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With origins dating back to 1478, Oxford University Press (OUP) is the world's largest university press with the widest global presence. OUP’s academic publishing includes a wide array of scholarly and general interest books, journals, and online products that span the entire academic and higher education spectrum.
OUP's publishing in psychology represent all the principal subfields: clinical psychology, cognitive neuroscience, cognitive psychology, counseling psychology, developmental psychology, health psychology, the history of psychology, industrial /organization psychology, methods and measurement in psychology, neuropsychology, and personality and social psychology.
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Integrative care - a patient-centered philosophy that focuses on individualized conceptualizations of comprehensive, holistic health - is an increasingly important initiative in healthcare including music therapy. http://bit.ly/Integrative_Health
Understanding the impact and long term effects of childhood trauma is essential for helping adolescent transition to adulthood. Below are resources for all professionals who work in child mental health fields.
Creating safe environments for traumatized children in schools http://bit.ly/30sZz5B
Treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder in children and adolescents http://bit.ly/2VvWDSb
... Assessment considerations for therapy with adolescents experiencing PTSD http://bit.ly/30uSjpQ
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Along with Child Mental Health Awareness Month, May is also National Foster Care Month. Children in and aging out of foster care are among the most vulnerable kids that counselors, therapists, and educators work with. Approaching work with these children and adolescents with sensitivity, awareness, and the latest research on evidence-based care is essential. We've collected below just a few of the resources Oxford has published on the topic.
On addressing anxiety, trauma, and... post-traumatic stress disorder in youth leaving foster care http://bit.ly/30iEQS8
Counseling students living in foster care in schools http://bit.ly/2URunJs
On developing resilience in young adulthood http://bit.ly/30cG8y5
Helping youth in foster care better manage transitions http://bit.ly/2VhTqWk
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"Identity-based retirement is a psychosocial process of identity transition and search for meaning"
It seems so obvious as to not need saying, but the mental health needs and problems can be very different for children and adults. Below are a just a few essential readings for understanding depression, anxiety, emotional regulation, and other common mental health issues for children and adolescents.
Introduction to Preadolescent Depression http://bit.ly/2vHTyE0
Emotional Regulation and Psychopathology in Children and Adolescents http://bit.ly/2vLif2v
... Phobic and Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents http://bit.ly/2WyIRj8
Child and Adolescent Mental-Health Disorders http://bit.ly/2vLGM7N
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May 6th is Child Mental Health Awareness Day! Imagine the difference if we were all just a little more aware, more sensitive, and more well informed about the mental health needs of children and adolescents.
Enjoy this collection of readings on childhood health, trauma, foster care, and more from Oxford University Press.
Build your library this May!
We've collected just a small number of our books on child and adolescent mental health. We've got picks for parents, advocates, clinicians, and educators.
May is Children's Mental Health Awareness Month. Follow along with us all month as we explore the needs, advocacy, research, and treatments for children and adolescents! http://bit.ly/2GIp6yO
Dr. Robert J Wicks, author of, "Night Call: Embracing Compassion and Hope in a Troubled World", demonstrates the importance of self-care by discussing his own experiences with intersecting personal and professional stress http://bit.ly/2WgJNZd
We typically thinking of social work as a helping professions driven by heart and hands., but the profession is rooted in a long history of philosophical and scientific rigor, from American pragmatism to the development of the biopsychosocial perspective. Read on to learn more about the head of social work.
A recently published paper has attracted much media attention for its analysis of a subject that has long been debated: how do our beliefs about male-female differences influence our decision-making? Specifically, do our beliefs about the pain expressions of boys and girls influence our assessment of their pain experience? http://bit.ly/2YYyTZJ
Congratulations to Ron Avi Astor and Rami Benbenishty on winning the 2019 SSWAA book award for both Welcoming Practices and Mapping and Monitoring Bullying and Violence!
You can read more about the importance of welcoming practices to establishing a safe and respectful school climate http://bit.ly/2OIFX86
On #WorldAutismAwarenessDay, here are some wise words on the difference between Autism Awareness and Autism Acceptance. Writer, poet, dancer and musician Mara Chasar challenges us to re-evaluate our attitudes towards #autism. Read more about what she has to say: http://bit.ly/2FDxkcg
Dorothea Dix’s compassionate work and dedicated effort for over forty years helped open the eyes of many to the plight of the mentally ill. Her distinguished career as an advocate for reform has earned her an important place in history as well as the respect of people around the world. Discover her inspiring story: http://bit.ly/2Cp6tPd #WomensHistoryMonth
Your women's history month reading won't be complete until you've added this excerpt from Gail Ukockis's Misogyny to your reading list.
"The ‘my oppression is greater than your oppression’ game doesn’t benefit anyone or anything but the status quo. In this historical moment, we do not have the luxury of splintering in pursuit of ideological purity. "
You may have encountered the Stroop Effect before, but never known it's name. One of psychology's best known phenomena, it's originator and namesake John Ridley Stroop was born #OTD in 1897. Test your cognitive processing speed with these images, and remember: say the colors not the words! Learn more: http://bit.ly/2U1aWl2
Social Work is a profession of ambition. In 2016 the Academy of Social Work & Social Welfare identified the twelve most pressing societal problems and vowed to work towards finding solutions. The Grand Challenges for Social Work are:
1) Ensure healthy development for all youth 2) Close the health gap 3) Stop family violence... 4) Advance long and productive lives 5) Eradicate social isolation 6) End homelessness 7) Create social responses to a changing environment 8) harness technology for social good 9) Promote smart decarceration 10) Reduce extreme economic inequality 11) Build financial capability for all 12) Achieve equal opportunity and justice
Click to read more about how these goals were identified and the 10 year plan to achieve them. #socialworkmonth #elevatesocialwork
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Have you heard of Mary Whiton Calkins? Once ranked the 12th most influential psychologist in America, her contributions to the field were significant and included the invention of a memory technique of paired associates still used in memory research today. She was also a trailblazer, becoming not only the first woman to earn a doctoral degree in psychology, but the first female president of the American Psychological Association. Learn more about her extraordinary life http://bit.ly/2F606Cb