Faculty Books and Book Chapters
This is a select list of works produced by the faculty of the College of Psychology at Nova Southeastern University
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Synthetic Biology: From Gene Circuits to Novel Biological Tools
Nina G. Argibay, E. M. Vazquez, C. E. Wilson, Travis Craddock, and R. P. Smith
The second edition of Nanotechnology in Biology and Medicine is intended to serve as an authoritative reference source for a broad audience involved in the research, teaching, learning, and practice of nanotechnology in life sciences. This technology, which is on the scale of molecules, has enabled the development of devices smaller and more efficient than anything currently available. To understand complex biological nanosystems at the cellular level, we urgently need to develop a next-generation nanotechnology tool kit. It is believed that the new advances in genetic engineering, genomics, proteomics, medicine, and biotechnology will depend on our mastering of nanotechnology in the coming decades. The integration of nanotechnology, material sciences, molecular biology, and medicine opens the possibility of detecting and manipulating atoms and molecules using nanodevices, which have the potential for a wide variety of biological research topics and medical uses at the cellular level. This book presents the most recent scientific and technological advances of nanotechnology for use in biology and medicine. Each chapter provides introductory material with an overview of the topic of interest; a description of methods, protocols, instrumentation, and applications; and a collection of published data with an extensive list of references for further details. The goal of this book is to provide a comprehensive overview of the most recent advances in instrumentation, methods, and applications in areas of nanobiotechnology, integrating interdisciplinary research and development of interest to scientists, engineers, manufacturers, teachers, and students.
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Prejudice
Paula M. Brochu and K. H. Cadwalader
This comprehensive, ten volume reference work reflects the interdisciplinary influences on evolutionary psychology and serves as a major resource for its history, scientific contributors and theories.
It draws on biology, cognitive science, anthropology, psychology, economics, computer science and paleoarchaeology to provide a multifaceted picture of behavioral adaptation in humans and how it adds to our academic and clinical understanding. Edited by a noted figure in evolutionary psychology, with many seminal and renowned contributors, this encyclopedia offers the full breadth of an area that is the forefront of behavioral thinking and investigation.
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A brief history of clinical ideas and practices in psychology
Alexandru Cuc and Bady Quintar
[preliminary edition]
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Investigative uses of Hypnosis
Frank DePiano and David DePiano
Discussions and definitions of hypnosis can be seen from earliest writings through current times. For example, the Roman Historian Plutarch Pyrrhus of Epicus described curing cases of colic with forms of suggestion (Wolfe & Rosenthal, 1948), while Bernheim (1947) discussed ancient Egyptians using “magnetic stones” to cure ailments such as gout, hysteria, toothache and head pain. More recently, the Executive Committee (2014) of the Society for Psychological Hypnosis, in an attempt to simplify communications about hypnosis, offered its official definition of hypnosis as “A state of consciousness involving focused attention and reduced peripheral awareness characterized by an enhanced capacity for response to suggestion.” The Division leadership went on to clarify that “While there are substantial variations in theoretical understanding of these phenomena, the above definitions were created with an interest in simplifying communication regarding hypnotic phenomena and procedures within and between fields of research and practice, and so are intentionally largely atheoretical.” The reader can draw their own conclusions regarding the success this group has had in simplify definitions of hypnosis.
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Trauma, PTSD, Grief & Loss: The 10 Core Competencies for evidence-based treatment
Michael Dubi, Patrick Wayne Powell, and Eric Gentry
Trauma, PTSD, Grief & Loss provides a holistic and systemic path of understanding traumatic stress, and charts the most effective treatments, outlined in the 10 core trauma competencies. Trauma experts J. Eric Gentry and Mike Dubi bring 70+ years of clinical trauma experience, providing best-practice, evidence-based clinical interventions and techniques.
Key approached and interventions include:
- Feedback Informed Therapy
- Self-Regulation
- EMDR
- Tri-Phasic Model
- Exposure Based Therapies
- CBT
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Deaf Inmates
David Feldman
Deaf individuals held within the correctional system present a unique challenge for administration and staff, correctional officers, and other relevant professionals. Daily activities, treatment, rehabilitation, and other facets of corrections will likely be influenced by the Deaf inmate's linguistic and cultural needs. The term “Deaf,” with its capitalized “D,” demonstrates that Deafness is viewed from a cultural and sociolinguistic framework. The Deaf community reflects a distinct subculture; however, the unique subcultural and linguistic characteristics generate difficulties for Deaf individuals held in correctional settings and for those correctional officials who job it is to manage those incarcerated both on a daily and administrative level. Literature on the subject of Deaf offenders in correctional settings is incomplete. However, it has been well documented in other settings that specialized training and knowledge skills are essential in order to work productively with Deaf offenders or suspects at various stages of the judicial process. This entry describes the characteristics of culturally Deaf individuals in order to better understand the differences and special needs of this population in correctional settings.
