La evaluación de los problemas psicológicos es un requisito básico para su tratamiento y no hay posibilidad de intervención con éxito si ésta no ha sido la adecuada. Aunque en los últimos tiempos se ha insistido en la eficacia de las técnicas de intervención psicológica, es posible que esté llegando la hora de prestar más atención al área de la evaluación clínica. La obra que tiene el lector en sus manos pone al día la evaluación clínica de una serie de trastornos psicológicos insistiendo en los aspectos prácticos de la misma. El contenido se ha estructurado en tres partes. En la parte primera se abordan muchos de los trastornos psicológicos de la edad adulta incluidos en el DSM-IV-TR, excepto los trastornos de ansiedad, que se tratan en la obra Manual para la evaluación clínica de los trastornos psicológicos. Estrategias de evaluación, problemas infantiles y trastornos de ansiedad, publicada en esta misma editorial. En la parte segunda se plantea la evaluación de otros problemas psicológicos que no se encuentran recogidos en el anterior sistema de clasificación, tales como problemas de habilidades sociales, agresividad, etc. En la parte tercera se explica la elaboración de los informes psicológicos, algo de gran importancia para muchos psicólogos dedicados a la psicología clínica y/o a la psicología forense. El libro va acompañado de un CD-Rom que incluye instrumentos de evaluación completos para que el clínico o el investigador los apliquen en sus respectivos campos de trabajo.

La evaluación de los problemas psicológicos es un requisito básico para su tratamiento y no hay posibilidad de intervención con éxito si ésta no ha sido la adecuada. Aunque en los últimos tiempos se ha insistido en la eficacia de las técnicas de intervención psicológica, es posible que esté llegando la hora de prestar más atención al área de la evaluación clínica. La obra que tiene el lector en sus manos pone al día la evaluación clínica de una serie de trastornos psicológicos insistiendo en los aspectos prácticos de la misma. El contenido se ha estructurado en cinco partes. En primer lugar comienza exponiendo las técnicas de evaluación más útiles en el campo clínico. La parte segunda está dedicada a las habilidades del terapeuta, tanto infantil como de adultos. La parte tercera se centra en la evaluación de las capacidades básicas de los pacientes, tales como inteligencia, personalidad, memoria y conciencia, entre otras. La parte cuarta se dedica a los problemas infantiles siguiendo básicamente la clasificación que hace de ellos el DSM-IV-TR, y finalmente, la parte quinta analiza la evaluación de los trastornos de ansiedad. Los capítulos sobre problemas psicológicos, además de su orientación práctica, incluyen el análisis funcional de algún caso clínico. El libro va acompañado de un CD-Rom que incluye instrumentos de evaluación completos para que el clínico o el investigador los apliquen en sus respectivos campos de trabajo.

Product design is an important field where ergonomics and human factors should be applied. To achieve this goal, effective strategies for process improvement must be researched and implemented. The Handbook of Research on Ergonomics and Product Design is a critical scholarly resource that provides new theories, methodologies, and applications of ergonomics and product design and redesign. Featuring a broad range of topics such as additive manufacturing, product analysis, and sustainable packing development, this book is geared towards academicians, practitioners, and researchers seeking current research on new theories, methods, and applications related to ergonomics and product design.

This handbook shows the wide perspective cognitive-behavioural treatment can offer to health professionals, the vast majority of whom now recognize that cognitive behavioural procedures are very useful in treating many 'mental' disorders, even if certain disciplines continue to favour other kinds of treatment. This book offers a wide range of structured programmes for the treatment of various psychological/psychiatric disorders as classified by the DSM-IV. The layout will be familiar to the majority of health professionals in the description of mental disorders and their later treatment. It is divided into seven sections, covering anxiety disorders, sexual disorders, dissociative, somatoform, impulse control disorders, emotional disorders and psychotic and organic disorders. Throughout the twenty-three chapters, this book offers the health professional a structured guide with which to start tackling a whole series of 'mental' disorders and offers pointers as to where to find more detailed information. The programmes outlined should, it is hoped, prove more effective than previous approaches with lower economic costs and time investment for the patient and therapist.

This book is a theoretical and practical guide in the field of social skills and social competence, based on decades of experience gained by the authors as researchers and professionals in psychology. The book was written for students and professionals who are involved in some way improving individuals ́ social skills in different contexts, such as clinical, educational, organizational and community settings. The authors present the conceptual foundations, procedures, techniques, strategies and practical guidelines for planning and conducting effective programs aimed to social skills and social competence. In the first part of the book, key concepts and fundamentals on the area are presented, as well as the basic behavioral classes of social skills and their non-verbal and paralinguistic components. The authors also propose a portfolio for the assessment of clients’ social skills deficits and strengths to thereby define the aims and procedures of interventions. The second part focuses on guidelines to select and use procedures and techniques for promoting social skills and social competence. The authors present experiential activities that they created in previous interventions and that were tested in their research, showing evidence of effectiveness. Suggestions on how to evaluate participants’ repertoires and how to use these ideas in intervention planning are also described. Finally, in the third part of the book, the authors go further presenting practical guidelines for planning and conducting programs and sessions to promote social skills and social competence, in either group or individual settings.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the First International Workshop on Gerotechnology, IWoG 2018, held in Cáceres, Spain on December 14, 2018, and in Évora, Portugal, on December 17, 2018. The 24 revised full papers along with 8 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 71 submissions.The papers are organized in topical sections on knowledge management for health: context, cognition, behavior and user modeling; technologies to increase the quality of life of the elderly population; Internet of Things (IoT); smarts technologies and algorithms for health; monitoring and management of chronic and non-chronic diseases;solutions for active aging, social integration and self-care; health interventions to support caregivers of elderly people; public health initiatives.

This book addresses current research trends and practice in industrial design. Going beyond the traditional design focus, it explores a range of recent and emerging aspects concerning service design, human–computer interaction and user experience design, sustainable design, virtual and augmented reality, as well as inclusive/universal design, and design for all. A further focus is on apparel and fashion design: here, innovations, developments and challenges in the textile industry, including applications of material engineering, are taken into consideration. Papers on pleasurable and affective design, covering studies on emotional user experience, emotional interaction design and topics related to social networks, are also included. Based on the AHFE 2021 International Conferences on Design for Inclusion, Interdisciplinary Practice in Industrial Design, Affective and Pleasurable Design, Kansei Engineering, and Human Factors for Apparel and Textile Engineering, held virtually on 25–29 July 2021, from USA, this book provides, researchers and professionals in engineering, design, human factors and ergonomics, human computer interaction and materials science with extensive information on research trends, innovative methods and best practices, and is expected to foster collaborations between experts from different disciplines and sectors.