Canadian Psychology back issues from May 2006:
Psychology's Pursuit of Prescriptive Authority: Would it Meet the Goals of Canadian Health Care Reform?
May 01, 2006; ... Abstract We seek to facilitate reflection on the important issue of prescriptive authority for Canadian psychologists. The present paper contextualizes the discussion of prescriptive authority in the broader context of health care reform in Canada. More specifically, we review ...
Are Gender Differences in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Rates Attenuated in Substance Use Disorder Patients?
May 01, 2006; ... Abstract We review 15 studies that examined rates of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in substance use disorder (SUD) patients to determine whether the typical female-greaterthan-male gender difference in PTSD rates is attenuated in SUD samples. Since the majority of studies ...
La portée de l'« effet Mozart ». Succès souvenirs, fausses notes et reprises
May 01, 2006; ... Résumé Rauscher, Shaw et Ky (1993) ont constaté que l'écoute de la Sonate pour deux pianos en ré majeur K448 de Mozart augmente à court terme les habiletés de raisonnement spatial. Popularisé sous le nom d'« effet Mozart », ce résultat a suscité un engouement scientifique, social et ...
Development and Psychopathology: A Vulnerability-Stress Perspective
May 01, 2006; ... BENJAMIN L. HANKIN and JOHN R. Z. ABELA (Eds.) Development and Psychopathology: A Vulnerability-Stress Perspective Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2005, 520 pages (ISBN 1-41290-490-0, CDN$72.95 Paperback) Reviewed by PAUL D. HASTINGS and JACOB N. NUSELOVICI In this edited volume, ...
Treating Attachment Pathology
May 01, 2006; ... JON MILLS Treating Attachment Pathology Lanham, MD: Jason Aronson, 2005, 388 pages (ISBN 0-7657-0132-4, CDN$40.02 Paper, 0-7657-0130-8, CDN$89.31 Cloth) Reviewed by TREVOR R. OLSON and MICHAEL Wm. MACGREGOR Many books written on attachment pathology focus on the assessment and treatment ...
Neuropsychological Interventions: Clinical Research and Practice
May 01, 2006; ... PAUL J. ESLINGER (Ed.) Neuropsychological Interventions: Clinical Research and Practice New York: Guilford Publications, 2005, 360 pages (ISBN 1-59385-163-4, CDN$20.51 Paperback) Reviewed by DOUGLAS SHORE The pessimistic assumption that the mature human brain lacks any physiological ...
Dialogue avec le sujet psychotique
May 01, 2006; ... MARC-ALAIN WOLF Dialogue avec le sujet psychotique Montréal, QC : Les Éditions Triptyque, 2005, 261 pages (ISBN 2-89031-539-8, C$ 25,00 broché) Compte-rendu par HÉLÈNE DYMETRYSZYN Le travail thérapeutique auprès des personnes psychotiques représente un défi imposant. En effet, autant sur ...
The Development and Treatment of Girlhood Aggression
May 01, 2006; ... DEBRA J. PEPLER, KIRSTEN C. MADSEN, CHRISTOPHER D. WEBSTER, and KATHRYN S. LEVENE (Eds.) The Development and Treatment of Girlhood Aggression Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 2005, 336 pages (ISBN 0-8058-4039-7, CDN$87.96 Cloth) Reviewed by ISABELA GRANIC This edited volume represents a ...
Le trouble obsessionnel-compulsif et l'insight : une revue critique de la littérature
May 01, 2006; ... Résumé Il est convenu que l'individu souffre d'un trouble obsessionnel-compulsif (TOC) avec faible insight lorsqu'il ne reconnaît pas, à un moment durant l'évolution de son trouble, le caractère irrationnel de ses obsessions/compulsions (American Psychiatric Association, 2000). Cette ...
When Crime Waves
May 01, 2006; ... VINCENT F. SACCO When Crime Waves Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2005, 224 pages (ISBN 0-7619-2783-2, US$32.95 Paperback) Reviewed by J. STEPHEN WORMITH Vincent Sacco has written an intriguing little book on the complex phenomenon called "crime waves." Overlaying his ...
Connectionism: A Hands-On Approach
May 01, 2006; ... MICHAEL R. W. DAWSON Connectionism: A Hands-On Approach Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing, 2005, 208 pages (ISBN 1-4051-3074-1, US$69.95 Hardcover) Reviewed by JOSEPH MACINNES This book is intended to be a practical introduction to connectionist models and neural networks. The book uses ...