Category: Textbooks

DSM-V broke new ground in May of 2013, labeling a new disorder called “behavioral addiction.” Clinicians instantly wanted to know: how is a behavioral addiction different from an impulse control disorder? What are the criteria for determining that some behaviors are addictions instead of impulses? What, if anything, does this

In this entirely revised and updated edition, Burman’s Deconstructing Developmental Psychology, 3rd Edition, (PDF) interrogates the assumptions and practices around the psychology of child development, offering a critical evaluation of the role and contribution of developmental psychology within social practice. After the second edition was published, there have been many major

If you’re a security or network professional, you already know the “don’ts and do’s”: run an AV software and firewalls, use encryption, watch network traffic, lock down your systems, hire expensive consultants, follow best practices, . . . but it’s simply not working. You are at greater risk than ever,

The primary in a new four-volume series, Operative Techniques in Gynecologic Surgery: Gynecology, (PDF) offers superbly illustrated, authoritative guidance on operative techniques together with a thorough understanding of how to select the best procedure, how to prevent complications, and what results to expect. Up to date, easy to follow, and

This ebook, An Anthropology of Learning: On Nested Frictions in Cultural Ecologies (PDF) has one explicit purpose: to present a new theory of cultural learning in organisations which combines practice-based learning with cultural models – a cognitive anthropological schema theory of taken-for-granted connections – tied to the everyday meaningful use