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        Literature & Literary Studies
        February 2024

        Shakespeare's adolescents

        by Victoria Sparey

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        March 2017

        Imperialism and juvenile literature

        by Jeffrey Richards

        Popular culture is invariably a vehicle for the dominant ideas of its age. Never was this truer than in the late-nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when it reflected the nationalist and imperialist ideologies current throughout Europe. It both reflects popular attitudes, ideas and preconceptions and it generates support for selected views and opinions. This book examines the various media through which nationalist ideas were conveyed in late-Victorian and Edwardian times: in the theatre, "ethnic" shows, juvenile literature, education and the iconography of popular art. It seeks to examine in detail the articulation and diffusion of imperialism in the field of juvenile literature by stressing its pervasiveness across boundaries of class, nation and gender. It analyses the production, distribution and marketing of imperially-charged juvenile fiction, stressing the significance of the Victorians' discovery of adolescence, technological advance and educational reforms as the context of the great expansion of such literature. An overview of the phenomenon of Robinson Crusoe follows, tracing the process of its transformation into a classic text of imperialism and imperial masculinity for boys. The imperial commitment took to the air in the form of the heroic airmen of inter-war fiction. The book highlights that athleticism, imperialism and militarism become enmeshed at the public schools. It also explores the promotion of imperialism and imperialist role models in fiction for girls, particularly Girl Guide stories.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences

        Helping Children and Adolescents with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders

        by Sigrun Schmidt-Traub

        Obsessive-compulsive disorders usually cause a high degree of suffering and can significantly impair the quality of life of the affected child or adolescent. The new edition of this guidebook describes the manifestations of obsessive thoughts and compulsive acts as well as the causative, triggering and perpetuating conditions, considering current findings in obsessive-compulsive research. Part I of the guide is aimed at adult readers and Part II at affected children and adolescents, who receive the most important information on obsessive-compulsive disorders in easy-to-understand language. The case studies make it comprehensible how an individual disorder model can be developed, how goals for coping with the compulsions can be derived from it, and finally how the treatment of the obsessive-compulsive disorder can be planned and carried out. The children and adolescents as well as their parents and educators receive concrete advice on how to help themselves and how to cope with compulsions. For:• affected children and adolescents• parents• teachers• therapists• relatives

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        March 2025

        Teenage intimacies

        Young women, sex and social life in England, 1950-80

        by Hannah Charnock

        Teenage Intimacies offers a new account of 'sexual revolution' in mid-twentieth century England. Rather than focusing on 'Swinging London', the book reveals the transformations in social life that took place in school playgrounds, local cinemas, and suburban bedrooms. Based on over 300 personal testimonies, Teenage Intimacies traces the everyday experiences of teenage girls, illuminating how romance, sex and intimacy shaped their young lives. The book shows how sex became embedded in ideas about 'growing up' and explores how heterosexuality influenced young women's social lives and vice versa. It offers new explanations of why sexual mores shifted in this period, revealing the pivotal role that young women played in changing sexual values, cultures and practices in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.

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        Psychology

        Sentence Completions for Adolescents

        by Melanie Gräßer, Eike Hovermann

        Sentence completions provide importantstarting points for therapeuticwork with children and adolescentsand are therefore often used in thecontext of diagnostics. The card setcontains 180 cards with sentencestarters for 17 categories, such as familyand origin, love and identity or beliefsand values, which provide informationon conflicts, resources,problems, fears, hopes and wishes ofadolescents aged 12 to 18. The cardsare the ideal companion for diagnosticsand the further course of treatmentthanks to the various possible uses andapplications in individual or group settings,which are described in detail inthe accompanying booklet, as well asextensive online materials. This meansthat children and young people cancomplete the sentence starters as anat-home task and people using thecard set can write down the answers tothe sentence starters directly.

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        Psychology

        Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Children and Adolescents

        by Brian P. Daly, Aimee K. Hildenbrand, Shannon G. Litke, Ronald T. Brown

        State-of-the-art guidance on the effective assessment andtreatment of children and adolescents with ADHD• New updated edition• Provides guidance on multimodal care and diversity issues• Includes downloadable handoutsThe updated new edition of this popular text integrates thelatest research and practices to give practitioners conciseand readable guidance on the assessment and effectivetreatment of children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). This common childhoodcondition can have serious consequences for academic,emotional, social, and occupational functioning. When properlyidentified and diagnosed, however, there are many interventionsthat have established benefits.

