Handbook of Juvenile Forensic Psychology and Psychiatry

Handbook of Juvenile Forensic Psychology and Psychiatry-1

Elena L. Grigorenko Editor 2012 This handbook offers insights and guidance illuminating the many points at which the practice of mental health and the juvenile justice system intersect today. It comes at a promising time. Juvenile justice officials increasingly understand the critical role that mental health services play in rehabilitating the youth in their care.

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Sociology of Mental Health

Sociology of Mental Health-1

Robert J. Johnson · R. Jay Turner · Bruce G. Link Editors 2014 Selected Topics from Forty Years 1970s–2010s This volume commemorates the 20th Anniversary of the American Sociological Association (ASA) Section on the Sociology of Mental Health. Jay Turner reminded us of this upcoming anniversary with a suggestion he made at end of the Section’s business meeting […]

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Behavioural Oncology

Behavioural Oncology-1

Marisa Cordella • Aldo Poiani 2014 Psychological, Communicative, and Social Dimensions Today, when many diseases seem to be on the retreat, thanks to better education, hygiene, improved living standards and medical treatments, cancer still remains a serious problem around the world. It is often the case that a cancer diagnosis is received with great apprehension by patients and […]

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