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Series: Routledge Advances in Disability Studies
In recent years, disability studies has been driven by a model of disability which focuses on the social and economic oppression of disabled people. Although an important counterbalance to a pathologising medical model, the social model risks presenting an impoverished and disembodied view of...
To Be Published July 8th 2012 by Routledge
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To Be Published August 29th 2012 by Routledge Academic
Series: Concepts for Critical Psychology
In this important contribution to the field, Ilana Mountian critically analyses discourses surrounding drug addiction, drug prohibition, treatment and prevention, and highlights new ways of understanding the role that gender plays in the ethics of drug use across cultures. The book analyses the...
To Be Published September 10th 2012 by Routledge
Series: Frontiers of Cognitive Psychology
Recent breakthroughs in a brain imaging and neuroscience make it possible for areas of the prefrontal cortex are associated with working memory to be viewed in action. This volume presents a state-of-the-art overview of many of the key applications of working memory research and theory to...
To Be Published October 9th 2012 by Psychology Press
Series: Routledge Studies in the Sociology of Health and Illness
Something is missing in contemporary health and social care. Health and illness is often measured in policy documents in economic terms, and clinical outcomes are enmeshed in statistical data, with the patient’s experience left to one side. This stimulating book is concerned with how to humanise...
To Be Published October 23rd 2012 by Routledge
"To be alone is to be different. To be different is to be alone, and to be in the interior of this fatal circle is to be lonely. To be lonely is to have failed." (Susan Schultz, 1976) Loneliness carries a significant social stigma, as lack of friendship and social ties is socially undesirable, and...
To Be Published October 31st 2012 by Routledge
Series: Routledge International Handbooks
There is a growing body of evidence to suggest that physical activity can be an inexpensive, safe and effective lifestyle intervention for the prevention and treatment of a wide range of mental health problems. As clinicians around the world look for evidence-based alternatives and complements to...
To Be Published December 29th 2012 by Routledge
Athletes routinely use psychological skills and interventions for performance enhancement but, perhaps surprisingly, not always to assist in recovery from injury. This book demonstrates the ways in which athletes and practitioners can transfer psychological skills to an injury and rehabilitation...
To Be Published March 14th 2013 by Routledge
