Wednesday, January 09, 2008

Psychology book nook reviews 01-08-08

A new issue of PsycCRITIQUES is available online.



January 9, 2008
Volume 53, Issue 2


Book Reviews
1. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Adult ADHD: An Integrative Psychosocial and Medical Approach
Authors: J. Russell Ramsay and Anthony L. Rostain
Reviewer: Robert K. Ax

2. Personality Disorders: Toward the DSM-V
Authors: William O'Donohue, Katherine A. Fowler, and Scott O. Lilienfeld (Eds.)
Reviewer: Joseph J. Guido

3. Child Sexual Abuse: Disclosure, Delay, and Denial
Authors: Margaret-Ellen Pipe, Michael E. Lamb, Yael Orbach, and Ann-Christin Cederborg (Eds.)
Reviewers: April R. Bradley and Holly M. Rusinko

4. Adolescent Psychopathology and the Developing Brain: Integrating Brain and Prevention Science
Authors: Daniel Romer and Elaine F. Walker (Eds.)
Reviewer: F. Richard Ferraro

5. Prologue to Violence: Child Abuse, Dissociation, and Crime
Author: Abby Stein
Reviewer: Steven N. Gold

6. Asylum: A Mid-Century Madhouse and Its Lessons About Our Mentally Ill Today
Author: Enoch Callaway
Reviewer: John M. Reisman

7. The Political Brain: The Role of Emotion in Deciding the Fate of the Nation
Author: Drew Westen
Reviewer: Richard W. Bloom

8. The Science of Social Influence: Advances and Future Progress
Author: Anthony R. Pratkanis (Ed.)
Reviewer: Jared A. DeFife

9. Collateral Damage: How High-Stakes Testing Corrupts America's Schools
Authors: Sharon L. Nichols and David C. Berliner
Reviewer: Ellen L. Nuffer

10. Bodymind Healing Psychotherapy: Ancient Pathways to Modern Health
Author: Michael Mayer
Reviewer: Michael J. Gilewski

11. Handbook of Injury and Violence Prevention
Authors: Lynda S. Doll, Sandra E. Bonzo, James A. Mercy, and David A. Sleet (Eds.)
Reviewer: James Campbell Quick

12. Hope and Despair in Narrative and Family Therapy: Adversity, Forgiveness and Reconciliation
Authors: Carmel Flaskas, Imelda McCarthy, and Jim Sheehan (Eds.)
Reviewer: Alice Sterling Honig

13. Clinical Manual of Eating Disorders
Authors: Joel Yager and Pauline S. Powers (Eds.)
Reviewer: Cindy Ycaza Stroschein

14. Living Alongside a Child's Recovery: Therapeutic Parenting With Traumatized Children
Authors: Billy Pughe and Terry Philpot
Reviewer: Nancy Burke

15. Social Neuroscience: Integrating Biological and Psychological Explanations of Social Behavior
Authors: Eddie Harmon-Jones and Piotr Winkielman (Eds.)
Reviewer: Susan L. Trumbetta

16. In the Mind's Eye: Julian Hochberg on the Perception of Pictures, Films, and the World
Authors: Mary A. Peterson, Barbara Gillam, and H. A. Sedgwick (Eds.)
Reviewer: Thomas F. Cloonan

Video Review
17. Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Older Adults With Depression
with Gregory A. Hinrichsen
Reviewer: Jerry Gold

Film Review
18. Longford
Director: Tom Hooper
Reviewer: Marianne Arieux