Detective Andreas Ruffner doesn't play by the rules, and he doesn't play well with others. With bodies piling up and a list of suspects who are way above his pay grade, the last thing he needs is a wet-behind-the-ears kid for a partner. Or babysitter. Not even if that partner is easy on the eyes.
"Risky behavior can be an expression of a normal, genetically influenced personality trait--sensation seeking. In Sensation Seeking and Risky Behavior, Marvin Zuckerman offers a comprehensive account of the theory and...
The evidence available in this model, such as the effect of low unemployment on dropping out of high school, suggests that benefits are important in the calculus of risk taking. Understanding, and ultimately modeling, these benefits is ...
This book focuses on the crucial role that relationships play in the lives of teenagers.
This phenomenon, originally described by Gergely and Watson, was finally conceptualized further by Fonagy in collaboration with the authors mentioned [144]. Affect mirroring enables parents to accentuate the utterances of the infant and ...
From leading authority John Briere, this book provides a comprehensive treatment approach for survivors of childhood trauma who numb or avoid emotional distress by engaging in substance abuse, risky sexual activities, self-injury, ...
Behaviors posing risks for an individual s health include drug use, smoking, alcohol, unhealthy eating causing obesity, and unsafe sex.
Adolescence is a time when youth make decisions, both good and bad, that have consequences for the rest of their lives. Some of these decisions put them at risk of lifelong health problems, injury, or death.
Previously, infectious diseases accounted for a dispro portionate share of adolescent morbidity and mortality. At present, however, the over whelming toll of adolescent morbidity and mortality is the result of lifestyle practices.
The American Psychiatric Association Practice Guideline for the Pharmacological Treatment of Patients With Alcohol Use Disorder seeks to reduce these substantial psychosocial and public health consequences of AUD for millions of affected ...
For some businesses, the cost of its employees being affected by substance misuse is negated by meeting targets, the environment in which they work or simply the "culture of their business." Stories from the City of cocaine being ...