Author: Alexander Samuel Wilkinson File Type: pdf span orphans 2 widows 2Within just a generation or two of its arrival, print had become a ubiquitous and spirited part of Spain and Portugals urban cultures. It serviced an ever-expanding reading public, as well as many and varied practical quotidian needs. Its impact on society was multi-dimensional and complex, and its social reach far broader than the civic or ecclesiastical elites were ever to be entirely comfortable with.spanspan orphans 2 widows 2This cross-disciplinary volume of essays focuses on the maturing marketplace for print in the first half of the seventeenth century, shedding new light on some important transformations, with authors and publishers seizing opportunities available to them negotiating the regulatory efforts of the censors, and scrambling to reconfigure their relationship with their readers.span

Author: William H. Campbell File Type: pdf The biopsychosocial model for the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of disease has continued to develop since its inception in the mid-twentieth century by Dr. George Engel. The tripartite model is based on general systems theory, and allows for a clinician to get a comprehensive picture of the physical, mental and environmental influences on a patients health (the authors stress the importance of the concept of an interpersonal clinician-patient relationship). This model of mental health is particularly useful during the initial interviewing and patient presentation processes, during which time the practitioner hopes to gather as much useful information as possible about a new patient. Interestingly enough, it is often not the collection of data, but the organization, matching, and formulation of information gathered during an interview that presents the clinician with the greater challenge.The Biopsychosocial Formulation Manualis intended to help beginning clinicians and trainees to moreefficiently gather, organize, assess and diagnose a patients history and current illness. The manual is designed to first help the clinician with the initial gathering of data, and secondly to later construct a bio-psycho-social formulation. The text is comprised of five major sections (The Biological Formulation, The Psychological Formulation, The Social Formulation, Risk Assessment, and Prognosis). An easy-to-use Biopsychosocial Formulation Database Record is included in the text, giving the reader a useful resource wherein she can record, organize and begin an analysis of data from both patient interview and chart review data. Inserted in each copy of the book will be a companion CD-Rom disc, containing electronic versions of such useful materials as the aforementioned Database Record, many of the tables and charts found within the text, and other valuable tools. Based on George Engels model, The Biopsychosocial Formulation Manual presents ways to help psychiatry residents and students effectively gather and organize patient data to arrive at a complete mental health history in a limited timeframe. While most current models only take one factor into account, Campbell and Rohrbaugh emphasize and analyze three essential components (biological, social, and psychological). The process of identifying pertinent data for each component of the biopsychosocial formulation is explicated in detail. A separate section outlines how to use the biopsychosocial formulation to generate treatment recommendations. This volume includes a complete package for practicing the biopsychosocial method this easy-to-use guide includes a data record sheet and a companion CD to facilitate organization and assessment, appealing to both the psychiatric professional and the trainee.

Author: Kieran J. O'Mahony File Type: pdf This book looks at Christian origins under several headings worship, belief and society. The opening essay sets out to describe the immediate background to the early Christian movement within Judaism. The remaining nine essays look at how the early Christians worshipped, what they believed about Jesus and, finally, in what way the early Christian movement came to social expression. The authors of the different essays are experts in their various fields.

Author: Timothy E. Cook File Type: pdf The ideal of a neutral, objective press has proven in recent years to be just thatan ideal. But while everyone talks about the political biases and influences of the news, no one has figured out whether and how the news media exert power. In Governing with the News, Timothy E. Cook goes far beyond the single claim that the press is not impartial to argue that the news media are in fact a political institution integral to the day-to-day operations of the three branches of our government. The formation of the press as a political institution began in the early days of the republic when newspapers were sponsored by political parties the relationship is now so central that press offices are found wherever one turns. Cook demonstrates not only how the media are structured as an institution that exercises collective power but also how the role of the media has become institutionalized within the political process, affecting policy and instigating, rather than merely reflecting, political actions. Cooks analysis is a powerful and fascinating guide to our age when newsmaking and governing are inseparable. This is a wonderful analysis of a highly important topic. Tim Cook is resoundingly right that we need to look at the media as political institutions and their operatives as political actors.David R. Mayhew, author of Divided We Govern This meticulously researched and well reasoned work proposes to take seriously a thesis which flies in the face of both journalistic lore and political myth. Governing with the News is an innovative contribution to our understanding of media.W. Lance Bennett, author of News The Politics of Illusion This book should be read by journalists . . . by mass communication faculty teaching courses in media structure or effects and journalism faculty as a supplemental text to courses in media history and media management.Benjamin J. Burns, Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly