| Health Behavior and Health Education: Theory, Research, and Practice | | Posted Saturday, September 09, 2006 5:42:06 AM by BlogJeeves Team | | Since it was first published more than a decade ago, Health Behavior and Health Education: Theory, Research, and Practice has become the leading resource in the field of health promotion and education. This thoroughly revised third edition provides a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of health behavior theories relevant to health education and includes the most current information on developments in theory, research, and practice. ... | |
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| | | Renew Your Life | | Posted Sunday, September 03, 2006 9:41:41 AM by BlogJeeves Team | | Are you ready to have a clear mind and clear body? Are you ready to have more energy and to be more alert than you have ever been? Are you ready to lead the life you were meant to live? Are you ready to "Renew Your Health" and "Renew Your Life?" In this book Brenda Watson, C.T. will help you achieve the vibrant health and energetic life you deserve. We live in a world of toxic air, polluted water and pesticide filled food. This book will give you the information you need to help you: • Detoxify your body and your organ systems • Improve your selection and digestion of foods • Improve your energy level • Achieve mental clarity • Reach and maintain your ideal weight Start Today! Begin the journey to ReNew Your Life!... | |
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| | | Abnormal Psychology, Fourth Edition W/CD | | Posted Wednesday, August 30, 2006 7:41:46 PM by BlogJeeves Team | | When first published in 1984, Abnormal Psychology won widespread support and hundreds of adoptions for its innovative approach, which highlighted the psychological theories and treatments that best fit each disorder. In the new Fourth Edition, Martin E. P. Seligman and new co-author Elaine F. Walker once again establish Abnormal Psychology as a visionary text with a new integrative approach that explores the interactions between the psychological and biological influences on human behavior. In addition to nearly 1,800 new references, the Fourth Edition highlights important new trends in the field, from the explosion in biological and neuroscience research, to new life-span developmental theories, to the challenges confronted by scientists and clinicians working in the field, to the impact of psychological disorders on patients, their families, and society.... | |
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| | | The Fat Smash Diet: The Last Diet You'll Ever Need | | Posted Sunday, August 27, 2006 5:41:39 AM by BlogJeeves Team | | Dr. Smith's diet has been featured on VH1's number-one rated show, Celebrity Fit Club, where Hollywood celebrities follow his customized diet plan and compete to lose weight. Now, with The Fat Smash Diet, everyone will have access to the revolutionary eating plan that leads to lifestyle changes and permanent weight loss forever. The Fat Smash Diet is not a gimmick or short-term fix. It is a four-phase diet that starts out with a natural detox phase to clean impurities out of the system. Once this nine-day phase is completed, the next three phases encourage the addition of everyday foods that promote significant weight loss. In just thirty days, most dieters will complete all four phases and be on their way to a thinner lifetime of good health. Best of all, there is no calorie counting, and Dr. Smith guarantees there never will be. As an added bonus, there are over fifty easy-to-cook, tasty recipes that make it easier to stick with Dr. Smith's plan. The Fat Smash Diet is unlike any other program on the market. In fact, it's the LAST DIET YOU'LL EVER NEED! ... | |
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| | | Handbook of Psychological Assessment | | Posted Wednesday, August 23, 2006 3:41:43 PM by BlogJeeves Team | | From Previous Editions: "A commendable volume in which the author condenses information, normally in several locations, into one reading . . . an excellent text for graduate courses on psychological assessment. It . . . familiarizes the student with the entire enterprise of clinical assessment and provides enough of a how-to guide for the student to carry out an assessment practicum." -Contemporary Psychology "For both practitioners and students of psychological assessment, the expanded and updated Handbook provides guidance to the selection, administration, evaluation, and interpretation of the most commonly used psychological tests." -Reference and Research Book News The updated and expanded fourth edition of the highly acclaimed classic text on psychological assessment The Handbook of Psychological Assessment, Fourth Edition presents a step-by-step guide on how to conduct a comprehensive psychological evaluation. It provides a complete review of the most commonly used assessment instruments and the most efficient methods for selecting and administering tests, evaluating data, and integrating results into a coherent, problem-solving report. Updated reviews and interpretive guidelines are included for the most frequently used assessment techniques, including structured and unstructured interviews, Wechlser® intelligence scales (WAIS®-III/WISC-III®), Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2™/MMPI-A™), Millon™ Multiaxial Clinical Inventory-III, California Psychological Inventory™, Rorschach®, Thematic Apperception Test, and frequently used instruments for neuropsychological screening (e.g., Bender Gestalt and Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test). Each test is reviewed according to its history and development, psychometrics, administration, and interpretation of results. In addition, this revised and expanded Fourth Edition includes: Completely updated research on all assessment techniques A chapter on the Wechsler® Memory Scales (WMS®-III) A new chapter on brief instruments for treatment planning, patient monitoring, and outcome assessment (Beck Depression Inventory®-II, State Trait Anxiety Inventory, and Symptom Checklist-90-R) Organized according to the sequence psychologists follow when conducting an assessment, the Handbook of Psychological Assessment, Fourth Edition is a practical, valuable reference for clinical psychologists, therapists, school psychologists, and counselors.... | |
