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Encyclopedia of Mental Health, Second Edition, Four Volume Set tackles the subject of mental health, arguably one of the biggest issues facing modern society. The book presents… Read more
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Encyclopedia of Mental Health, Second Edition, Four Volume Set tackles the subject of mental health, arguably one of the biggest issues facing modern society. The book presents a comprehensive overview of the many genetic, neurological, social, and psychological factors that affect mental health, also describing the impact of mental health on the individual and society, and illustrating the factors that aid positive mental health.
The book contains 245 peer-reviewed articles written by more than 250 expert authors and provides essential material on assessment, theories of personality, specific disorders, therapies, forensic issues, ethics, and cross-cultural and sociological aspects. Both professionals and libraries will find this timely work indispensable.
Topics included:
Adolescence.
Aggression.
Aging and Mental Health.
Alcohol Problem
Anger
Anxiety
Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Behavioral Genetics
Behavior Therapy
Bereavement
Body Image
Body Rhythms/Body Clocks
Borderline Personality Disorder
Brain Development and Plasticity
Coping
Cognitive Development
Chronic Ilness and Mental Health
Depression
Dying
Emotional intelligence
Food, nutrition and mental health
Guilt and shame
Humour and mental health
Moral development
Obesity
Personality Assesment
Personality Disorders
Psychotherapy
Positive psychology
Religion, Spirituality, and Mental Health
Resilience
Schizophrenia
Self-esteem
Sexual Disorders and Dysfunction
Smoking and nicotine
Suicide
Sport and mental health
... and many more
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Professor Friedman is an elected Fellow of the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research, an Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), an elected Fellow of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, and a thrice-elected Fellow of the American Psychological Association. In 2015, he was selected as the Faculty Research Lecturer at the University of California, Riverside, which is “the highest honor that the Academic Senate bestows.”
Dr. Friedman’s research centers around the relations of mental and physical health. He has received research grants from the National Institute of Mental Health, the American Cancer Society, the American Heart Association, the National Science Foundation, and the National Institute on Aging. His wide-ranging interests and integrative orientation served him well in editing this Encyclopedia.
Devoted also to teaching, Professor Friedman has received many teaching awards, including the Elizabeth Hurlock Beckman Award, for “inspiring students to make a difference in the community.” He has also received UC Riverside’s Distinguished Teaching Award and the Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research mentoring.