Thursday, January 8, 2009

The Handbook of Posttraumatic Growth Research and Practice or Cosmetic Formulation of Skin Care Products

The Handbook of Posttraumatic Growth Research and Practice

Author: Lawrence G Calhoun

Posttraumatic growth is an area in which investigations are now being undertaken in many different parts of the world. The view that individuals can be changed--sometimes in radically good ways--by their struggle with trauma is ancient and widespread. However, the systematic focus by scholars and clinicians on the possibilities for growth from the struggle with crisis is relatively recent. There are now a growing number of studies and scholarly papers on the antecedents, correlates, and consequences of posttraumatic growth, and there are also theoretical models that can help guide the research further. It is clear, however, that this phenomenon is not yet well understood.

The Handbook of Posttraumatic Growth: Research and Practice provides both clinicians and researchers with a comprehensive and up-to-date view of what has been done so far. In addition, it uses the foundations of what has been done to provide suggestions for the next useful steps to take in understanding posttraumatic growth. The book offers contributions of important and influential scholars representing a wide array of perspectives of posttraumatic growth. This volume serves as an impetus for additional work, both in the academic aspects and in the possibilities for clinical applications of posttraumatic growth.

This Handbook will appeal to students, practitioners, and researchers working in a broad array of disciplines and human services.



Table of Contents:
1The foundations of posttraumatic growth : an expanded framework1
2Relationships between posttraumatic growth and resilience : recovery, resistance, and reconfiguration24
3Measurement issues in assessing growth following stressful life experiences47
4Re-storying loss : fostering growth in the posttraumatic narrative68
5Schema-change perspectives on posttraumatic growth81
6Posttraumatic growth and other outcomes of major loss in the context of complex family lives100
7Spirituality : a pathway to posttraumatic growth or decline?121
8Posttraumatic growth after cancer138
9Bereavement and posttraumatic growth176
10Posttraumatic growth after war197
11Positive changes attributed to the challenge of HIV/AIDS214
12Posttraumatic growth in disaster and emergency work225
13Growing out of ashes : posttraumatic growth among Holocaust child survivors248
14Resilience and posttraumatic growth in children264
15Expert companions : posttraumatic growth in clinical practice291
16The link between posttraumatic growth and forgiveness : an intuitive truth311
17Posttraumatic growth and psychotherapy334
18Resilience and posttraumatic growth : a constructive narrative perspective355

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Cosmetic Formulation of Skin Care Products

Author: Zoe Diana Draelos

Specifically written to meet the needs of the cosmetic chemist and engineer, this reference outlines the latest technologies and issues pertinent to the development novel skin care products including advances in formulation and development, raw materials and active ingredients, compound testing, and clinical assessment. Organized by product category, then by body application area, this guide supplies all one needs to know to create effective skin care products for men and women in a diverse range of ethnic populations.



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