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        2020

        Nutritional Practice Infants, Children, Adolescents

        Concise advisory knowledge

        by Dr. Ute Alexy, Dr. Annett Hilbig and Frauke Lang. Edited by Prof. Dr. Martin Smollich

        Anyone giving responsible advice about questions on nutrition must have sound expert knowledge. This must not only be scientifically reliable, but must at the same time be relevant and practicable in the individual context. The concept behind the book series Nutritional Practice is to provide the necessary translation of current research results and guidelines into recommendations suitable for everyday use. In accordance with this consistent, practical approach, the focus is on the individual person in his or her particular stage in their life. The present volume is based on the various stages in life between infancy and adolescence. It therefore covers all questions about nutrition in health and disease from the first day of life to young adulthood

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        Health & Personal Development

        Borderline Personality Disorder in Adolescents

        A Guide for Teens and Their Parents

        by Wewetzer, Gunilla; Bohus, Martin

        This guide, written for adolescents with borderline personality disorder and their parents, informs the readers about the symptoms, causes, treatment options, and especially the course of treatment of a Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Adolescents (DBT-A). Many examples make the content easy to grasp and detailed descriptions of different self-help exercises that can be done at home. The appendix also provides worksheets and useful contact information. This guide wants to encourage affected teens and their parents to seek help early on, as it has been proven that an early diagnosis and subsequent treatment positively influence the progression of the disorder.

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        Medicine

        Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety in Children and Adolescents

        A Treatment Manual for Panic Disorder, Agoraphobia, Specific Phobias, and Separation Anxiety

        by Sigrun Schmidt-Traub

        This title provides a semi-structured guide for an evidence-based cognitive-behavioral treatment of children and adolescents between the ages of 9 and 17 who suffer from panic disorder, agoraphobia, specific phobias, or separation anxiety.   It describes each step of the therapy in details, pays special attention to fear management, and enables the children to largely cope with the fears by themselves. The treatment modules can be used in the context of short-term therapy in individual or mixed individual and group setting. The manual allows for the therapy to be adjusted to the individual needs of the child or adolescent and some parts can be used also when working with younger children. Parents are trained to be co-therapists, supporting their children during the confrontational exercises but also insuring that parents do no unknowingly enable their child to maintain the anxiety disorder. All necessary worksheets can be found on the accompanying CD-ROM.   Target Group: child and adolescent psychotherapists and psychiatrists, students and teachers of psychology, pediatricians, psychotherapists, specialists for psychosomatic medicine, school psychologists

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        Schools
        September 2010

        Training Program for Adolescents - Development of Work and Social Behavior

        Aufbau von Arbeits- und Sozialverhalten

        by Franz Petermann, Ulrike Petermann

        This training program helps teenagers between the ages of 13 and 20 years to practice competent work and social behavior in their daily routines, reducing aggressive, antisocial and unsafe behavior and raising the teenagers’ self-confidence. The training can be used both in school and therapeutic settings, and may also be used as an additional tool in centers for vocational training and juvenile detention. The book includes a CD-Rom that contains all materials needed in the training program. Target Group: For psychologists, educators, school psychologists, counselors, child and adolescent psychologists and psychotherapists, and pedagogues working with teenagers with social behavioral issues.

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        November 2020

        Giftedness

        by Preckel, Franzis; Vock, Miriam

        In order to be able to adequately support intellectually gifted children and adolescents, timely diagnostics and sound counseling are indispensable. This book offers a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the theoretical basics of giftedness as well as of possibilities of diagnostics and support. Due to a clear structuring and didactic preparation of the contents, it is ideal for (self-)study and for professional development. New topics, such as gender differences or the support of gifted students in regular classes, have been included in the 2nd edition. Contents of the volume are various model concepts of giftedness as well as pioneering studies in this field. Furthermore, the development of giftedness as well as characteristics of gifted students are discussed. The authors discuss in detail the possibilities of diagnosing highly gifted children and adolescents and present concrete support opportunities in kindergarten and school.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        August 2022

        Dealing with Borderline Personality Disorder

        by Auer, Anne Kristin von; Kaess, Michael

        Parents of adolescents with borderline symptoms face great emotional challenges. The adolescents have strong feelings and thus also trigger strong feelings in their caregivers. The family is massively burdened by suicidal and self-injurious behavior. Parents are confronted with fears, grief, self-blame and pain. How can parents contribute to their own well-being and stability? How can they learn to deal well with their own strong feelings? What strategies help them stay in good contact with their children and understand them better? How can parents maintain a kind view of their children and of themselves? This guidebook provides information about the manifestation, causes and treatment options of the disorder. It shows parents and other caregivers concrete strategies for dealing with the youngsters and their own emotional stress. These strategies, known as family skills, were developed especially for relatives of borderline patients. They are intended to help the relatives find a good way of dealing with themselves and their children. For:• those affected and their parents• teachers• child and adolescent psychotherapistsand psychiatrists• school psychologists• social workers

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        September 2022

        Teen Couple Have Fun Outdoors

        Ein lässiger Generationenroman aus Indien

        by Aravind Jayan, Daniel Beskos

        Es ist mehr als nur ein neues Auto. Für Appa und Amma der indischen Kleinfamilie beglaubigt der weiße Honda Civic – »Weiß ist gut. Das wirkt sauber« – den Aufstieg. Mittelschicht, harter Arbeit Lohn, die Kinder werden es mal besser haben. Natürlich sollen die Nachbarn das sehen! Doch Sreenath, ihr Ältester, verhält sich seltsam, kommt nicht mal runter in die Einfahrt, und sehr bald wissen sie und ihr Jüngster sowieso: Ein Video ist aufgetaucht, eins von Sreenath und seiner Freundin, auf einer dieser Seiten. Seit Jahren sind sie ein Paar, trotzdem bedeutet dieses heimlich gefilmte Video eine unerhörte Schande, und eine sagenhafte Eskalation nimmt seinen Lauf … Teen Couple Have Fun Outdoors ist ein beißender Generationenroman aus Indien. Aravind Jayan erzählt darin mit der Lässigkeit der Jungen von Scham, Repression und Tradition im Angesicht von Klasse, Sex, dem Internet. Und doch beschreibt er mit Zärtlichkeit eine Heimat, die fortwährend mit der eigenen Modernisierung kämpft.

