Product Description: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is a common condition that affects both children and adults, and can have serious consequences for academic, emotional, social, and occupational functioning. When properly identified and diagnosed, however, there are many interventions for the disorder that have established benefits...read more

Product Description: Physicians and allied health care professionals are graduating with in-depth knowledge of disease states and therapeutics, but little, if any practical knowledge of managed care systems. Nevertheless, managed care is so prevalent that in 1998, 85 per cent of the US working population was in some form of managed care network and one third of the physicians in practice were enrolled in managed care panels...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

High-risk sexual behavior has been linked to social problems such as substance abuse, domestic violence, homelessness, and deprivation. This volume's unique multidisciplinary biopsychosocial approach combines relevant medical information regarding disease states with the cultural, social, and psychological facets of successful prevention programs. Becker and Rankin outline specific interventions that address the needs of particularly vulnerable populations: women, ethnic minorities, and the gay community. Useful chapter summaries which review the pros and cons of different approaches will aid both the student and the practitioner.

Product Description: Georgetown Univ. Washington, D.C. Concise text on the need for economical national prevention programs. Discusses social policy and risk factors effecting children. For the professional policy maker and mental health practitioner. Softcover. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: First published in 1989. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Product Description: Rickel and Allen demonstrate that prevention work must draw from many areas of research and that sensitivity is essential to a variety of issues related to child, parent, and family dysfunction and social policy. The book begins with an historical overview of prevention research, essential concepts and research practices for identifying populations at risk, and other types of intervention programmes...read more