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| | | The Female Brain | | Posted Saturday, August 19, 2006 11:41:44 PM by BlogJeeves Team | | It's not as if we all start out with the same brain structure. They are different by nature. Think about this. What if the communication center is bigger in one brain than the other? What if the emotional memory center is bigger in one brain than the other? What if one brain develops a greater ability to read cues in people than another? In this case, you would have a person whose reality dictated that communication, connection, emotional sensitivity, and responsiveness were the primary values. This person would prize these qualities above all others and be baffled by another person with a brain that didn't grasp the importance of these qualities. In essence, you would have someone with a female brain. —from Chapter 1, “What Makes Us Women”Every brain begins as a female brain. It only becomes male eight weeks after conception, when excess testosterone shrinks the communications center, reduces the hearing cortex, and makes the part of the brain that processes sex twice as large. Louann Brizendine, M.D. is a pioneering neuropsychiatrist who brings together the latest findings to show how the unique structure of the female brain determines how women think, what they value, how they communicate, and who they'll love. Brizendine reveals the neurological explanations behind why A woman uses about 20,000 words per day while a man uses about 7,000A woman remembers fights that a man insists never happened A teen girl is so obsessed with her looks and talking on the phone Thoughts about sex enter a woman's brain once every couple of days but enter a man's brain about once every minute A woman knows what people are feeling, while a man can't spot an emotion unless somebody cries or threatens bodily harmA woman over 50 is more likely to initiate divorce than a manWomen will come away from this book knowing that they have a lean, mean communicating machine. Men will develop a serious case of brain envy.... | |
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| | | Access to Health (9th Edition) | | Posted Wednesday, August 16, 2006 5:41:38 AM by BlogJeeves Team | | Access to Health continues to be the leading text for teaching behavior change. The Ninth Edition provides a consistent framework for motivating readers to make healthy life choices, with updated coverage on hot topics such as low-carb diets and diabetes that demonstrate the relevance of health to reader's lives. As a teacher, mentor, and researcher, Rebecca J. Donatelle knows the health issues that are important to today's society. Through her engaging and friendly writing style, Donatelle addresses readers' concerns and teaches them how to be savvy and critical consumers of health information. Access to Health provides hands-on practical tools that help readers make healthy changes in their lives. Finding the Right Balance, Creating Healthy and Caring Relationships, Choosing a Healthy Lifestyle, Avoiding Risks to Harmful Habits, Preventing and Fighting Disease, Facing Life's Challenges. For all readers interested in making healthy life choices.... | |
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| | | Medical Terminology for Health Professions (Medical Terminology for Health Professions) | | Posted Saturday, August 12, 2006 3:41:38 PM by BlogJeeves Team | | A proven and unique combination of learning principles and exercises, this widely respected book continues to get better! Medical Terminology for Health Professions, Fifth Edition, simplifies the process of learning hundreds of difficult, complex medical terms. The see and say pronunciation system makes pronouncing unfamiliar terms easy. Because word parts are such an important aspect of learning medical terminology, mastery of these building blocks is emphasized throughout the book. Organized by body system, chapters begin with an overview of the structures and functions of that system so you can relate these to specialty, pathology, diagnostic, and treatment procedures that follow.... | |
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| | | Pathophysiology: Concepts of Altered Health States (Pathophysiology) | | Posted Wednesday, August 09, 2006 1:41:41 AM by BlogJeeves Team | | Univ. of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. Textbook describes the healthy human body and explores the body's responses to disease. Updated text features key concept boxes, handy glossary, intrachapter summaries, abundant full-color illustrations, and review exercises. Highlights critical thinking. Previous edition: c2002. DNLM: Disease--Nurses' Instruction. ... | |
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| | | The South Beach Diet: The Delicious, Doctor-Designed, Foolproof Plan for Fast and Healthy Weight Loss | | Posted Saturday, August 05, 2006 11:41:32 AM by BlogJeeves Team | | The verdict is in: those simple carbs we've been living on are killing us. For good health, we've got to get our blood sugar under control and stop the incessant cravings. Or so says Dr. Arthur Agatston, author of The South Beach Diet. The first half of the book details the science behind the diet. Most of the explanations revolve around why things you thought were healthy--orange juice, wheat toast, carrots--are actually evil. To avoid blood sugar surges, Agatston created a modified carbohydrate plan, recommending plenty of high-fiber foods, lean proteins, and healthy fats, while cutting bread, rice, pastas, and fruits. Major differences from other diets include a lack of concern over portion size and a serious indifference to exercise. Feeling full while on a diet is a beautiful thing, but it seems odd that a cardiologist buries his exercise recommendations in a solitary sentence. The last half of the book covers his three-stage plan; daily diets are mixed with recipes, some of which are from South Beach restaurant chefs. The most restrictive period lasts just two weeks, enough time to stabilize your urges and lose a few pounds; stage two adds fruits and a handful of other carbs, while stage three is meant to last the remainder of your life, with occasional lapses for white bread or birthday cake. While the diet is sound, the book could be better organized. The first half mixes scientific study with anecdote in a seemingly random way, while the mix of meal plans and recipes can be confusing. Still, the recipes are varied and tasty, and you'll never feel deprived, unless you currently happen to live by bread alone. --Jill Lightner... | |
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