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Loss - Sadness and Depression
Random House Group Ltd 2008; US$ 20.01In this third and final volume John Bowlby completes the trilogy Attachment and Loss , his much acclaimed work on the importance of the parental relationship to mental health. Here he examines the ways in which young children respond to a temporary or permanent loss of a mother-figure and the expression of anxiety, grief and mourning which accompany... more...
Rationality and Intelligence
Cambridge University Press 1985; US$ 50.00Rationality and Intelligence develops and justifies a prescriptive theory of rational thinking in terms of utility theory and the theory of rational life plans. more...
Persons in Context
Cambridge University Press 1989; US$ 32.00Social changes, including women's entry into the labour force and higher rates of divorce and remarriage, have dramatically altered family life and raised complex questions about how individuals develop in the ever changing contexts of family, community and society. The goal of this volume is to enhance our understanding of human development in... more...
Conversational Competence and Social Development
Cambridge University Press 1990; US$ 35.00This book provides insight into the development of the child's ability to become a competent participant in conversation. more...
Comparisons in Human Development
Cambridge University Press 1996; US$ 44.00This important volume deals with the issue of how to make comparisons in the field of human development. more...
Love, Guilt And Reparation
Random House 2011; US$ 17.34Love, Guilt and Reparation shows the growth of Melanie Klein`s work and ideas between 1921 and 1945. The earlier papers reveal her intense proccupation with the impact of infant anxieties upon child development. She traces these influences on criminality and childhood psychosis, symbol formation and intellectual inhibition and the early development... more...
Deception
Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 69.95This book considers the role of deception during adolescence, and explores the factors which underpin adolescents? choice to deceive, whether these deceptions will be successful, and the ways in which such lies could be detected. While deception is considered to be antisocial or even pathological in some circumstances, the central argument of this... more...
Fifty Years of Attachment Theory
Karnac Books 2011; US$ 15.95Also includes Recollections of Donald Winnicott and John Bowlby by Pearl King. This is the second volume in the series based on the annual Donald Winnicott Memorial Lecture. Sir Richard Bowlby looks at the personal and professional lives of Donald Winnicott and Dr John Bowlby, to give a fascinating insight into the worlds of these influential analysts. more...
On Having an Own Child
Karnac Books 2007; US$ 25.95This is the first book ever to consider in depth why people want children, and specifically why people want children produced by reproductive technologies (such as IVF, ICSI etc). As the book demonstrates, even books ostensibly devoted to the topic of why people want children and the reasons for using reproductive technologies tend to start with the... more...
Asian American and Pacific Islander Children and Mental Health [Two Volumes]
ABC-CLIO 2011; US$ 105.00There are some three million Asian American children under age 18 living in the United States today. Hailing from 29 subgroups that differ in language, religion, and customs, they can be one of the most challenging groups to research and understand. What factors put these children at risk? Conversely, what fuels those who persist and succeed? more...









