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Personality development is an indispensable tool that helps an individual to flourish personal and professional skills. An extraordinary personality is sophisticated, well dressed and groomed, exuding confidence in speech and interpersonal skills. The factors such as biological characteristics, family and social groups, cultural and social factors contribute towards formation of an individual personality. Good communication is vital to any institution’s successful operation and equally imperative for personality development. The book ‘Communication Skills and Personality Development’ is a thorough attempt to present the aforesaid concepts in a simple, understandable, and student-friendly language to gaze the difficult situations and handle them appropriately. The course on Communication Skills and Personality Development has been recommended by V Deans Committee for B.Sc. (Agri.), B.Sc. (Horti.) and B.Tech. faculties throughout the agricultural universities in India; this book has been administered to cover the entire syllabus of this course. The book is highly recommended as a text book for the under graduate agricultural students.
Practical, proven ways to get fear, worry, and panic under control Think you worry too much? You're not alone?over 40 million Americans suffer from some form of anxiety. Help is here in this friendly guide, which offers sound advice on identifying anxiety triggers through taking self-tests, improving your eating habits, relaxing, and finding support for you and your loved ones. Now with 25% new and revised content, Overcoming Anxiety For Dummies, 2nd Edition explores all of the most common triggers for anxiety, recent developments in medications, newly emerging biologically oriented approaches for treating anxiety, and the most up-to-date advancements in psychotherapies. Understand why you?re anxious and pinpoint your triggers Get trusted advice on whether you can overcome anxiety on your own or seek professional help Covers anxiety in teens, young adults, and veterans The practical information in Overcoming Anxiety For Dummies, 2nd Edition is your first step toward getting your life back and winning the war against your worries!
Presents a model for treating specific mental illnesses when combined with substance abuse, integrating theory, research, and techniques from the substance abuse and general mental health fields. Each mental disorder is presented with assessment procedures, prioritized treatment goals, and a detaile
Cognitive therapies are based on the idea that behavior and emotions result largely from an individual's appraisal of a situation, and are therefore influenced by that individual's beliefs, assumptions and images. This book is a comprehensive guide to cognitive therapy of anxiety disorders.
Explains the meaning of terms and concepts related to specific phobias, forms of therapy, and medicines, and identifies key researchers.
First published in 1976, this volume was completely new with original contributions and traces the advances in theory and research on anxiety and emotion of the previous decade. The authors examine the origins of fear, anxiety, and other emotions and consider self-report and psychophysiological approaches to the measurement of anxiety. Also considered are the effects of anxiety on the behaviour of normal and abnormal subjects, and the volume concludes with behavioural approaches to assessment and treatment of anxiety in clinical settings.
The role of factors outside the province of the physical and biological sciences in the onset of illness has long been a source of speculation. While early efforts in psychosomatic medicine focused on the relationship between mental states and illness, the effects of personal status and social circumstances on physical health are only now receiving the attention they merit. By integrating current theory, methodology, and research, this ground-breaking volume advances the study of life events and disease to a new stage. George Brown and Tirril Harris are ideal editors for such an undertaking. George Brown has long been known for his path-breaking work on intensive clinical assessment and desi...
This book addresses issues confronting universities’ attempts to integrate practice-based learning in higher education curriculum, yet which reveals the jostling of cultures which exist within and amongst the academy, industry, government and professional bodies and other educational providers. The book engages theory in practices, and draws upon research highlighting the issues and transactions that emerge with implementation of work integrated learning arrangements as uses these resources to discuss and develop further both theoretical premises and procedural contributions. The illustrative cases derive utilise metaphors of culture in their exploration of the epistemologies, structures, ...
HIGHLY COMMENDED for the British Medical Awards book prize for Popular Medicine Fully updated edition of the bestselling self-help book, now recommended on the national Reading Well scheme. This ever-popular guide offers a self-help programme, written by one of the UK's leading authorities on anxiety and based on CBT, for those suffering from anxiety problems. A whole range of anxieties and fears are explained, from panic attacks and phobias to obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and generalised anxiety. It includes an introduction to the nature of anxiety and stress and a complete self-help programme with monitoring sheets based on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. The following websites may offer useful further information on anxiety disorders: www.social-anxiety.org.uk www.stress.org.uk www.triumphoverphobia.com
Deals with anxiety in relation to both mental and physical health, going beyond this disorder to explore anxiety as a factor influencing psychosexual dysfunctions, physical symptoms, the onset and course of disease and the preparation for surgery. Each chapter is organized to reflect theory, assessment and therapy outcome, providing a consistent framework in order to facilitate accessibility of information.