Psychology & Psychiatry : Education & Training

Developing Helping Skills is a useful resource for understanding the aims and developing the essential skills, involved in counselling, helping situations and interviews. In each chapter, the important skills are defined and illustrated, and numerous exercises are provided to help ensure skill building through practise. As you work your way through the chapters, along with the satisfaction of seeing your listening and interviewing skills grow, you will gain a deeper understanding of yourself and will be better able to apply your new or enhanced skills when interacting with others, whether in professional or social situations. Developing Helping Skills is written for a range of professional groups including teachers, clergy, nurses, general practitioners, human resource managers, police, lawyers, childcare professionals and fi nancial consultants. It could be used as either a self-help manual or for group training. Effective counselling skills and insights have much to offer professionals who can promote satisfactory life adjustment and useful coping styles among their clients and colleagues. more...

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Boost Your grades with this fully illustrated quick-study guide. You will use it from an undergraduate school all the way to medical school. Audience: Intended for everyone interested in psychology, particularly undergraduate. and graduate students, medical students, nursing, and dental students. Features.:.; Fully illustrated anatomical diagrams.; Clear and concise explanations.; Search for the words or phrases.; Designed for optimal navigation on PDA, Smartphone, Tablet, and desktop devices.; Formatted to display on all electronic devices including Smartphones and Mobile Devices with a small display. Table of Contents.:.; I. Introduction.; II. Neuropsychology.; III. Sensory Systems.; IV. Perception.; V. Learning and Memory.; VI. Thinking, Language, Intelligence.; VII. Development.; VIII. Personality, Mind, and Social Psychology.; IX. Abnormal Psychology.; X. Psychoactive Drugs. I. Introduction. Introduction: History | Principles | Scope | Research psychology. | Applied psychology | Research methods | Criticism. II. Neuropsychology. Neuron: Axon | Dendrite | Synapse | Neurotransmitters | Action Potential. | Postsynaptic Potential. Nervous System Organization: Brain | Spinal cord | Central nervous system. | Peripheral nervous system | Somatic nervous system | Autonomic nervous system. Brain Stem: Medulla oblongata | Pons | Midbrain. Diencephalon: Thalamus | Hypothalamus | Pituitary gland. Telencephalon : Brain | Gyri and sulci | Brodmann area | Cerebral cortex. | Cerebral hemisphere | Lateralization of brain function | Frontal lobe | Occipital. lobe | Parietal lobe | Temporal lobe | Corpus callosum | Fornix. Limbic System : Amygdala | Cingulate gyrus | Fornicate gyrus | Hippocampus. | Hypothalamus | Mammillary body | Nucleus accumbens | Orbitofrontal cortex. | Parahippocampal gyrus. III. Sensory Systems. Visual system: Eye | Lateral geniculate nucleus | Optic radiation |. Visual cortex. Auditory system: Outer ear | Middle ear | Cochlea | Medial geniculate. nuclei | more...

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