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This comprehensive, 33-chapter desk reference, published by the highly reputable APA, captures the current research for emotional and behavioral conditions. The scope of the work is designed to provide a working knowledge of basic pharmacology and psychopharmacology, and of using pharmacotherapy for addressing disease while also pointing to the related social issues involved, focusing readers' attention on important controversial, theoretical, research, and practice trends. Organization of the volume provides a consistent, structured, and thematic overall framework, making chapter elements easily discoverable. Chapters, too, are cross-referenced, well written, and easy to follow. Some tables and images are present throughout, but they are limited in deference to textual content. Multimedia supplements are provided through reference links (to videos, patient handouts, and other resources) at the end of selected chapters. The audience includes researchers and clinical practitioners of psychology and related fields, as well as instructors and field leaders. Editors and contributing authors are distinguished researchers, including multidisciplinary and some international practitioners, who promote evidence-based science and practical application. Cost of the print volume may be prohibitive for some, yet individual chapters may be easily acquired online, and institutional users may have free access to the whole. The index and front matter are freely available.Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals.

The evidence base for mental health treatment exists but needs application to practice, and clinicians/therapists need skills and knowledge to apply research to practice. Few academic programs or texts address this combined need. Clinicians are expected to apply evidence-based practice (EBP) without guidance. This text provides clear and useful guidelines for ways to personalize and apply research results to practice. Following an introduction by Dimidjian (Univ. of Colorado Boulder) explaining the context and core concepts of EBP, contributing authors provide multiple vignettes showing how the clinician realizes EBP in treatment scenarios. Interwoven with these cases are the essentials of assessment, data collection, intervention, reflection, patient preference, cultural collaboration, and goal setting that are critical considerations in EBP. Clinical decisions are shown to reflect client characteristics, therapist attributes, research, and cultural competence. Application of multiple and conflicting research findings to guide therapy in primary care is also discussed. In addition, novel programs to teach community workers to apply EBP concepts when therapists are few or unavailable are introduced. One interesting study highlights therapeutic application of transcranial magnetic stimulation and mindfulness. Training, consultation, and supervision are all illustrated in this text, making it an appropriate tool for senior and novice therapists alike, as well as educators.Summing Up: Essential. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals. Students enrolled in two-year technical programs.

This excellent work opens with a look at the Vietnam War and its effect on government support for scientific education and training. This same effect can still be seen in society and experimental medicine. Probably the most important result was the expansion of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), with far-reaching outcomes. Here Greenberg (formerly, vice chancellor for health affairs, Univ. of Texas System) focuses on four Nobel laureates whose careers were shaped by the NIH (Joseph Goldstein, Michael Brown, Robert Lefkowitz, and Harold Varmus), recalling how their interests and education came about and the lasting results of their contributions. The NIH afforded an opportunity for individuals with promising backgrounds in medicine and/or related research to work with senior scientists and pursue their own ideas, first under expert direction and then independently. In the case of the four laureates, the situation could not have been more favorable. The Watson and Crick discovery of DNA structure allowed countless opportunities to develop, and the four researchers described here, though far from unique, matured in the wake of this discovery. They were among the youngest of the Nobelists, all successful in amassing younger colleagues within their own laboratories (and in not becoming prima donnas), energizing their work and that of others.Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates. Graduate students, faculty, and professionals.

Santosh (Univ. of South Dakota) and his distinguished coeditors have collected ten revelatory papers covering a multitude of topics in applied medical imaging. These include reports on tuberculosis detection in chest radiographs; how artificial intelligence (AI) can help in radiologic and urologic applications; epileptic seizure detection; use of fractals in the histological classification of non-small-cell lung cancers; using multiple features to classify osteoarthritic states in knee-joint X-ray images; how non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy lesions can be detected and classified; image segmentation and region labeling for fractured bone detection; and review articles on the usefulness of 3D imaging in biomedical applications, the evolution of digital slide-making for use in pathology, and overall pathological imaging and segmentation. Of primary interest to this reviewer (a computer scientist who teaches AI and machine learning) is the extent to which recent technological advances in AI, image processing, and machine learning have already been adopted and applied in these areas of medical science. It is wonderful to see that the latest developments in computer science are so quickly applied by medical professionals for the benefit of humankind. This book will make an eye-opening reference for advanced students and professionals in computer science, as well as a primer for medical practitioners who need to apply these technologies.Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates. Graduate students, faculty, and professionals.

This University College Dublin professor presents readers with a useful, timely introduction to the principles of nanomedicine. Unveiled in the months just prior to the advent of the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic, the text begins with a historical tip of the hat to visionary physicist Richard Feynman and friends, drawing attention to just how much room there was at the nanoscale in 1959 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There's_Plenty_of_Room_at_the_Bottom). Bhattacharjee's nicely written monograph offers 18 chapters on nanotechnology and nanomedicine addressing diverse subjects, including liposomes, nanotubes, and nanoparticles, all supported by examples and thematically unified within a framework of drug delivery. At the same time, the author suggests new pathways for exploring vexing problems in medicine, such as antibiotic resistance. The chapter on fullerenes is sure to be appreciated, as is the one on dendrimers; another of equal merit is devoted to toxicology. This is a tour de force that readers can own. There are hundreds of references, current to 2017, and provocative end-of-chapter questions, exercises, and critical notes guaranteed to pique interest. All work to reduce the "principles of nanomedicine" to concrete practice. Pre-med readers are advised to especially note the final chapter, a translation of the remaining opportunities and challenges into actionable terms.Summing Up: Highly recommended. Lower- and upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals. Students enrolled in two-year technical programs.

This volume brings together scientific research that demonstrates how racism affects health. The book is coauthored by Chandra L. Ford (Univ. of California Los Angeles), founding director of the Center for the Study of Racism, Social Justice, and Health, and colleagues, all leading scholars on the intersection between social influences and health. The organization of the book makes it easy for readers to use as either a reference tool or cover-to-cover page-turner. Part 1 discusses antiracism efforts within the context of public health. Part 2 describes the processes involved in the way racism impacts health. Part 3 offers responses that public health practitioners can use to resist racism; and part 4 reports experiences from the perspective of many different minority groups. The text ends by articulating a multilevel approach to understanding the impact of racism on health, specifically summarizing how public health workers can confront racism. While this book is written for the public health professional, the tips provided can also be applied in other disciplines. Ford and her co-contributors have created an important work that will be an essential acquisition for any library supporting curricula in health, public health, or civil rights.Summing Up: Essential. All readers.

In his foreword to this edited volume Dinesh Bhugra writes, "There is little doubt that social factors are critical in managing mental illness. Social capital is not static and waxes and wanes throughout one's life, and these patterns are also affected by other factors." Thus, Bhugra sums up what is different, and most important, about this work. The contributed chapters, taken together, argue that health care professionals must be not only aware of social context but also capable of incorporating that awareness into action expressed in terms of specific treatment. Awareness of the role of social factors in health is nothing new. This volume, however, does an excellent job of providing guidance for health care professionals to assist them in thinking about and building on their existing awareness. The chapter entitled "The Social Identity Approach to Health," for example, first provides a concise summary of the concept of social identity and then explains clearly why an understanding of such theory can facilitate advances in treatment. This volume is useful in its own right for any health care service provider but will be especially helpful to those looking to integrate services.Summing Up: Highly recommended. Undergraduate students through faculty and professionals. Students in two-year technical programs.