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This beautifully written book ... clearly explains the application of psychological concepts and theories to health and succinctly summarises key issues. Each chapter also provides a series of vignettes capturing the kind of real-life situations health and social care professionals will encounter in their own practice and a set of thought-provoking exercises ... These will be invaluable in developing critical thinking skills and growing the ca...

Intends to offer a comprehensive review of concepts that are central to our understanding of the psychology of health, including perceived control, locus of control, learned helplessness, self-efficacy and social support. This book aims to reduce the confusions that result from common variations in interpretation and usage.

In a story based on the adventures of the author's cousin, an American businesswoman with three failed marriages and no children moves to the Kingdom of Tonga in the South Pacific to raise spiny lobsters in the sea. She lives in a palm-frond fale without electricity or running water, struggles against humanity and nature, and learns about love.

Activities and supplements designed for use by offenders doing time inside prison or jail, or participating in reentry programs in community corrections.

As I go on in this life, a verse from Psalm 16 is my story: "You will show me the path of life. In your presence there is fullness of joy." That path has taken me on adventures wanted and unwanted, and led to dreams that came true and dreams that died along the way. That is my story so far. I've come to know that each of us is a story and how we tell our story makes a difference as we walk through this world. We all have broken pieces of ourse...

As I go on in this life, a verse from Psalm 16 is my story: "You will show me the path of life. In your presence there is fullness of joy." That path has taken me on adventures wanted and unwanted, and led to dreams that came true and dreams that died along the way. That is my story so far. I've come to know that each of us is a story and how we tell our story makes a difference as we walk through this world. We all have broken pieces of ourse...

They've heard it said, these walls, that walls have ears. They've heard the prayers of thanks for their lack of tongues. Foolish are those who trust the silence, for the walls hold onto memories. They know more than smoke and wine, they know where the body lies. Beth Marasich and her cousin Dani Manette Marasich, both just turning 15, are about as different as their hometowns-Old Town Tacoma and Tiburon California. Put them together for the su...

Meet Romar Jones, 15 1/2, basketball player with months to go before the next season and no one who cares about him since Granny died. His dad's been dead for two years. When his 9th grade language arts teacher says pay attention to the poetry unit or take a hike, Romar opts for the hike, leaves Roseburg, Oregon, and embarks on a journey to find his mother. He knows she's in prison in Washington. He shrugs on his dad's trail-guide backpack, an...

Prison education programs save taxpayer dollars and lead to rebuilding families and communities. In Unlocking Minds in Lockup, Jan Walker shows you inmates choosing to learn, think and prepare for release to their communities as contributing adults and involved parents. She taught parenting, family relationships and social responsibility classes inside women's and men's prisons for 18 years. She developed curriculum specific to her students ne...

This book makes the task of interpreting statistical findings much more approachable and less daunting for those with little, or no, previous experience, and will provide a valuable reference for the more experienced researcher. I would recommend it to any student undertaking a Nursing Research module."Conor Hamilton, Student Nurse, Queen's University Belfast, UKNeed help interpreting other people's health research?This book offers guidance fo...

Need help interpreting other people's health research?This book offers guidance for students undertaking a critical review of quantitative research papers and will also help health professionals to understand and interpret statistical results within health-related research papers. The book requires little knowledge of statistics, includes worked examples and is broken into the following sections:A worked example of a published RCT and a health...