youdim, M. Gerlach (eds.) 2006 It is our pleasure to present the Proceedings of the 16th International Congress on Parkinson’s Disease (PD) and Related Disorders (16th ICPD) which took place in Berlin from June 5–9, 2005. This congress was the most successful congress ever with more than 3500 participants in the roaring German […]
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A.J. LARNER 2006 As in the first edition, the belief in signs as signifiers underpins this text. The aim is to be true to the “methode anatomo-clinique” pioneered in neurology by Charcot, but also integrating, where possible, data from newer sources such as neuroimaging and neurogenetics.
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Martin E. Franklin David F. Tolin 2007 Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Hairpulling and Related Problems The first and perhaps most important step in writing a treatment manual for use in clinical practice is to clearly explicate the logic of how the treatment, and hence the book, should be organized. Accordingly, our goal in this section is to lay […]
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Patricia Furer John R. Walker Murray B. Stein 2007 A Practitioner’s Guide Our interest in health anxiety has been developing over the past 20 years. It grew out of our work with adults with a variety of anxiety disorders. We often found that our clients would describe intense anxiety about illness and death.
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