Job burnout has been well described and refers to a transformation that occurs in persons exposed to considerable occupational stress, particularly...

Handwriting and Dysgrafia: Relation and Assessment presents (in eleven chapters no less) the interdisciplinary perspective and relation between han...

During the twentieth century, only two researchers published world famous, encyclopedic monographs related to sleep. The first of these works appea...

Research indicates that many youth who come into contact with the juvenile justice system may have mental health- and substance use-related disorde...

The world-wide problem of obesity has increased to epidemic proportions over the last several decades and continues to grow. Obesity is now a leadi...

This book is a practical and useful tool for getting your sleep back on track. Even if you have suffered from insomnia for many years, this book co...

In this book, based on profound clinical experiences in supervising and educating practitioners to work with clients with substance abuse and menta...

The book describes a novel model of intensive treatment for eating disorders, one that is entirely cognitive behavioural in orientation. In this bo...

Language development is a process that starts early in human life, when a person begins to acquire language by learning it as it is spoken and by m...

The book Management for Failed Bariatric Procedures: Surgical Strategies covers the full spectrum of revisional laparoscopic weight loss surgery af...

The addiction is a brain disease with severe medical consequences. Today, all people in the world are exposed to and use a variety of drugs of abus...

Patients undergoing bariatric surgery are special subjects, as they present different conditions that make it more difficult to facilitate correct ...

Substance abuse is a major public health problem. Medicaid clients are more likely than people with other types of insurance to have chemical depen...

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This book examines the early identification of children and adolescents with mental health and substance use problems in order to provide guidance,...

Teenagers are the most vulnerable subjects for the onset of Anorexia Nervosa (AN), in the period they start facing important body changes as well a...

A number of avenues of research indicate that neurobiological abnormalities may be involved in eating disorders. An important component of this may...

The author presents a new approach to the therapy of stuttering. Instead of accepting stuttering and trying to make it more fluent, he prefers to m...

Methamphetamine (METH) abuse has become a major public health problem world-wide, as demonstrated by increases in the number of emergency room visi...

New Research on Sleep and Sleep Disorders first addresses how excessive daytime sleepiness is highly prevalent among patients with type 2 diabetes ...

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Substance abuse is one of society's most serious problems. Drugs seem to be readily available even in elementary schools, which attests to the succ...

The clinical course of nicotine dependence, nicotine withdrawal and smoking cessation varies significantly between men and women smokers. Recent re...

This book examines the risk factors, challenges and health implications of obesity. Topics include the implications for behavioural solutions to we...

Proceedings of the 3rd European Congress on Obesity, Nice, France, 1991.

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Dreams are reported from all of stages of sleep. Yet almost all research and literature has focused on REM sleep. Much of what we know of dreaming ...

An estimated 6.5 million individuals currently abuse prescription drugs in the United States. Unlike policy on street drugs, federal policy on pres...

Obesity is officially recognised as a major worldwide public health problem. "Progress in Obesity Research: 9" fulfils the need for an accessible a...

Sleep apnea or sleep apnoea is a sleep disorder characterised by pauses in breathing during sleep. These episodes, called apneas (literally, "witho...

Patients undergoing bariatric surgery are special subjects, as they present several features that convert them into high-risk patients, despite oft...

Rapid eye movement sleep (REM sleep) is a normal stage of sleep characterised by the random movement of the eyes. REM sleep is classified into two ...

The concept of recovery lies at the core of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA's) mission, and fostering the dev...

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