Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is a common and complex problem that is often overseen by health professionals. This easy-to-read,evidence-based book helps professionals to carefully assess and treat BDD by recognizing the unique features inherent to this disorder.

Get state-of-the-art answers to questions about the psychology of meditation, including: what is meditation, how does it work, and how can it best be researched? This unique book explores both traditional and Western approaches.

Presenting the latest research on understanding, diagnosing, and treating clients with medically unexplained symptoms and bodily distress.

Illustrated with artwork and poetry, this unique resource is an invaluable tool for future physicians and health care providers to learn the important role behavior plays in health care. Full of case examples, succinct information, plus tips and practice Q & As for the USMLE exam.

Clear, up-to-date guidance from leading experts on the diagnosis and treatment of childhood obesity. In particular, family-based treatment, the method best supported by the research, is outlined and handouts for clinical use are included.

Clear, concise, and expert guidance on evidence-based assessment and treatment of insomnia, with hands-on information on how to carry out the gold standard treatment–cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I).

An invaluable resource on the behavioral sciences for the next generation of physicians and health care providers – including practical features such as chapter review questions and an USMLE type practice exam to assess learning.

Step-by-step guidance for parents and others on how to help children and adolescents who wet themselves, using techniques shown to be effective in scientific studies – with a companion book on soiling!

Step-by-step guidance for parents and others on how to help children and adolescents who soil themselves, using techniques shown to be effective in scientific studies – with a companion book on wetting!

A thorough and authoritative record of the best assessment methods in health psychologyAssessment in Health Psychology presents and discusses the best and most appropriateassessment methods and instruments for all specific areas that are central for health psychologists. It also describes the concep…

A fully updated new edition of the popular text that separates the facts from the myths about drug and substance use and provides practical, evidence-based guidance on dealing with them.The literature on diagnosis and treatment of drug and substance abuse is filled with successful, empirically based…

In this interdisciplinary issue, leading experts look back at the progress made within educational neuroscience over the last decade, focusing on the bidirectional relationship between neuroscience and behavioral research.

Comrehensive, practical, concise, and up-to-date guidance on the most effective medical, psychological, and neuropsychological diagnostic methods and interventions with multiple sclerosis (MS)

An essential resource for anyone providing help or services to women at risk for alcohol-exposed pregnancies.Drinking during pregnancy can cause a range of disabilities that have lifelong effects yet are 100% preventable. A variety of brief motivational behavioral interventions developed for nonpreg…

Compact, authoritative guide to effective diagnosis and empirically supported treatments for autism spectrum disorder.This addition to the Advances in Psychotherapy–Evidence-Based Practice series is a straightforward yet authoritative guide to effective diagnosis and empirically supported treatments…