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3. Nature or nurture?
Daniel Freeman and Jason Freeman
in Anxiety: A Very Short Introduction
Do we inherit anxiety through our genes, or learn it from those closest to us? ‘Nature or nurture?’ looks at the evidence. Twin adoption studies point to a genetic influence, but ...
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Adolescence: A Very Short Introduction
Peter K Smith
Adolescence is a turbulent period to live through. Marking the transition from the world of childhood to adult life, the adolescent faces many challenges and opportunities, including ...
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Introduction: Catching cultures in high relief
James Marten
in The History of Childhood: A Very Short Introduction
Although the biological facts of being a child have remained largely the same, philosophers and theologians, reformers and policymakers, educators and scholars have, over the last few ...
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5. Developing our identity as reflective scientist-practitioners
Susan Llewelyn and Katie Aafjes-van Doorn
in Clinical Psychology: A Very Short Introduction
‘Developing our identity as reflective scientist-practioners’ considers the benefits and drawbacks of working as a clinical psychologist. It looks at the different areas of clinical ...
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Introduction
Essi Viding
in Psychopathy: A Very Short Introduction
The Introduction explains that we now understand psychopathy as a personality disorder characterized by lack of empathy and guilt, manipulation of other people, a tendency to make ...
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4. Why do some people become psychopaths?
Essi Viding
in Psychopathy: A Very Short Introduction
What are the developmental origins of the psychopathic mind? Is psychopathy a genetic condition? Or do people become psychopaths because they have been maltreated? Is it inevitable that ...
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2. How psychoanalysis began
Daniel Pick
in Psychoanalysis: A Very Short Introduction
Psychoanalysis emerged between the 1880s and 1900s. Its origins can be traced to many sources, but mostly to the work of Sigmund Freud. ‘How psychoanalysis began’ considers, in turn, ...
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7. Panic disorder
Daniel Freeman and Jason Freeman
in Anxiety: A Very Short Introduction
Panic is a common feature of all anxiety disorders, and other psychological problems too, but it takes centre stage in panic disorder where a person experiences recurrent, unexpected panic ...
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5. Radical Dickens
Jenny Hartley
in Charles Dickens: A Very Short Introduction
Charles Dickens was a life-long radical. According to Forster, it was Dickens’s childhood experiences that instilled ‘the hatred of oppression, the revolt against abuse of power, and the ...
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Anxiety: A Very Short Introduction
Daniel Freeman and Jason Freeman
Anxiety: A Very Short Introduction explains what anxiety is, why it is a normal and vital part of our emotional life, and the factors that cause it. Are we born with fears or ...
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9. Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Daniel Freeman and Jason Freeman
in Anxiety: A Very Short Introduction
Obsessions in obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) are upsetting and unwanted thoughts, images, and impulses that constantly recur. So distressing are they that people with OCD use a variety ...
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2. Public and private
Jenny Hartley
in Charles Dickens: A Very Short Introduction
Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth in February 1812. ‘Public and private’ describes his early childhood, his first jobs, and his move into writing. His father’s imprisonment for debt ...
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