Published November, 2006
By Joseph H. Beitchman, Nancy J. Cohen, M. Mary Konstantareas and Rosemary Tannock
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Language as a bridge between learning disability and psychiatric disorder is the unifying theme of this wide-ranging book, and particular prominence is given to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, dyslexia and autistic disorder. It is a rich resource for professionals and advanced students concerned with child health and development.

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Published November, 2006
By Robert J. Barrett, Peter J. Tyrer and Rob Barrett
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Series: Studies in Social and Community Psychiatry
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A study of schizophrenia in a modern psychiatric hospital, arising from an anthropological investigation of the work of clinical staff. This book will reveal to mental health professionals many of the unspoken assumptions of their role and confirms the power of ethnographic research in psychiatry.

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Published November, 2006
By Perminder Sachdev
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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A comprehensive account of the scientific and clinical aspects of akathisia and related syndromes, including Restless Legs Syndrome, other forms of motor restlessness and neuroleptic-induced dysphoria. The main focus is on drug-induced akathisia and its various subtypes. Strategies for the measurement of akathisia are discussed, as are treatment approaches.

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Published November, 2006
By Doreen A. Evenden, Charles Rosenberg, Colin Jones and Doreen Evenden
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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This is a comprehensive study of midwives in seventeenth-century London. This volume explores the midwives' training and their licensing in an unofficial apprenticeship by the Church and places the midwives in their socioeconomic context by examining a wide range of seventeenth-century sources.

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Published November, 2006
By Jeffrey Gray, Michael Gelder, Ian Jakes, Richard Gregory, Robert Hinde and Christopher Lonquet-Higgins
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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This book offers a critical discussion of the most important theories which have been put forward to explain obsessive-compulsive disorder. This book is unique in both the comprehensiveness and the depth of its coverage of theories of OCD. It also offers an entirely new approach to the definition of the disorder.

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Published November, 2006
By Christian Heath, Katherine Nicholls, Keith Oatley and Antony Manstead
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Based on a collection of video recordings, this book offers a micro-analysis of the visual and vocal aspects of the interaction between doctors and patients.

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Published November, 2006
By Roderick Floud, Annabel Gregory and Kenneth Wachter
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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In historical accounts of the circumstances of ordinary people's lives, nutrition has been the great unknown. Nearly impossible to measure or assess directly, it has nonetheless been held responsible for the declining mortality rates of the nineteenth century as well as being a major factor in the gap in living standards, morbidity and mortality between rich and poor.

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Published November, 2006
By P.S.W. Davies, T.J. Cole, P. S. W. Davies and T. J. Cole
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Body composition assessment is used in a range of fields including nutrition, sports science, and medical physics. In this volume, newer techniques are evaluated alongside those more established. Little background knowledge is assumed, making the book accessible to students, researchers and professionals.

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Published November, 2006
By Keith Oatley, G.-B. Duchenne, de Boulogne, R.Andrew Cuthbertson, Antony S. R. Manstead and R. Andrew Cuthbertson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Andrew Cuthbertson provides an English translation of the great French neurologist Duchenne de Boulogne's Mecanisme de la physionomie humaine.

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Published November, 2006
By Norman Gratz and Norman G. Gratz
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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This important new reference details the distribution, prevalence and incidence of each of these diseases in Europe, the USA and Canada, along with detailed descriptions of their vectors, reservoirs and public health concerns. Essential reading for medical entomologists, medical zoologists, public health authorities and epidemiologists.

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