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“christopher d webster”

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  • Forensic Fables

    What Literature Tells Us About Crime, Mental Disorder and Violence

    by Christopher D. Webster ...
    In Forensic Fables, one of Canada's best-known experts on forensic risk management, Christopher D. Webster, combines his knowledge of how mental illness can lead to crime and violence with his lifelong love of literature. Each of the 20 chapters reviews a story or novel from internationally acclaimed literature, explores the psychology of violence or crime in the story, and, where possible, offers ... Read more

    $14.70 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Violence Risk - Assessment and Management

    Advances Through Structured Professional Judgement and Sequential Redirections

    by Christopher D. Webster, Quazi Haque, Stephen J. Hucker ...
    This expanded and updated new edition reflects the growing importance of the structured professional judgement approach to violence risk assessment and management. It offers comprehensive guidance on decision-making in cases where future violence is a potential issue.Includes discussion of interventions based on newly developed instrumentsCovers policy standards developed since the publication of ... Read more

    $45.00 USD

  • The Development and Treatment of Girlhood Aggression

    Edited by Debra J. Pepler, Kirsten C. Madsen, Christopher D. Webster, Kathryn S. Levene ...
    After decades of neglect, researchers have begun to focus attention on the development and outcomes of girlhood aggression. This comprehensive volume provides an account of some of the pioneering research in the field. Its central aims are to highlight current understanding, identify key components for preventing and treating the complex array of problems experienced by aggressive girls, and raise ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

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  • Triumphs of Experience

    The Men of the Harvard Grant Study

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  • The As If Principle

    The Radically New Approach to Changing Your Life

    by Richard Wiseman ...
    Victorian philosopher William James had a theory about emotion and behavior: It isn’t that our feelings guide our actions (feel happy and you will laugh). On the contrary, it is our actions that guide our emotions (laugh and you will feel happy). This led James to a remarkable conclusion: “If you want a quality, act as if you already have it.” Roused by James’s astonishing discovery, renowned ... Read more

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  • The Truth About Grief

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    The five stages of grief are so deeply imbedded in our culture that no American can escape them. Every time we experience loss—a personal or national one—we hear them recited: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. The stages are invoked to explain everything from how we will recover from the death of a loved one to a sudden environmental catastrophe or to the trading away of a ... Read more

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  • A Piece of My Mind

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    Gordon Parker AO, one of Australia's foremost clinical psychiatrists, is known for having strong and provocative views. He's been described as 'charming, witty and erudite', sometimes 'intimidating and intolerant', and 'variously regarded with fear, loathing, admiration and respect'.In this autobiography, the founder of the Black Dog Institute and Scientia Professor of Psychiatry at the University ... Read more

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  • Bipolar Expeditions

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    by Emily Martin ...
    Manic behavior holds an undeniable fascination in American culture today. It fuels the plots of best-selling novels and the imagery of MTV videos, is acknowledged as the driving force for successful entrepreneurs like Ted Turner, and is celebrated as the source of the creativity of artists like Vincent Van Gogh and movie stars like Robin Williams. Bipolar Expeditions seeks to understand mania's ... Read more

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  • Shrunk

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    SHRUNK: Crime and Disorders of the Mind is a collection of powerful stories by international forensic psychologists and psychiatrists who write about the many complex mental health issues they face and the care involved in dealing with them. Unlike any other book within the genre of True Crime, Shrunk forms a unique bridge between mental health and law. Chapters focus on cases where judges and ... Read more

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