Focusing on the psychological and interpersonal challenges faced by astronauts, this textbook delves into critical areas identified by NASA, including Behavioral Medicine, Team Risk, and Sleep Risk. It explores how these factors impact the well-being and performance of individuals in the unique environment of space, providing insights essential for understanding and addressing the mental health needs of spacefarers.
This third edition explores celestial beauty through rich prints and star atlases, tracing celestial cartography's evolution from ancient to modern times. It includes 226 images, with new chapters on pictorial maps and celestial art, offering an immersive look at star maps' history and contemporary cosmological ideas.
"Through a series of outcome and process studies, this book presents an evidence-based integrative treatment model that includes elements from psychodynamic, interpersonal, psychoeducational, and cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) approaches to address the needs of people suffering from psychosis. Designed to help patients deal with delusions, hallucinations, disorganized thinking, interpersonal problems, and the stigma of having a serious mental illness, the book chronicles the evolution of the integrative approach from clinical research in inpatient and outpatient settings to theoretical and clinical issues that were derived from the empirical studies. Chapters also include information and vignettes to assist the reader on in conducting therapy groups for patients suffering from acute and chronic psychosis. Shown to be a safe and supportive adjunct to medications that is useful in both inpatient and outpatient settings, readers will find value in this unique, empirically-driven model for groups that are long-term, short-term, and time-limited"--