Human kind has been searching for the ideal contraceptive since the beginning of time. The objective was - and still is - to find a contraceptive that is completely safe, thoroughly effective, socially acceptable, readily reversible, inexpensive, and completely convenient. From oral contraceptives and intrauterine devices to periodic abstinence ...
Dual Disorders: Essentials for Assessment and Treatment is a practical handbook for the assessment and clinical management of patients with addiction and psychiatric disorders. Addictions counselors, prevention specialists, and chemical dependency nurses will use this book to understand the nature of psychiatric disorders and uncover valuable ...
Learn how to get sober--and stay that wayGetting and staying sober provides a special set of challenges for professional people--physicians, lawyers, corporate CEOs, accountants, and others--who drive themselves to achieve and succeed in high-pressure surroundings. Managing Your Recovery from Addiction applies business approaches and ideas to the ...
"The Blended Family Sourcebook" is an insightful and practical guide for families dealing with the unique challenges of divorce, remarriage, and the process of blending households.
This essential book provides a wealth of useful information on effectively treating substance abusers who also suffer from mental illness. This second edition is extensively updated to reflect the dramatic changes in the past decade. It includes vital new information on treatment considerations for women and adolescents and examines the increased ...
In this encyclopedia we set out to publish all the important games of chess which have been played since the modern laws came into force in the late 1400s. We have chosen to include all the recorded games played up to 1800, every game played in all major tournaments and matches from 1801, and every traceable game of each player who was at one time ...
Providing a wealth of useful information, Managing the Dually Diagnosed Patient is one of the first books that deals with the problems of psychiatrically ill substance abusers. Certain to enhance the existing knowledge about a highly misunderstood population, this comprehensive volume offers a broad view of the theoretical, conceptual, and ...
Alienated, violent children and teenagers, desperate and worn-out parents: the destructive effects of unchecked defiant behavior are obvious. On a societal scale the problem of defiance is clearly reaching epidemic proportions, and punitive societal responses only seem to exacerbate the condition. In Defiance in the Family, however, the authors ...
Mathnet detectives George Frankly and Pat Tuesday use various math skills--triangulation, calculating currents, and figuring falling speeds--to solve the mystery of the missing Disaster Diamond.
The Blended Family Sourcebook is an insightful and practical guide for families dealing with the unique challenges of divorce, remarriage, and the process of blending households. It addresses the factors that impact the blending process - cultural, socioeconomic, and religious differences - and provides positive, proactive solutions for ...
Learn how to get sober--and stay that wayGetting and staying sober provides a special set of challenges for professional people--physicians, lawyers, corporate CEOs, accountants, and others--who drive themselves to achieve and succeed in high-pressure surroundings. Managing Your Recovery from Addiction applies business approaches and ideas to the ...
In this new entry in Twayne's World Authors Series, David O'Connell provides an exceptionally well written, jargon-free introduction to Mauriac, a thoroughly updated rendition of Maxwell Smith's well received Francois Mauriac (1970). Drawing on a trove of primary source material that has become available in the interim, O'Connell focuses on the ...
Using clues derived from mathematical knowledge, Mathnet detectives Pat Tuesday and George Frankly solve a case involving a ventriloquist's stolen dummy and a suitcase filled with counterfeit money.
Mathnet detectives George Frankly and Pat Tuesday use their knowledge of number sequences to crack a code and solve the mystery surrounding the phenomenal performance of a minor league baseball pitcher.
Deals with the restructuring and changing pattern of employment relations in one of Britain's newly privatized water companies. The text analyzes the impact of privatization on work organization and employment relations, using the water industry as a case study to explore general principles.
John Maynard Keynes's seminal "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" remains central to economic debate over sixty years after its publication. This book shows how Keynes's masterpiece is best understood not as an attempt to tackle the immediate policy issues of this age but to extend the range of thought available to economists. ...
Explores research on how transcendental meditation (TM) and Ayurveda, the traditional medical system of India which is recognized by the World Health Organization, can be used as an integrated holistic approach to suffering addicts and alcoholics.
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