This open access book brings together current childhood research and contemporary ethical theory to draw attention to how children depend upon a scope of action for risky play for their mental and physical development. In many countries, the opportunities for children to play away from adults' close attention have decreased. At both school and home, protection and avoidance of harm take increas…
Ages and Abilities explores social responses to childhood stages from the late Neolithic to Classical Antiquity in Central Europe and the Mediterranean and includes cross-cultural comparison to expand the theoretical and methodological framework. By comparing osteological and archaeological evidence, as well as integrating images and texts, authors consider whether childhood age classes are arc…
This open access book brings together discourse on children and peace from the 15th International Symposium on the Contributions of Psychology to Peace, covering issues pertinent to children and peace and approaches to making their world safer, fairer and more sustainable. The book is divided into nine sections that examine traditional themes (social construction and deconstruction of diversity…
Buku ini menetapkan model sistem stres untuk gejala somatik fungsional pada anak-anak dan remaja. Buku ini dimulai dengan mengeksplorasi pertemuan awal antara dokter anak, anak, dan keluarga, bergerak melalui proses penilaian, termasuk perumusan dan kontrak perawatan, dan kemudian menjelaskan berbagai bentuk perawatan yang dirancang untuk mengatasi sistem stres disregulasi anak. Pendekatan ini …
The book describes puberty as a time of tumultous transition from childhood to adulthood. The book describes the physical development along with the typically adolescent „state of mind“. This constitutes for parents and teachers a difficult emotional task, although this development is also a quite „normal drama“.
This open access book is a systematic update of the philosophical and scientific foundations of the biopsychosocial model of health, disease and healthcare. First proposed by George Engel 40 years ago, the Biopsychosocial Model is much cited in healthcare settings worldwide, but has been increasingly criticised for being vague, lacking in content, and in need of reworking in the light of recent…
The book project “Miscellanea on Encephalopathies-a second look” aims to cover some of the important aspects regarding metabolic, hypoxic, neoplasm- and drug-related encephalopathies, by transmitting valuable information filtered through the real life clinical and research experience of the authors.
This open access book investigates the inter-relationship between the mind and a potential opportunity to explore the psychology of entrepreneurship. Building on recent research, this book offers a broad scope investigation of the different aspects of what goes on in the mind of the (potential) entrepreneur as he or she considers the pursuit of a potential opportunity, the creation of a new org…
This open access book will examine the implications of digitalization for the understanding of humanity, conceived as a community of intelligent agency. It addresses important topics across a range of social and behavioral theories and identifies a range of novel mechanisms and their social behavioral effects. Across the book, the author highlights the expansion of intelligent processing capabi…
Memory is mainly the outcome of learning. And forgetting is sometimes a blessed physiological event, and sometimes part of a serious pathology. Recent findings suggest that alterations in the gut microbiome may play a pathophysiological role in human brain diseases. It has been a challenge for neuroscientists to understand the basic processes of memory storage in both health and disease conditi…