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The Study of Trauma: A Historical Overview
Charles R. Figley, Amy E. Ellis, Bryan T. Reuther, and Steven N. Gold
The two volume APA Handbook of Trauma Psychology is the most comprehensive guide, text, and reference work on the subject to date. It provides a survey of all the major areas and subtopics of empirical knowledge and practical applications in the field of trauma psychology, written by top experts in the field.
Volume 1 is divided into sections on the nature of trauma, its psychological impact, major conceptual frameworks for understanding traumatization, and trauma as viewed from the diverse perspective of various disciplines.
Volume 2 covers various applications of trauma psychology, including various modalities of trauma assessment, major treatment approaches across the lifespan, and multi-client and organizational practice.
The APA Handbook of Trauma Psychology will be an essential resource to specialists in trauma who need comprehensive information, to practitioners who seek to familiarize themselves with the range of approaches for trauma assessment and treatment, or for students as a graduate level or advanced undergraduate level textbook.
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APA Handbook of Trauma Psychology: Volume 1: Foundations in Knowledge
Steven N. Gold, Joan M. Cook, and Constance J. Dalenberg
The two volume APA Handbook of Trauma Psychology is the most comprehensive guide, text, and reference work on the subject to date. It provides a survey of all the major areas and subtopics of empirical knowledge and practical applications in the field of trauma psychology, written by top experts in the field.
Volume 1 is divided into sections on the nature of trauma, its psychological impact, major conceptual frameworks for understanding traumatization, and trauma as viewed from the diverse perspective of various disciplines.
Volume 2 covers various applications of trauma psychology, including various modalities of trauma assessment, major treatment approaches across the lifespan, and multi-client and organizational practice.
The APA Handbook of Trauma Psychology will be an essential resource to specialists in trauma who need comprehensive information, to practitioners who seek to familiarize themselves with the range of approaches for trauma assessment and treatment, or for students as a graduate level or advanced undergraduate level textbook.
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APA Handbook of Trauma Psychology: Volume 2: Trauma Practice
Steven N. Gold, Joan M. Cook, and Constance J. Dalenberg
The two volume APA Handbook of Trauma Psychology is the most comprehensive guide, text, and reference work on the subject to date. It provides a survey of all the major areas and subtopics of empirical knowledge and practical applications in the field of trauma psychology, written by top experts in the field.
Volume 1 is divided into sections on the nature of trauma, its psychological impact, major conceptual frameworks for understanding traumatization, and trauma as viewed from the diverse perspective of various disciplines.
Volume 2 covers various applications of trauma psychology, including various modalities of trauma assessment, major treatment approaches across the lifespan, and multi-client and organizational practice.
The APA Handbook of Trauma Psychology will be an essential resource to specialists in trauma who need comprehensive information, to practitioners who seek to familiarize themselves with the range of approaches for trauma assessment and treatment, or for students as a graduate level or advanced undergraduate level textbook.
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Looking Ahead: A Vision for the Future
Steven N. Gold, Joan M. Cook, and Constance J. Dalenberg
The two volume APA Handbook of Trauma Psychology is the most comprehensive guide, text, and reference work on the subject to date. It provides a survey of all the major areas and subtopics of empirical knowledge and practical applications in the field of trauma psychology, written by top experts in the field.
Volume 1 is divided into sections on the nature of trauma, its psychological impact, major conceptual frameworks for understanding traumatization, and trauma as viewed from the diverse perspective of various disciplines.
Volume 2 covers various applications of trauma psychology, including various modalities of trauma assessment, major treatment approaches across the lifespan, and multi-client and organizational practice.
The APA Handbook of Trauma Psychology will be an essential resource to specialists in trauma who need comprehensive information, to practitioners who seek to familiarize themselves with the range of approaches for trauma assessment and treatment, or for students as a graduate level or advanced undergraduate level textbook.
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Future Directions
Steven N. Gold, Constance J. Dalenberg, and Joan M. Cook
The two volume APA Handbook of Trauma Psychology is the most comprehensive guide, text, and reference work on the subject to date. It provides a survey of all the major areas and subtopics of empirical knowledge and practical applications in the field of trauma psychology, written by top experts in the field.
Volume 1 is divided into sections on the nature of trauma, its psychological impact, major conceptual frameworks for understanding traumatization, and trauma as viewed from the diverse perspective of various disciplines.
