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Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy with ADHD Children: Child, Family, and School Interventions

This important volume provides a scholarly overview of the status of ADHD and related conditions, and offers practical treatment guidelines for the clinician. The first three chapters lay the groundwork for the authors’ approach and introduce the reader to the issues surrounding ADHD, what is under

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The Cambridge Handbook of Computational Psychology (Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology)

This book is a definitive reference source for the growing, increasingly more important, and interdisciplinary field of computational cognitive modeling, that is, computational psychology. It combines breadth of coverage with definitive statements by leading scientists in this field. Research in computational cognitive modeling explores the essence of cognition through developing detailed, process-based understanding by specifying computational mechanisms, structures, and processes. Computational models provide both conceptual clarity and precision at the same time. This book substantiates this approach through overviews and many examples.

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Lewis’s Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: A Comprehensive Textbook, 4th Edition (Lewis, Lewis’s Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)

Established for fifteen years as the standard work in the field, Melvin Lewis’s Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: A Comprehensive Textbook is now in its Fourth Edition. Under the editorial direction of Andrés Martin and Fred R. Volkmar—two of Dr. Lewis’s colleagues at the world-renowned Yale Child Study Center—this classic text emphasizes the relationship between basic science and clinical research and integrates scientific principles with the realities of drug interactions.

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Cognitive Development: Infancy Through Adolescence

This innovative text by Kathleen M. Galotti is a dynamic look at the cognitive abilities of infants, preschoolers, children, and adolescents. It weaves together a variety of theoretical perspectives, and considers issues of research methodology carefully. The organization of the book is chronological, giving students a look at the “whole child,” although certain chapters feature a hybrid organization to consider special topics. Up to date, detailed, and written in Galotti’s clear, engaging, and personal style, this book is likely to be one both undergraduate and graduate students find compelling. Pedagogical features include chapter summaries, review questions that promote critical thinking, and a detailed glossary.

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