Author: Thomas G. Plante Ph.D.
Publisher: Praeger
Keywords: volumes, abnormal, psychology, three, millennium, disorders, new, mental
Number of Pages: 920
Published: 2006-08-30
List price: $225.00
ISBN-10: 0275987817
ISBN-13: 9780275987817

Tragically, the daily news is filled with stories about hurtful and seemingly mystifying problems in human behavior. Each morning we face news stories about murder, suicide, drunken driving accidents, child molestation, drug abuse, gambling, criminal behavior, and so forth. The cover stories of news magazines from Time and Newsweek to U.S. News and World Report often focus on abnormal psychology and behavior connected to these particular topics, as well as to autism, child hyperactivity, depression, eating disorders, and more. In these volumes, experts in their respective fields draw together

Author: Thomas G. Plante Ph.D.
Publisher: Praeger
Keywords: committed, roman, catholic, priests, abuse, sexual, father, sinned, perspectives, bless
Number of Pages: 200
Published: 1999-09-30
List price: $110.95
ISBN-10: 0275963861
ISBN-13: 9780275963866

A tremendous amount of media attention has been devoted to revealing sexual abuse perpetrated by Roman Catholic priests. These essays outline a clinical agenda for professionals dealing with clergy sexual abuse. They should enable research clinical professionals, and clergy to identify the relevant issues in the identification, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of child and adolescent sexual abuse committed by Roman Catholic priests. Leading experts in the field from the United States and Canada have offered their different perspectives on this compelling problem including victim profiles f

Authors:Thomas G. Plante Phd, Allen C. Sherman Phd,
Publisher: The Guilford Press
Keywords: perspectives, psychological, health, faith
Number of Pages: 416
Published: 2001-08-02
List price: $50.00
ISBN-10: 1572306823
ISBN-13: 9781572306820

This volume reviews and integrates the growing body of contemporary psychological research on the links between religious faith and health outcomes. It presents up-to-date findings from empirical studies of populations ranging from healthy individuals to those with specific clinical problems, including cancer, HIV/AIDS, and psychological disorders. Drawing on multiple perspectives in psychology, the book examines such critical questions as the impact of religious practices on health behaviors and health risks; the role played by faith in adaptation to illness or disability; and possible influe

Author: Lynda La Plante
Publisher: Penguin Books
Keywords: penguin, readers, suspect, level, prime
Number of Pages: 80
Published: 1995-03-30
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0140814728
ISBN-13: 9780140814729

Author: Lynda La Plante
Publisher: Trans-Atlantic Publicatio
Keywords: mafia, bella
Number of Pages: 768
Published: 1997-11-01
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0330315382
ISBN-13: 9780330315388

Don Roberto Luciano turns informer for the biggest Mafia trial in history, but his family pays a terrible price. The head of the family, his three sons, his two grandsons and his nephew are all killed leaving the five widows to reclaim their inheritance from a dangerous Mafioso.

Author: Lynda La Plante
Publisher: Random House
Keywords: novel, heart, cold
Number of Pages: 322
Published: 1999-03-02
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0375500049
ISBN-13: 9780375500046

Lorraine Page, heroine of Cold Shoulder and Cold Blood, returns with a new face, new wardrobe, new office, new assistant, new dog, and new love--all but the last, L.A. police lieutenant Jake Burton, courtesy of a big bonus earned on her previous case. Lynda La Plante, creator of the PBS series Prime Suspect, puts Lorraine right in the middle of a murderous art swindle scheme. When Harry Nathan, a charismatic producer, director, and collector, is murdered in his Brentwood swimming pool, Lorraine’s hired to find out who killed him and then to track the missing art or the millions it’

Author: Lynda La Plante
Publisher: Touchstone
Keywords: mysteries, travis, anna, dahlia, red
Number of Pages: 432
Published: 2007-07-03
List price: $14.00
ISBN-10: 1416532196
ISBN-13: 9781416532194

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER!"FOR THOSE WHO LOVE MYSTERIES BUT WISH THAT PATRICIA CORNWELL HAD A DIRTIER MIND,"* the author of Above Suspicion and the acclaimed Prime Suspect series returns with a new mystery.When the body of a young girl is found dumped on the banks of the Thames, even the police are shocked by the brutality of her murder: horrifically mutilated, severed in half, and drained of blood, her corpse is an obvious mirror image of the famous Black Dahlia murder in 1940s Los Angeles.Now Detective Inspector Anna Travis must race against time to catch this copycat killer. She turns to