[PDF] More Stories From Va Psychology eBook

Author : Rodney R., Rodney Baker, Editor
Publisher :
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 15,49 MB
Release : 2013-02-14
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781481234931

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More Stories From VA Psychology follows the format of the first stories book, Stories From VA Psychology (see Amazon.com, Authorhouse.com, and other online bookstores). Twelve former and current psychology leaders in the Veterans Administration/Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) describe their leadership careers and the people and events that shaped their career decisions in working with veterans. In doing so, their stories expand the understanding of the formal history of the role of VA psychologists in helping veterans over the years.The careers of the chapter authors and their stories collectively span 61 of the 66 years of VA psychology history that began in 1946. Some of the careers include descriptions of experiences as a trainee in the early and later years of the VA psychology training program. Some contain stories about research projects, treatment programs, and advocacy efforts as these leaders worked with colleagues they admired and respected in serving veterans. A brief description of the VA careers of chapter authors and the editor completes the book.The chapter authors include Georgette Bellucci, Matthew J. Blusewicz, Patrick A. Boudewyns, Jeffrey Burk, Stephen Cavicchia, Terence M. Keane, Richard A. McCormick, Kathleen M. McNamara, Edmund J. Nightingale, Joseph C. Rickard, Antonette N. Zeiss, and Robert A. Zeiss. The editor, Rodney R. Baker, writes a concluding chapter adding historical information about VA psychologists serving in non-traditional management positions over the years and the role of women in management in the early years of VA psychology.

Author : Rodney Baker
Publisher :
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 31,41 MB
Release : 2013-02-14
Category :
ISBN : 9781515026181

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More Stories From VA Psychology follows the format of the first stories book, Stories From VA Psychology (see Amazon.com, Authorhouse.com, and other online bookstores). Twelve former and current psychology leaders in the Veterans Administration/Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) describe their leadership careers and the people and events that shaped their career decisions in working with veterans. In doing so, their stories expand the understanding of the formal history of the role of VA psychologists in helping veterans over the years.The careers of the chapter authors and their stories collectively span 61 of the 66 years of VA psychology history that began in 1946. Some of the careers include descriptions of experiences as a trainee in the early and later years of the VA psychology training program. Some contain stories about research projects, treatment programs, and advocacy efforts as these leaders worked with colleagues they admired and respected in serving veterans. A brief description of the VA careers of chapter authors and the editor completes the book.The chapter authors include Georgette Bellucci, Matthew J. Blusewicz, Patrick A. Boudewyns, Jeffrey Burk, Stephen Cavicchia, Terence M. Keane, Richard A. McCormick, Kathleen M. McNamara, Edmund J. Nightingale, Joseph C. Rickard, Antonette N. Zeiss, and Robert A. Zeiss. The editor, Rodney R. Baker, writes a concluding chapter adding historical information about VA psychologists serving in non-traditional management positions over the years and the role of women in management in the early years of VA psychology.

Author : Rodney Baker
Publisher :
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 28,21 MB
Release : 2017-02-22
Category :
ISBN : 9781535376549

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"Even More Stories From VA Psychology" follows the format of the first and second book of stories from VA psychology. Former and current psychology leaders in the Veterans Administration/Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) describe their leadership careers and the people and events that shaped their career decisions in working with veterans. In doing so, the stories expand the understanding of the formal history of the role of VA psychologists in helping veterans since 1946.Career authors include Kenneth M. Adams, Loretta E. Braxton, Dale S. Cannon, David Carroll, Robert W. Goldberg, Robert C. Gresen, Steve Holliday, Robert D. Kerns, Peggy H. (Cantrell) Krieshok, Russell B. Lemle, Kathleen Lysell, and Wayne G. Siegel.

Author : Rodney R. Baker
Publisher :
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 39,44 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781425970444

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Reading The Hex of Hemlock, a compelling, touching, and mainstream novel, will move the reader in a deep, personal way. Judith Ging, the author, has always been concerned with social and educational problems, especially those of the late twentieth century. She writes a novel of intrigue intertwining those concerns in her work. The novel is framed in flashbacks as Ging creates memorable characters and colorful dialogue. The fictional work tells the story of an idealistic young man, Joe Bloom. He is the main character who wishes to make himself and the world better. Spanning over three decades of the late twentieth century, Bloom's experiences carve a rare, intimate view of what too often goes on in our hallowed institution of public education. Shockingly, both teachers and students possess lethal weapons, material and non-material, adding fear to all of the characters' lives. Unexpected events in the classroom and the administrators' offices plunge the characters into situations the reader does not expect either in the classroom or out of it. Covering the entire working life of Joe Bloom, with wife and children as his allies, Joe's experiences and those of his family make the work a willing read. The incidents that fill the Blooms' lives evoke images of war and felonious activities. The story paints a realistic view of why education is as it is and offers its readers a chance to think about how to change the system into an equitable one for all students. The overall effect of the book leaves the reader filled with hope about solving some of humanity's problems rather than depression about reading about them.cto blame others for its innate faults.