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        Medicine

        Textbook Ambulant Psychiatric Nursing

        by Ingo Tschinke, Udo Finklenburg, Béatrice Gähler, Tim Konhäuser (Eds.)

        The authors explain professional principles and basic nursing attitudes and describe the nursing process of ambulant psychiatric nursing. They outline therapeutic offers of psychotherapy, family and peer group work, participation support and structuring offers in complex diseases. Finally, they present specific treatment settings for children,adolescents, adults, and the elderly, supplemented by forensic and transcultural offers.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        March 2017

        Imperialism and the natural world

        by John M. MacKenzie

        Imperial power, both formal and informal, and research in the natural sciences were closely dependent in the nineteenth century. This book examines a portion of the mass-produced juvenile literature, focusing on the cluster of ideas connected with Britain's role in the maintenance of order and the spread of civilization. It discusses the political economy of Western ecological systems, and the consequences of their extension to the colonial periphery, particularly in forms of forest conservation. Progress and consumerism were major constituents of the consensus that helped stabilise the late Victorian society, but consumerism only works if it can deliver the goods. From 1842 onwards, almost all major episodes of coordinated popular resistance to colonial rule in India were preceded by phases of vigorous resistance to colonial forest control. By the late 1840s, a limited number of professional positions were available for geologists in British imperial service, but imperial geology had a longer pedigree. Modern imperialism or 'municipal imperialism' offers a broader framework for understanding the origins, long duration and persistent support for overseas expansion which transcended the rise and fall of cabinets or international realignments in the 1800s. Although medical scientists began to discern and control the microbiological causes of tropical ills after the mid-nineteenth century, the claims for climatic causation did not undergo a corresponding decline. Arthur Pearson's Pearson's Magazine was patriotic, militaristic and devoted to royalty. The book explores how science emerged as an important feature of the development policies of the Colonial Office (CO) of the colonial empire.

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        Psychology

        Positive Psychology at the Movies

        Using Films to Build Character Strengths and Well-Being

        by Ryan M. Niemiec, Danny Wedding

        This book uses movies as a medium for learning about the latest research and concepts, such as mindfulness, resilience, meaning, positive relationships, achievement, well-being, as well as the 24 character strengths laid out by the VIA Institute of Character. This book systematically discusses each of the 24 character strengths, balancing film discussion, related psychological research, and practical applications. Resources provided in this book include a suggested syllabus for a complete positive psychology course based on movies, a list of suitable movies for children, adolescents, and families as well as a list of questions for classroom and therapy discussions.   Target Group: Psychologists, consultants, therapists and counselors, movie enthusiasts, and all those interested in positive psychology and improving life.

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        Psychology

        Sentence Completions for Children

        by Melanie Gräßer, Eike Hovermann

        Sentence completions provide importantstarting points for therapeutic workwith children and adolescents and aretherefore often used in the context of diagnostics.The card set contains 160cards with sentence starters for 16 categories,such as family and origin, loveand identity or beliefs and values, whichprovide information on conflicts, resources,problems, fears, hopes andwishes of children and young peopleaged 5 to 13. The cards are the idealcompanion for diagnostics and the furthercourse of treatment thanks to thevarious possible uses and applicationsin individual or group settings, which aredescribed in detail in the accompanyingbooklet, as well as extensive online materials.This means that children andyoung people can complete the sentencestarters as an at-home task andpeople using the card set can writedown the answers to the sentencestarters directly.

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        Psychology
        February 2014

        Attachment to Pets

        by Henri Julius, Andreas Beetz, Kurt Kotrschal, Dennis C. Turner, Kerstin Uvnäs-Moberg

        In recent years, the ancient symbiosis between humans and their pets has entered a new phase, marked by the burgeoning clinical specialty of human-animal therapy. This approach uses the relationship between humans and their (mainly) mammalian pets to support the growth of emotion regulation, social skills, and mental health in children, adolescents, and adults. But how are humans and animals able to develop close bonds at all? What makes it possible for animals to have a therapeutic effect on humans? And how can we best use this understanding in animal-assisted therapy? In this unique book, a team of expert biologists and psychologists integrate and combine sophisticated biological and psychological knowledge to answer these questions. Together they have created a comprehensive, scientific foundation for human-animal therapy, a foundation that will facilitate the development, implementation, and evaluation of effective new interventions.   Target Group: For Clinical psychiatrists, psychiatrists, mental health counselors, school psychologists, and other professionals interested in using pets and animals in therapy.

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