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This volume consists of papers written by eminent scientists from the international mathematical community, who present the recent research concerning the problem of Plateau after its classical solution by Jesse Douglas and Tibor Rado. The contributing papers provide insight and perspective on various problems in modern topics of calculus of variations, global differential geometry and global nonlinear analysis as related to the problem of plateau. ... Read more

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***This book has won first prize in the Mental Health category of the 2009 British Medical Association Medical Book Competition***

Mastering cognitive-behavior therapy for the common, yet difficult-to-treat aspects of severe mental illness has now been made easier with Cognitive-Behavior Therapy for Severe Mental Illness. This practical and insightful guide distills into one volume CBT techniques for individual therapy and video demonstrations on DVD that illustrate how these techniques can be used to tackle a wide range of severe clinical problems. The authors provide a host of functional strategies for treating patients with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and treatment-refractory depression. Their easy-to-read guide promotes practitioners skill building including how to design useful interventions, provide effective psychoeducation, and engage patients in effective therapeutic relationships. Authoritative and engaging, the authors cover specific symptoms in detail, outlining methods to promote treatment adherence and to help patients prevent relapse, reduce delusional thinking, cope with hallucinations, solve problems unresponsive to medication, and cope with dysfunctional relationships. The eighteen videos depict CBT in action, demonstrating such scenarios as tracing origins of paranoia and formulating an antisuicide plan. Featuring learning exercises, worksheets, and checklists, the book is an ideal companion to the authors widely used text Learning Cognitive-Behavior Therapy, building on its critically acclaimed methodology to offer proven guidelines for effective treatment. ... Read more

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A Professional's Guide
As a practicing psychologist working in the area of major mental illness, I recommend this book.The authors provide both the theoretical understanding and practical interventions necessary in working effectively with this population.In addition to DVD provides illustration of just how to engage and work with persons with major mental illness.

CBT severe
This resource book and dvd has assisted me in the treatment of SPMI patients.The psycheducation handouts are welcomed by patients.

An ideal and highly recommended instructional reference for psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, and others
Even with the impressive advances of medications for chronic mental illness disorders, 'talk therapy' and behavioral conditioning play immensely relevant and critically important aspects of treatment programs. "Cognitive-Behavior Therapy For Severe Mental Illness: An Illustrated Guide" by the team of mental health professionals Jesse H. Wright, Douglas Turkington, David G. Kingdon, and Monica Ramirez Basco provides students and practitioners with a compendium of practical, illustrated information and applicable, illustrative insights into CBT techniques when working with schizophrenic, bipolar, and treatment-resistant depression cases. Enhanced with an accompanying DVD, and a core addition to academic library Psychiatry/Psychology collections, "Cognitive-Behavior Therapy For Severe Mental Illness" is an ideal and highly recommended instructional reference for psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, and others in the mental health field.
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This digital document is an article from Wilson Bulletin, published by Wilson Ornithological Society on September 1, 1997. The length of the article is 2931 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: Two incidents of Nuttall's sparrows learning Gambel sparrow songs in the wild are reported. Previously the songs could be learned only in a laboratory setting. The Nuttalls are circumannual residents in the San Francisco Bay Area while the Gambels are winter visitors. The songs of the two species are different from each other in terms of syllable structure and syntax. Results of the study show that the Nuttalls can learn Gamble songs but this happens very rarely in the wild because the Gambels migrate into the region only during the winter.

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Title: Acquisition and recall of Gambel's sparrow dialects by Nuttall's white-crowned sparrows in the wild.
Author: Luis F. Baptista
Publication: Wilson Bulletin (Refereed)
Date: September 1, 1997
Publisher: Wilson Ornithological Society
Volume: v109Issue: n3Page: p516(6)

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Addresses delivered by Jesse Douglas, Philip Franklin, Cassius Jackson Keyser, and Leopold Infeld at the Galois Institute of Matematics Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY. ... Read more

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56 color photos
* 202 color drawings
* 6 x 9
* Guide to one of the nation's most popular national parks
* Illustrated in full color

Praise for Wuerthner's Grand Canyon:

"The best, most useful and most attractive [book] I have seen on the canyon."--Stephen Allen, publisher of The Guide

The ecosystems within Olympic National Park are diverse--from coastline to forest--and support a variety of birds, reptiles, amphibians, fishes, mammals, and plants. Olympic describes and illustrates in full color each of these plant and animal species and explores the park's geological history, land use issues, native people and past explorers--at once a traveler's guide, field guide, and natural history of one of America's most popular and extraordinary national parks.

George Wuerthner has written more than 20 books including Grand Canyon: A Visitor's Companion. He lives in Livingston, Montana. Natural science illustrator Douglas W. Moore lives in Tucson, AZ. ... Read more

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A very good introduction to the Olympic Peninsula
The primary focus of this excellent "visitor's guide" is not on specific places to tour (although its contents do suggest many destinations simply by portraying them), but instead on understanding the natural and human history of the area.After living on and exploring the Olympic Peninsula for several years, I found that I was frequently recommending Weurthner's "Olympic" to visitors and newcomers as an invaluable introductory examination of the region's mountains, rain forests, shorelines and history.

