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PSYCHOLOGY

Abuse From the Brain Phobias

An Encyclopedia of to the Classroom The Psychology
Causes, Consequences, The Encyclopedia of Irrational Fear
and Treatments of Learning IRENA MILOSEVIC AND
RANDI E. MCCABE, EDITORS
ROSEMARIE SKAINE, EDITOR SHERYL FEINSTEIN, EDITOR

GREENWOOD GREENWOOD GREENWOOD
April 2015, 330pp, 7x10 January 2014, 589pp, 7x10 March 2015, 444pp, 7x10
Print: 978-1-61069-514-5 Print: 978-1-61069-539-8 Print: 978-1-61069-575-6
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Combining popular appeal with
“ . . . It provides quick facts Supplying a foundation for accessibly written entries suitable
A reliable reference resource.

for a beginning psychology understanding the development of for research projects, this fascinating
the brain and the learning process,
encyclopedia provides a thorough
or sociology researcher this text examines the physical and introduction to the psychological and
in an academic library. environmental factors that influence
Public libraries can use this how we acquire and retain information scientific aspects of phobias.
encyclopedia as a resource throughout our lives. The book also lays FEATURES
to update or inform their out practical strategies that educators • Covers a variety of the most common
community on the issue of specific phobias, including fears of
” heights
abuse. can take directly into the classroom. spiders, enclosed spaces, snakes, and
—Reference Reviews, July 18, 2016 FEATURES
• Covers a wide range of topics written • Includes illustrative examples and
This timely volume shows how abuse by educationists, psychologists, and case vignettes to bring the subject
impacts every segment of society—and neuroscientists who are all experts in matter to life
how society is seeking effective ways to their field
respond. • Provides meaningful instructional IRENA MILOSEVIC, PhD, is a clinical
strategies that can be applied in the psychologist at the Anxiety Treatment
FEATURES real world to improve educators’ and Research Centre at St. Joseph’s
• Offers an introductory essay that results Healthcare Hamilton and an assistant
places the subject in context and • Addresses cognitive neuroscience professor (part-time) in the Department
provides a framework within which to findings as they relate to special of Psychiatry and Behavioural
study and understand abuse education students—invaluable Neurosciences at McMaster University,
information for educators who work both in Hamilton, Canada.
ROSEMARIE SKAINE, MA, has with this important group of learners RANDI E. MCCABE, PhD, is director
of the Anxiety Treatment and Research
published 13 books and numerous Centre and psychologist-in-chief at
articles. Her published works include St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton and
ABC-CLIO’s Suicide Warfare: Culture, SHERYL FEINSTEIN, EdD, is professor associate professor in the Department
the Military, and the Individual as a and chair of the Education Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural
Weapon. at Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD. Neurosciences at McMaster University,
both in Ontario, Canada.
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