Product Description: Not every sickness goes away in a few days or weeks. Unfortunately, some can last for months, years, or even the rest of a persons life. When this happens, it is called a chronic illness. It can cause many difficulties in peoples lives, besides the illness itself...read more

Product Description: Revision of: Drug therapy and dissociative disorders. 2004.

Product Description: This series helps readers to truly understand the global issue of obesity. Each title in the series focuses on a different aspect of the obesity epidemic, from the health issues caused by excess weight to the dramatic consequences of our cultures obsession with body image.

Product Description: Explains what impulse-control disorders are, how they can be treated, and how they affect people's lives.

Product Description: New parents who find out theyre going to have a child with intellectual challenges are faced with many questions: Will she be able to function in the world? Will she have the same hopes and dreams as other children? Will her life be happyor filled with sadness and failure? Along with the Brown family, youll discover the answers to these questions as you read the story of Penelope Brown, a girl with Down syndrome...read more

Product Description: The critical role the United Nations plays in securing international peace is explored in this volume. From the establishment of the UN in the aftermath of World War II and the principles enshrined in its charter, to the many peacekeeping missions around the globe, both in the past and today, International Security and Keeping the Peace will offer students a foundation in the various approaches the UN takes to ensure a safer world...read more

A ten volume set explores the lifestyle choices and socioeconomic conditions that contribute to obesity, covering such topics as the causes of obesity, ways to reduce obesity, and who should take responsibility for obesity.

Product Description: Revision of: Drug therapy and postpartum disorders. 2004.

Product Description: Originally published: Drug therapy and psychosomatic disorders / by Autumn Libal. 2004.