Volume 2 covers various applications of trauma psychology, including various modalities of trauma assessment, major treatment approaches across the lifespan, and multi-client and organizational practice.
The APA Handbook of Trauma Psychology will be an essential resource to specialists in trauma who need comprehensive information, to practitioners who seek to familiarize themselves with the range of approaches for trauma assessment and treatment, or for students as a graduate level or advanced undergraduate level textbook.
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Contextual Treatment of Complex Trauma
Steven N. Gold and Amy E. Ellis
The two volume APA Handbook of Trauma Psychology is the most comprehensive guide, text, and reference work on the subject to date. It provides a survey of all the major areas and subtopics of empirical knowledge and practical applications in the field of trauma psychology, written by top experts in the field.
Volume 1 is divided into sections on the nature of trauma, its psychological impact, major conceptual frameworks for understanding traumatization, and trauma as viewed from the diverse perspective of various disciplines.
Volume 2 covers various applications of trauma psychology, including various modalities of trauma assessment, major treatment approaches across the lifespan, and multi-client and organizational practice.
The APA Handbook of Trauma Psychology will be an essential resource to specialists in trauma who need comprehensive information, to practitioners who seek to familiarize themselves with the range of approaches for trauma assessment and treatment, or for students as a graduate level or advanced undergraduate level textbook.
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Androgen Action and Stress
Mary Holschbach and Robert J. Handa
Androgens belong to a class of steroid hormones that circulate at high levels in males. However, androgens should not be thought of as exclusively male hormones since they are also produced in females, though at much lower levels. The predominant mode of androgen action is through binding in target tissues to a specific receptor termed the androgen receptor. This receptor can regulate the expression of a set of androgen-responsive genes. The synthesis, transport, and release of androgens to the bloodstream, their actions on target tissues, and their effects on stressor related neuroendocrine function and behaviors are addressed here.
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Anesthetizing Open Wounds: Substance Addiction in Male Survivors of Sexual Victimization
Scott M. Hyman and Steven N. Gold
Healing Sexually Betrayed Men and Boys: Treatment for Sexual Abuse, Assault, and Trauma is the new authoritative source for treatment of sexually victimized men and boys. Male victims and survivors of sexual trauma lived in shadow until the turn of the 21st century, when scandal after scandal about the sexual abuse of boys and men shed light on their suffering. These men and boys require different treatment roadmaps than their female counterparts. Yet there is little in the professional literature to help a clinician work with sexually traumatized boys and men.
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Family and Social Development
Melanie M. Iarussi
Midlife (ages 30 to 60) is generally a time in which partnership, children, and aging parents are of focus. Many individuals enter into partnerships, including those formally recognized through marriage or civil unions, in their 20s, and continue this developmental task in their 30s, 40s, and 50s. In 2014, the average age for a woman to have her first child was 26 (Mathews & Hamilton, 2016), resulting in midlife being largely focused on raising children. Finally, when individuals are in midlife, their parents are older adults who may be experiencing declining health and functioning, often requiring support from adult children. For people who identify as LGBTQ, each of these developmental tasks require unique considerations, including specific challenges and strengths. In this article, common developmental tasks of midlife related to family and social factors will be detailed, followed by information about the possible challenges encountered as LGBTQ persons pursue these milestones. Possible strengths possessed by members of these communities as related to midlife developmental tasks are also described. Intersectionality is then discussed in regard to members of LGBTQ communities and family issues. Finally, considerations for counseling will be described.
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Intimate Partner Violence: A Toolbox for Counselors
Tara S. Jungersen
This monograph was submitted as part of the American Counseling Association Anti-Bullying and Interpersonal Violence Task Force Project. Citation details to be verified.
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Human Trafficking: A Toolbox for Counselors
Tara S. Jungersen and L. E. Walker
This monograph was submitted as part of the American Counseling Association Anti-Bullying and Interpersonal Violence Task Force Project. Citation details to be verified.
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My Experience in Developing Self-Awareness Through Involvement
Justin Maki
In Feather Boas, Black Hoodies, and John Deere Hats, Jones once again challenges our beliefs about difference and acceptance. As one reviewer writes, “through a series of rich narratives, Jones provides examples of attitudes, experiences, and institutional acts that continue to propagate the marginalization of people in our communities. Intertwined within these stories are thoughtfully selected ideas to help us understand that embracing difference, and not merely respecting it, can be the catalyst for real change in all of us.”
The book engenders a dialogic space for individuals to grapple with the idea of difference and the importance of inclusion in educational environments, and by extension broader society.