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  • Rethinking Social Work Practice with Multicultural Communities

    Edited by Yolanda C. Padilla, Ruth McRoy, Rocío Calvo ...
    With research showing that clients from diverse racial and ethnic groups disproportionately experience barriers in their interactions with social services and that providers recognize the need to be better prepared to work with these groups, this book invites us to rethink current approaches to social work practice with multicultural communities.We begin with a synthesis of the current evidence on ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Transracial and Intercountry Adoptions

    Cultural Guidance for Professionals

    Edited by Rowena Fong, Ruth McRoy ...
    With essays by well-known adoption practitioners and researchers who source empirical research and practical knowledge, this volume addresses key developmental, cultural, health, and behavioral issues in the transracial and international adoption process and provides recommendations for avoiding fraud and techniques for navigating domestic and foreign adoption laws. The text details the history, ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

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    While categorization has always been one of the primary focuses of the social sciences, recent trends within these disciplines have tended to categorize various behaviours as disorders. Researching Resilience challenges this tendency to pathologize, and marks a profound shift in research methods from the study of disorder to the study of well-being.This collection assembles qualitative and ... Read more

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  • A Handbook for the Study of Mental Health

    Social Contexts, Theories, and Systems

    Edited by Teresa L. Scheid, Tony N. Brown ...
    The second edition of A Handbook for the Study of Mental Health provides a comprehensive review of the sociology of mental health. Chapters by leading scholars and researchers present an overview of historical, social and institutional frameworks. Part I examines social factors that shape psychiatric diagnosis and the measurement of mental health and illness, theories that explain the definition ... Read more

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  • Emerging Theories in Health Promotion Practice and Research

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  • IAAP Handbook of Applied Psychology

    Edited by Paul R. Martin, Michael C. Knowles, Michael Kyrios, Lyn Littlefield, J. Bruce Overmier, José M. Prieto, Fanny Cheung ...
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  • Understanding Families

    Supportive Approaches to Diversity, Disability, and Risk, Second Edition

    by Marie Poulsen, Marci J. Hanson Ph.D., Eleanor W. Lynch Ph.D. ...
    Today’s American families are more complex and diverse than ever before—and today’s child and family professionals must be fully prepared to meet their needs. Interventionists educators, health care professionals, therapists, and social workers will get the strong foundation they need with the NEW edition of this trusted textbook, a comprehensive guide to working effectively and respectfully ... Read more

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  • A Handbook for the Study of Mental Health

    Social Contexts, Theories, and Systems

    Edited by Teresa L. Scheid, Eric R. Wright ...
    With chapters written by leading scholars and researchers, the third edition of A Handbook for the Study of Mental Health provides an updated, comprehensive review of the sociology of mental health. The volume presents an overview of the historical, social, and institutional frameworks for understanding mental health and illness. Part I examines the social factors that shape psychiatric diagnosis ... Read more

    $59.09 USD

  • Violence Against Women and Girls: Effectiveness of Intervention Programs

    Gender Equality, #3

    by Dr. Milos Kankaras ...
    Series Book 3 - Gender Equality
    The widespread prevalence of physical, sexual and psychological abuse and violence that affect many women and girls was a largely overlooked topic of policy interest for a long time. Fortunately, this has started to change over the last two decades after a consistent effort of women-rights and aligned non-governmental groups at local, national and international levels.With the attention of ... Read more

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  • Group Processes

    Edited by John M. Levine ...
    Series series Frontiers of Social Psychology
    It is impossible to understand human behavior without understanding the critical role that groups play in people’s lives. Most of us belong to a range of formal and informal groups, including families, work teams, and friendship cliques. These groups absorb a great deal of our time and energy and are instrumental in satisfying our most fundamental needs. In addition, they connect us to larger ... Read more

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  • Human Behavior

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    A unique approach to human behaviorthat integrates and interprets the latest research from cell to societyIncorporating principles and findings from molecular biology, neuroscience, and psychological and sociocultural sciences, Human Behavior employs a decidedly integrative biosocial, multiple-levels-of-influence approach. This approach allows students to appreciate the transactional forces ... Read more

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  • Handbook of Social Work with Groups

    Edited by Charles D. Garvin, PhD, Lorraine M. Gutiérrez, PhD, Maeda J. Galinsky, PhD ...
    This definitive text, now revised and expanded, has introduced thousands of students and practitioners to the theory and practice of social work with groups. Leading authorities outline major models of group work and address critical issues in planning, implementing, and evaluating interventions. The Handbook describes applications in all the major practice settings--mental health, prevention, ... Read more

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