While HIV spreads among people with severe mental illness for the same reasons it does in the general population, there are specific ways in which mental illness is associated with elevated HIV risk. Every mental health institution or program now has to deal with the consequences of increased HIV rates, but until now there has been no single book that could tell them how to do so. AIDS and People with Severe Mental Illness covers the entire range of information essential for those who deal with these patients: epidemiological, medical, psychological, legal, ethical, and policy issues...
While HIV spreads among people with severe mental illness for the same reasons it does in the general population, there are specific ways in which men...
A guided tour through the strange and sometimes dangerous microscopic world Germs are everywhere--in our intestines and on our skin as well as on kitchen counters, public toilets, doorknobs, and just about everything else. Why are there so many microorganisms? Which ones are dangerous? And how can we avoid the ones that will make us sick? This entertaining and informative book provides the answers. Profiling a rogue's gallery of harmful germs--from the influenza virus, salmonella, and herpes to hepatitis, tuberculosis, and HIV--as well as helpful microbes (we actually need E. Coli and...
A guided tour through the strange and sometimes dangerous microscopic world Germs are everywhere--in our intestines and on our skin as well as on k...
An essential guide for the 5.3 million American sufferers of social anxiety from a leading psychiatrist and researcher
An estimated 5.3 million Americans experience social anxiety disorder, making it the third most common psychiatric illness in the United States. Unlike people with simple shyness, people with social anxiety disorder become sick with fear in social situations, experiencing physical symptoms like sweating, trembling, a shaky voice, or a pounding heart. They realize their fears are irrational, but they are virtually incapable of maintaining healthy relationships and...
An essential guide for the 5.3 million American sufferers of social anxiety from a leading psychiatrist and researcher
Hepatitis is a growing epidemic caused by many deadly viruses labeled A to G, each requiring different diagnosis and treatment. Easily contracted in many ways, from drinking water to casual contact to sexual intercourse, this debilitating disease poses a risk to everyone. Now in trade paperback, here is the only book that gives readers the solid facts on all forms of this illness. Written by viral expert Dr. Alan Berkman and science author Nicholas Bakalar, this comprehensive, easy-to-read volume clearly explains how each hepatitis virus is contracted and avoided, and how to treat it with the...
Hepatitis is a growing epidemic caused by many deadly viruses labeled A to G, each requiring different diagnosis and treatment. Easily contracted in m...
This entertaining, informative collection covers the best of American satire from Ben Franklin's cutting satiric attacks to Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Celestial Railroad, " Calvin Trillin's "Old Marrieds, "Mark Twain's "American Abroad" to P.J. O'Rourke's "The Innocents Abroad Updated, " a late 20th-century take on Twain's classic piece. "Entertaining and satisfying...An excellent introduction." "Amazon.com.""
This entertaining, informative collection covers the best of American satire from Ben Franklin's cutting satiric attacks to Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Cel...
