YOUR Career: Navigate Your Path to Career Success

Author(s): Kenneth Buckley, Jeffrey S. Stubbs, Michael C. Estepp

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Drugs, Brain, and Behavior

Author(s): John Salamone

It has been more than more than half a century since the “Psychopharmacology Revolution” swept through modern society, radically changing mental health practice, and altering the way people view psychiatric disorders. Large numbers of people in the US and other countries are now being treated with p...

Media Law: A Guide to Understanding Mass Communication Law

Author(s): Mark P. Hanebutt

The health of the American democracy in the 21st Century will depend largely upon the health of American media. Information is the lifeblood of a free republic. Yet, the internet and social media have provided media professionals with new legal challenges regarding privacy, security and credibility....

We Hate Team Projects! A Friendly, Useful Guide for College Student Teams

Author(s): Scott Behson, Stephen Bear

We get it - you've been burned by team projects before. We Hate Team Projects! A Friendly, Useful Guide for College Student Teams provides practical advice and easy-to-use templates to help you avoid common team problems, do better work, have less stress, and have more fun. This guidebook provide...

Criminal Justice and Mental Health: An Evidence Based Approach

Author(s): Hayden Smith

Criminal Justice and Mental Health: An Evidence Based Approach details the historical, social, and policy influences that have led to the criminal justice system now serving as a default mental health system. The three largest mental health facilities in the United States are jails and prisons and t...

The Structural Determinants of Drug Use: A Primer on Addiction

Author(s): Heather Henderson

The Structural Determinants of Drug Use: A Primer on Addiction provides an introductory overview of drug use, addiction, and treatment in America through the lenses of public health, medicine, anthropology, history, public policy, media, academia, and the arts. Upon completion, readers will gain the...

A Step-by-Step Guide to Conducting Quantitative Research

Author(s): Bunnie Loree Claxton, Michelle Barthlow

A Step-By-Step Guide to Conducting Quantitative Applied Research in Education features a thorough explanation of frequently used quantitative designs and statistics in social science research. The guide assists in selecting the appropriate design and statistic and provides model write-ups of rationa...

Trauma and Resilience in the Criminal Justice System

Author(s): Denise Leifker, Carolyn Dallinger

Trauma and Resilience in the Criminal Justice System will help criminal justice practitioners, as well as students, develop skills to be the most effective professionals possible by increasing awareness and pointing out places for empathy and change. Readers will examine the enforcement, court, and ...

Missouri Politics: Government in the Show-Me State

Author(s): Elizabeth Dorssom

This book looks at the political status of Missouri in the United States. This comprehensive book explores the Show-Me State’s rich political tradition through a comparative approach. The author describes Missouri’s political system and traditions in context with other states’ constitutions, policym...

Equity and Inclusion in Psychology

Author(s): Batsheva Guy

Equity and Inclusion in Psychology covers an exploration of diversity and inclusion in psychology, including topics such as cultural competence, intersectionality, stereotypes and prejudice, cross-cultural psychology, diversity in assessment and therapy, organizational and community settings, psycho...