Health anxiety is a condition, which often leads people to misinterpret minor symptoms and normal bodily sensations as the warning signs of a serious disease. This book encourages readers to consider whether excessive worry may be their greatest cause for concern. It is for those whose personal life or career has been disrupted by health anxiety.

Brings together leading scholars from psychology, neuroscience, and philosophy to present theories and empirical findings on mindreading. This volume examines the cognitive processes underlying mindreading; how interpersonal understanding and empathy develop across the lifespan; connections to language, communication, and relationships; and more.

Provides a review of knowledge on the psychopathic personality. This book covers major theoretical models; conceptual and definitional questions; assessment approaches; and etiological pathways, ranging from family and environmental factors to genes, neurotransmitters, and brain systems.

Helps practitioners gain knowledge about the variety and causes of self-injurious behavior and how to recognize it in people at risk, ranging from those who do not have psychiatric diagnoses to those with eating or mood disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, personality disorders, or psychoses.

Reviews research on the role of specific text features - including linguistic and conceptual content - in supporting the development of proficient reading. This book explores ways that teacher scaffolding can help students who have difficulties with particular aspects or types of texts.

Offers a developmentally informed framework for assessing 3 to 6 year-olds in accordance with best practices and IDEA guidelines. This work takes the reader through selecting appropriate measures, integrating data from a variety of sources, and using the results to plan and evaluate effective interventions and learning experiences.

Grounded in the knowledge on how antisocial and criminal behavior develops in youth and how it can effectively be treated, this work describes ways to reduce juvenile delinquency by targeting specific risk factors and strengthening young people's personal, family, and community resources.

Presents an innovative approach to guided reading that is manageable for teachers who are new to small-group, differentiated reading instruction.

In this work, Ellen Siegelman presents metaphor as a form of symbolization uniquely suited to bridging the known and unknown, the conscious and unconscious, the personal and universal.

This clearly written book provides teachers with the knowledge and skills needed to conduct effective conferences with parents of children with disabilities.

This book presents a cohesive framework for understanding addictive behavior change and targeting treatment to the needs of particular clients.

This volume reviews a range of empirically supported approaches to prevention and treatment of adolescent substance use problems. The focus is on motivationally based brief interventions that draw on cutting-edge knowledge on addictive behaviour.

Introduces key geographical concepts while providing an informative primer on Latin America. This book covers cultural history; environment and physical geography; land use, agriculture, and urbanization; social and economic processes; and the Latin American diaspora. It also includes tables, vignettes, over 160 photographs and maps.