Starting with geology, the author explains the attributes that shaped the area's land forms and natural ecosystems and then examines the long history of the competition between those seeking to preserve the heart of the peninsula and those viewing its rich timber resources as a proper target for human exploitation, a clash of interests that has not ended.Throughout, the writing is efficient, clear, and free of jargon.

Although the book devotes its final pages to an abbreviated pictorial field guide for some regional flora and fauna (sufficient, perhaps, for a casual visiting naturalist), the meat of this book is its broader look at the region as a whole - its origins, geology, climate, unique ecological features, and the influences of industrial-age mankind.The book is well organized and written, with excellent illustrative photos, and it welcomes an interested reader.It is, as its title forthrightly states, a "visitor's guide" - those who seek a more comprehensive study of the area's natural history likely will follow this book with Arthur Kruckeberg's encyclopedic (and much weightier) "The Natural History of Puget Sound Country".
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High-Yield Cognitive-Behavior Therapy for Brief Sessions: An Illustrated Guide breaks entirely new ground in explaining how to weave together the powerful tools of CBT with pharmacotherapy in sessions shorter than the traditional 50-minute hour. Written for psychiatrists, therapists, and other clinicians, the book details ways to enrich brief sessions with practical CBT interventions that work to relieve symptoms and promote wellness.An engaging and instructive resource of video illustrations included with the book demonstrates how to successfully implement brief CBT sessions for some of the most common and important problems seen in clinical practice depression, anxiety, psychotic symptoms, suicidality, sleep disturbances, substance abuse, and coping with physical health issues. Written by practicing clinicians with extensive experience in combining CBT and pharmacotherapy, this volume builds on the constructs and techniques described in the authors earlier best-selling illustrated guides, Learning Cognitive-Behavior Therapy and Cognitive-Behavior Therapy for Severe Mental Illness.A must-read for working clinicians as well as trainees, this book offers pragmatic solutions for the challenge of providing effective psychotherapy in brief treatment sessions. ... Read more

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Chapters: Stephen A. Douglas, George Ryan, Michael Howlett, Jesse White, Jim Edgar, Lyman Trumbull, Alan J. Dixon, Illinois Secretary of State, Samuel D. Lockwood, List of Illinois Secretaries of State, Paul Powell, Morris Birkbeck, George Forquer, Thompson Campbell, William H. Hinrichsen, Elias Kane, Lewis Stevenson, Louis Lincoln Emmerson, Alexander P. Field. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 82. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Stephen Arnold Douglas (April 23, 1813 June 3, 1861) was an American politician from the western state of Illinois, and was the Northern Democratic Party nominee for President in 1860. He lost to the Republican Party's candidate, Abraham Lincoln, whom he had defeated two years earlier in a Senate contest following a famed series of debates. He was nicknamed the "Little Giant" because he was short of stature but was considered by many a "giant" in politics. Douglas was well-known as a resourceful party leader, and an adroit, ready, skillful tactician in debate and passage of legislation. As chairman of the Committee on Territories, Douglas dominated the Senate in the 1850s. He was largely responsible for the Compromise of 1850 that apparently settled slavery issues. However, in 1854 he reopened the slavery question by the highly controversial Kansas-Nebraska Act that allowed the people of the new territories to decide for themselves whether or not to have slavery (which had been prohibited by earlier compromises). The protest movement against this became the Republican Party. Douglas supported the Dred Scott Supreme Court decision of 1857, and denied that it was part of a Southern plot to introduce slavery in the Northern states; but also argued it could not be effective when the people of a territory declined to pass laws supporting it. When President Ja...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=22418929 ... Read more

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Designed for learner-focused, computer classroom, lab-based, and distance learning courses, adopting institutions receive and have license to install all TLE courses on their campus computers, even if they only adopt and have students purchase TLE for one section of one course.The pedagogical model employs a "Guided Inquiry" approach whereby students construct their own understanding of concepts. Instead of passively being fed information, students are actively involved in tasks requiring them to discover or apply mathematical concepts. The browser-based course management system that accompanies TLE includes a new testing system that allows for the easy creation of algorithmically-generated, machine-graded, free-response mathematics practice, quizzes, and tests, giving instructors the power to assess student understanding of skills in a more meaningful way. Because the testing and course management system is browser-based, it can be used on a stand alone or networked computer, or any computer with Internet access, giving instructors the power to access course management information such as student progress, time-on-task, and grades, anytime, anywhere. Students working off campus can upload course management information remotely using the Internet or can save this information to a floppy disk. In addition, adopting institutions may use Thomson Learning servers for course management at no additional cost. ... Read more