Published October, 2007
By Di McIntyre and Gavin Mooney
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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This book is about equity in health and health care. It explores why, despite being seen as an important goal, health equity has not made more progress within countries and globally, and what needs to change for there to be greater success in delivering fairness.

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Published October, 2007
By Jay D. Amsterdam, Mady Hornig and Andrew A. Nierenberg
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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A substantial proportion of patients suffering from depression fail to respond to antidepressants, yet there is little published information available to clinicians for diagnosis and management of treatment-resistant depression. This timely book gives a critical assessment of all aspects of treatment and will be invaluable to clinicians and professionals.

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Published October, 2007
By Robert A. Aronowitz
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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In the early nineteenth century in the United States, cancer in the breast was a rare disease. Now it seems that breast cancer is everywhere. Written by a medical historian who is also a doctor, Unnatural History tells how and why this happened.

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Published September, 2007
By Tim Shallice and Giuseppe Vallar
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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This work summarizes the empirical and theoretical work on impairments of short-term memory (often caused by damage in the left cerebral hemisphere) and contains chapters from virtually every scientist in Europe and North America working on the problem.

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Published September, 2007
By Mircea Steriade and Denis Pare
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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The correct functioning of the mammalian brain depends on the co-ordinated activity of many different parts - from cells to systems. How these component parts interact determines various behaviours and outcomes. The authors describe how these interactions work in both normal conditions and in diseased states.

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Published September, 2007
By Norman Sartorius, Armand W. Loranger and Aleksandar Janca
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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A cross-culturally acceptable diagnostic instrument, IPDE provides a reliable means of measuring the hitherto neglected categories of personality pathology. Written by leading authorities, this volume forms an invaluable reference manual to the IPDE instrument and its development including interview schedules and scoring directions.

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Published September, 2007
By Mary F. Morrison
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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This clinical reference addresses the hormonal basis of mental disorders in older people. Written by an eminent team of psychiatrists, psychologists, geriatricians and neuropharmacologists, it ranges from the impact of hormones on pain tolerance and anorexia to attention, depression, immunity, cardiovascular and cognitive function, and psychosis.

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Published September, 2007
By Carol L. Kessler, Louis James Kraus and Louis Kraus
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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The majority of young people in the American juvenile justice system have diagnosable mental illnesses, but these often remain undetected and untreated. In this book, a team of experts examines epidemiology, screening, diagnosis and treatment. They also cover innovative alternatives to detention; ethical dilemmas; preventive strategies; and integrated cross-disciplinary approaches.

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Published September, 2007
By Bert van Luyn, Salman Akhtar and W. John Livesley
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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This book is about understanding and managing patients with severe personality disorders. It covers biological, psychoanalytic and cognitive behavioral approaches and provides a pragmatic guide to best practice.

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Published September, 2007
By William C. Aird
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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The first book to systematically integrate knowledge about the endothelium from different organ-specific disciplines.

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