The Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science, Volume 1 / Edition 3

by W. Edward Craighead, Charles B. Nemeroff

Overview

An exhaustive reference for mental and behavioral health

The Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science provides psychologists, researchers, teachers, and students with a complete reference for the field. Comprehensive coverage includes diagnoses, assessment, scales, treatments, research, and more, including entries for influential psychologists and psychological organizations from around the globe. The Third Edition has been updated to reflect the growing impact of neuroscience and biomedical research, and contains over 1,200 entries across the four-volume set. This massive cache of information is an invaluable reference for anyone in the field.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780471270805
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	11/11/2002
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	496
Product dimensions:	8.20(w) x 10.70(h) x 1.05(d)

About the Author

W. EDWARD CRAIGHEAD, PhD, J. Rex Fuqua Professor at the Emory University Medical School, is best known for his leadership in professional organizations and as a clinical investigator in the realm of depressive disorders.

Table of Contents

Foreword.

Preface.

Acknowledgments.

RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.

Resorts: An Introduction.

The Resort Guest.

Recreational Amenities: Development and Management.

Design Principles.

Mountain-Based Resorts.

Water-Based Resorts.

Golf- and Tennis-Based Resorts.

OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT.

Marketing the Resort Experience.

Resort Operations.

Resort Economics.

GUEST ACTIVITY PROGRAMMING.

Guest Activity Programming and Format.

Program Management and Evaluation.

SPA Development and Operations.

The Future of Resorts.

Index.

Editorial Reviews

Previous editions of this reference for "the community at large" appeared in 1984 and 1994 (LJ 6/1/94), followed by a one-volume condensation (LJ 5/15/96). Editors Craighead and Nemeroff indicate that two-thirds of the prior edition has been updated and one-third replaced. Unfortunately, this seems exaggerated, and there are other editorial problems: biographical entries vary greatly in length, with mere paragraphs devoted to many of the more famous (such as William James or G.H. Mead) compared with whole pages for the editors and their contemporaries. The subject index is the table of contents placed at the end, while the author index is really a name index. Some 1000 contributors have produced 1200 articles, but the cross referencing varies in scope. References and suggested readings range from zero to (rarely) scores of items. Entries such as "Psychopharmacology" cite references no later than 1980. There is no entry on psychiatry at all, despite one on "Medical Model of Psychotherapy." There are also no entries for will, volition, agency, intentionality, E. Coue, Milton Erickson, James Gibson, Jacques Lacan, or Benjamin Rush. Article titles such as "Major Depressive Disorder" and "MAO Inhibitors" are not conducive to logical searching; sexual dysfunction is presented in two articles under "Male" and "Female." Finally, the level of presentation varies from homespun biography to material for the specialist. While acceptable, this work is greatly overshadowed by Oxford's excellent ten-volume Encyclopedia of Psychology (LJ 3/15/00) edited by Alan E. Kazdin. E. James Lieberman, George Washington Univ. Sch. of Medicine, Washington, DC Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

Library Journal

<:st> The first edition of this esteemed reference was published in 1984, and is cited in and . This third edition updates the second (1994) but has been kept to four volumes through excision of about one-third of the old entries to make room for the same number of new topics; all retained entries have been updated. Contributions from 1,000-plus authors on some 1,200 topics encompass concepts, techniques, and biographical profiles relevant to ten areas of psychology: applied, clinical, cognitive, developmental, educational, measurement, personality, physiological, social, and history/theory. The entries range in length from a column or so to many pages. Each entry is signed and includes biographical references and cross references. Indexing is by subject and author. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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