Handbook of Research in Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
Handbook of Research in Emotional and Behavioral Disorders

Author: Robert Bruce Rutherford

Publisher: Guilford Press

Published: 2007-01-10

Total Pages: 642

ISBN-13: 1593854714

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Brinig together leading reserachers, this book integrates current knowledge on emotional and behavioral disorders in the school setting. Reviewed are a range of evidence-based approaches to identifying, assessing, and intervening with this difficult-to-teach population. School practitioners and educators gain essential tools for developing and evaluating programs to improve student behvior, boost self-control and social skills, and maximize academic achievement. Findings on early intervention and prevention are presented, and inplications for policy discussed. Broad in coverage, the volume also empasizes the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration in service provision and delineates best-practice guidelines for research.

Mental Disorders/suicide
Mental Disorders/suicide

Author: Morton Kramer

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 1972

Total Pages: 374

ISBN-13: 9780674567351

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This volume presents an analysis of statistical data on two important public health problems. The chapters on mental disorders describe variations in the patterns of use of such facilities and furnish statistical information important for evaluating the effectiveness and improving the delivery of mental health services. The section on suicide provides mortality rates from this cause derived from data on all deaths occurring in the U.S., and discusses demographic variables as well as various sociological and psychological theories about suicide.