Published February, 2007
By Ariel Stravynski
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Is social phobia a disease or a purposeful interpersonal pattern of self-protection from social threats? This book attempts to clarify social phobia through the critical discussion of four questions: what is social phobia, what causes it, what is its nature and what kinds of treatments can improve it?

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Published February, 2007
By David Hamburg, Norman Sartorius and David A. Hamburg
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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There is clear evidence of causal links between specific forms of behaviour and the improvement or deterioration of health states. Unless human behaviour can be influenced, there can be no progress in promoting health, preventing disease and alleviating suffering.

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Published February, 2007
By Adrian T. Grounds, William Watson and Adrian Grounds
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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This book brings together the papers and a summary of the discussion presented at a Cropwood Round Table conference and seeks to define future needs and directions in legal and service provisions.

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Published February, 2007
By J. K. Wing, N. Sartorius, T. B. Üstün, T.B. Ustun and T. B. UEstun
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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A valuable reference manual which supports SCAN/PSE-10 in describing its rationale, development and an introduction to its uses.

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Published February, 2007
By Philip A. Schwartzkroin
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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This book provides a broad review of concepts in the field of epilepsy research and will be a valuable source of reference and knowledge for basic neuroscientists, as well as for neurologists and neurosurgeons with a special interest in the epilepsies.

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Published February, 2007
By Karol Sikora, Brian E. Huber, Ian Magrath and Ian T. Magrath
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Series: Cancer: Clinical Science in Practice
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Drawing on laboratory studies and clinical trials, including the work of the contributors themselves, this timely volume in the series Cancer: Clinical Science in Practice reviews progress in the fast-evolving field of gene therapy in oncology and looks forward to future developments.

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Published February, 2007
By Ramzy Yassa, N. P. V. Nair, Dilip V. Jeste and N.P.V. Nair
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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The most widely prescribed group of psychotropic drugs, neuroleptics, are associated with troublesome adverse effects, of which movement disorders are the most serious. This book deals with historical, clinical and neurobiological aspects of tardive dyskinesia and related movement disorders such as parkinsonism, dystonia and akathisia.

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Published February, 2007
By Edward G. Jones
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Edward G. Jones' The Thalamus is one of the most cited publications in neuroscience. Now more than 20 years on from its first printing, the author has completely rewritten his landmark volume, incorporating the numerous developments in research and understanding of the mammalian thalamus.

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Published January, 2007
By Peter W. Lucas
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Dental Functional Morphology offers an alternative to the received wisdom that teeth merely crush, cut, shear or grind food, and shows how teeth adapt to diet. Showing how tooth form can be understood using considerations of food fracture, it is essential reading for physical anthropologists, dental and food scientists.

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Published January, 2007
By Herbert M. Pinedo, Giuseppe Giaccone, Karol Sikora and H.M. Pinedo
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Series: Cancer: Clinical Science in Practice
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Reviews the mechanisms and clinical implications of drug resistance in cancer, considered to be the most significant obstacle to the cure of cancer today. Topics covered include multiple drug resistance and its reversal, topoisomerase drugs, apoptosis, dose intensity and escalation, gene therapy and haematopoietic support.

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