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  • Cultural Competency in Psychological Assessment

    Working Effectively With Latinx Populations

    by Alfonso Mercado, Amanda Venta ...
    Series series ABCT CLINICAL PRACTICE SERIES
    The Latinx population has experienced fast growth and is highly diverse, for example, in terms of immigration status, being born in the United States or other countries of origin, cultural variation, skin color, and language preference. Access to linguistically and culturally relevant services is crucial yet extremely limited. Assessment is an essential aspect of ethical mental health practice and ... Read more

    $44.99 CAD

  • Radical Psychology

    Multicultural and Social Justice Decolonization Initiatives

    by Don Coyhis, Pamela Jumper-Thurman, Alfonso Mercado, Hanna Moore, Kim Nguyen-Finn, Barbara Plested, Bonita Veysey, Susan O. Gelberg, Mathew A. Poteet1, David D. Moore3, Jessica L. Binkley4, Kateri D. Coyhis5, Jerome M. Fischer6, Fred C. Miller7, Amanda C. Venta8, Carolyn M. West9 ...
    Radical Psychology outlines the psychological factors that shape multicultural competency and social justice effectiveness, such as implicit and explicit biases, difficulties in accurate self-assessment of cultural competency and social justice skills, and the historical biases that continue to shape Western psychological training and practice. This book provides a challenging balance between ... Read more

    $55.99 CAD

  • Multiregional Flood Footprint Analysis

    An Appraisal of the Economic Impact of Flooding Events

    by David Mendoza-Tinoco, Alfonso Mercado-Garcia, Dabo Guan ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    The climate is changing, bringing with it increasing natural disasters around the world. The progress of societies lies in their ability to adapt to the new climatic conditions. Effective climate-adaptation strategies must be based in the sound analysis of the costs of the disasters, as well as the potential benefits and beneficiaries of adaptation strategies. This book offers an appraisal method ... Read more

    $57.99 CAD

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    Social Contexts, Theories, and Systems

    Edited by Teresa L. Scheid, Tony N. Brown ...
    The second edition of A Handbook for the Study of Mental Health provides a comprehensive review of the sociology of mental health. Chapters by leading scholars and researchers present an overview of historical, social and institutional frameworks. Part I examines social factors that shape psychiatric diagnosis and the measurement of mental health and illness, theories that explain the definition ... Read more

    $53.99 CAD

  • Economyths

    How the Science of Complex Systems is Transforming Economic Thought

    by David Orrell ...
    From the inability of wealth to make us happier, to our catastrophic blindness to the credit crunch, "Economyths" reveals ten ways in which economics has failed us all. Forecasters predicted a prosperous year in 2008 for financial markets - in one influential survey the average prediction was for an eleven per cent gain. But by the end of the year, the Standard and Poor's 500 index - a key ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • IAAP Handbook of Applied Psychology

    Edited by Paul R. Martin, Michael C. Knowles, Michael Kyrios, Lyn Littlefield, J. Bruce Overmier, José M. Prieto, Fanny Cheung ...
    The IAAP Handbook of Applied Psychology, an up-to-date and authoritative reference, provides a critical overview of applied psychology from an international perspective.Brings together articles by leading authorities from around the worldProvides the reader with a complete overview of the field and highlights key research findingsDivided into three parts: professional psychology, substantive areas ... Read more

    $243.99 CAD

  • The Blockchain Alternative

    Rethinking Macroeconomic Policy and Economic Theory

    by Kariappa Bheemaiah ...
    Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
    Examine what would happen if we were to deploy blockchain technology at the sovereign level and use it to create a decentralized cashless economy. This book explains how finance and economics work today, and how the convergence of various technologies related to the financial sector can help us find solutions to problems, such as excessive debt creation, banks getting too big to fail, and shadow ... Read more

    $42.99 CAD

  • Re-Thinking Autism

    Diagnosis, Identity and Equality

    by Saqib Latif, Tom Billington, Gail Simon, Richard Hassall, Brian McCabe, Anne McGuire, Dan Goodley, Rafaela Zorzanelli, Nick Hodge, Graham Collins, Kim Davies, Tom Muskett, Francisco Ortega, Clarice Rios, Ginny Russell, Mark Haydon Haydon Laurelut ...
    Challenging existing approaches to autism that limit, and sometimes damage, the individuals who attract and receive the label, this book questions the lazy prejudices and assumptions that can surround autism as a diagnosis in the 21st Century.Arguing that autism can only be understood through examining 'it' as a socially or culturally produced phenomenon, the authors offer a critique of the ... Read more

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  • The Economics of Water

    Rules and Institutions

    by Georg Meran, Markus Siehlow, Christian von Hirschhausen ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This open access textbook provides a concise introduction to economic approaches and mathematical methods for the study of water allocation and distribution problems. Written in an accessible and straightforward style, it discusses and analyzes central issues in integrated water resource management, water tariffs, water markets, and transboundary water management. By illustrating the interplay ... Read more

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  • A Handbook for the Study of Mental Health

    Social Contexts, Theories, and Systems

    Edited by Teresa L. Scheid, Eric R. Wright ...
    With chapters written by leading scholars and researchers, the third edition of A Handbook for the Study of Mental Health provides an updated, comprehensive review of the sociology of mental health. The volume presents an overview of the historical, social, and institutional frameworks for understanding mental health and illness. Part I examines the social factors that shape psychiatric diagnosis ... Read more

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  • Commodity Modeling and Pricing

    Methods for Analyzing Resource Market Behavior

    by Peter V. Schaeffer ...
    Series Book 514 - Wiley Finance
    Commodity Modeling and Pricing provides extensions and applications of state-of-the-art methods for analyzing resource commodity behavior. Drawing from the seminal work of Professor Walter Labys on the development of econometric methods for forecasting commodity prices, this collection of essays features expert contributors ranging from practitioners in private industry, public sector, and ... Read more

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  • Neuroscience of Prejudice and Intergroup Relations

    Edited by Belle Derks, Daan Scheepers, Naomi Ellemers ...
    Psychological research on the origins and consequences of prejudice, discrimination, and stereotyping has moved into previously uncharted directions through the introduction of neuroscientific measures. Psychologists can now address issues that are difficult to examine with traditional methodologies and monitor motivational and emotional as they develop during ongoing intergroup interactions, thus ... Read more

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