Author : Rodney Baker
Publisher :
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 10,48 MB
Release : 2016-06-17
Category :
ISBN : 9781515026235

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The author assembled photographs of over 150 psychology leaders in the Veterans Administration (VA), later re-named the Department of Veterans Affairs. The scanned photos cover the years from 1946 to 2005 and are stored in the VA psychology archives at The Center for the History of Psychology, Archives of the History of American Psychology at the University of Akron.

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 467 pages
File Size : 32,26 MB
Release : 2018-03-29
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0309466601

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Approximately 4 million U.S. service members took part in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Shortly after troops started returning from their deployments, some active-duty service members and veterans began experiencing mental health problems. Given the stressors associated with war, it is not surprising that some service members developed such mental health conditions as posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, and substance use disorder. Subsequent epidemiologic studies conducted on military and veteran populations that served in the operations in Afghanistan and Iraq provided scientific evidence that those who fought were in fact being diagnosed with mental illnesses and experiencing mental healthâ€"related outcomesâ€"in particular, suicideâ€"at a higher rate than the general population. This report provides a comprehensive assessment of the quality, capacity, and access to mental health care services for veterans who served in the Armed Forces in Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation New Dawn. It includes an analysis of not only the quality and capacity of mental health care services within the Department of Veterans Affairs, but also barriers faced by patients in utilizing those services.

Author : Timothy D. Wilson
Publisher : Little, Brown Spark
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 26,74 MB
Release : 2011-09-08
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0316192074

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What if there were a magic pill that could make you happier, turn you into a better parent, solve a number of your teenager's behavior problems, reduce racial prejudice, and close the achievement gap in education? There is no such pill, but story editing -- the scientifically based approach described in Redirect -- can accomplish all of this. The world-renowned psychologist Timothy Wilson shows us how to redirect the stories we tell about ourselves and the world around us, with subtle prompts, in ways that lead to lasting change. Fascinating, groundbreaking, and practical, Redirect demonstrates the remarkable power small changes can have on the ways we see ourselves and our environment, and how we can use this in our everyday lives. "There are few academics who write with as much grace and wisdom as Timothy Wilson. Redirect is a masterpiece." -- Malcolm Gladwell

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Publisher : Alma Bond
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 25,81 MB
Release : 2002-08-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781557788061

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"Tales of Psychology" consists of 19 short stories selected for their insight into human nature and their merit as fine works of literature. Each story is followed by a discussion of the psychological principles revealed. Reading this book will be a unique opportunity for lay readers and professional psychologists and writers alike to deepen their knowledge of human psychology. "Tales of Psychology" demonstrates that artists can learn the psychological understructure of their characters from the insight of an experienced psychologist. Similarly, the stories establish that lay people can absorb the teachings of these master writers in a captivating, painless manner. The conclusions reached in the stories beat out the findings of insightful psychology in a manner interesting to all. -- From publisher's description.

Author : Morton Hunt
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 898 pages
File Size : 46,65 MB
Release : 2009-09-16
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 030756830X

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Socrates, Plato, Descartes, Spinoza, Mesmer, William James, Pavlov, Freud, Piaget, Erikson, and Skinner. Each of these thinkers recognized that human beings could examine, comprehend, and eventually guide or influence their own thought processes, emotions, and resulting behavior. The lives and accomplishments of these pillars of psychology, expertly assembled by Morton Hunt, are set against the times in which the subjects lived. Hunt skillfully presents dramatic and lucid accounts of the techniques and validity of centuries of psychological research, and of the methods and effectiveness of major forms of psychotherapy. Fully revised, and incorporating the dramatic developments of the last fifteen years, The Story of Psychology is a graceful and absorbing chronicle of one of the great human inquiries—the search for the true causes of our behavior.

Author : Suzanne Gordon
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 13,35 MB
Release : 2018-10-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1501730843

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U.S. military conflicts abroad have left nine million Americans dependent on the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) for medical care. Their "wounds of war" are treated by the largest hospital system in the country—one that has come under fire from critics in the White House, on Capitol Hill, and in the nation's media. In Wounds of War, Suzanne Gordon draws on five years of observational research to describe how the VHA does a better job than private sector institutions offering primary and geriatric care, mental health and home care services, and support for patients nearing the end of life. In the unusual culture of solidarity between patients and providers that the VHA has fostered, Gordon finds a working model for higher-quality health care and a much-needed alternative to the practice of for-profit medicine.