Category: E-Books

Caring for the Vulnerable: Perspectives in Nursing Theory, Practice, and Research 5th edition (PDF) focuses on vulnerable populations and how nurses can care for them, conduct research, develop programs for them, and influence health policy. Units 1 and 2 focus on theories and concepts; Unit 3 on research; Units 4,

American Corrections, 2nd Edition, (PDF) offers you an issues-oriented, contemporary introduction that covers every aspect of corrections, prompting you to think critically about complex issues that are affecting the current U.S. correctional system. Incorporating the most recent research, theory, and data available, the 2nd Edition encourages you to explore the

The significantly expanded and updated new 2nd edition of a widely used textbook on reinforcement learning, one of the most active research areas in artificial intelligence. Reinforcement learning, one of the most active research areas in artificial intelligence, is a computational approach to learning whereby an agent tries to maximize

Modeling the Psychopathological Dimensions of Schizophrenia: From Molecules to Behavior (PDF) is the first ebook to offer a comprehensive review of the new clinical, theoretical, and basic research framework that considers psychotic illness as a group of dimensional representations of psychopathology rather than as traditional distinct categorical diagnoses. Psychotic illness,

The Wiley Handbook of Developmental Psychopathology, (PDF) provides a concise, up-to-date, and international overview of the study of developmental psychopathology. Moves outside a disorder-based discussion to address issues that cut across diagnostic categories Considers the societal, legal, and policy impacts of changes to diagnostic categories in the light of the transition