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La complejidad de la vida actual, así como la heterogeneidad de las familias, entre cuyas características está la de ser encabezadas por uno o dos padres, que pueden ser del mismo sexo, o ser lideradas por los abuelos o algún otro familiar, implican una serie de problemáticas en las formas de relación y dinámicas de interacción de sus integrantes, que inciden en el desarrollo de la infancia media. Este libro presenta los resultados de una extensa investigación que identifica la manera en que se asumen las formas de organización familiar contemporánea, para así comprender las implicaciones que representan estas nuevas condiciones en la vida de los hijos y las hijas. Realizada ...
Obra colectiva de expertos e investigadores que analizan el fenómeno de la violencia y su impacto desde diferentes ópticas disciplinares del campo de la salud.
An invaluable and reliable source, this abridged version of the landmark resource maintains all the best features of the parent dictionary. It includes 10,000 entries offering clear and authoritative definitions, including many revised and updated from the parent dictionary.
This classic book, long out of print in English, challenges accepted ideas of illness by suggesting it’s not an enemy to be fought. When you see your symptoms as bodily expressions of psychological or spiritual conflicts, you can use them as guides to inner work. You can respond to troubles with infection, allergies, respiration, digestion, skin, nervous system, heart and circulation, sexuality and pregnancy, even accidents, with practical actions that heal the heart and mind.
This book provides the first coherent examination of the vast literature on the diversity of organisms that constitute the natural enemies of terrestrial molluscs. In a series of review chapters, it provides an authoritative synthesis of current research on predators, parasites and pathogens and how they might be used to control mollusc pests.
Even the most skilled therapist may underestimate suicide potential. Careful assessment and competent psychiatric intervention cannot always predict the suicidality of a particular person. Adolescent Suicide (GAP Report 140) presents techniques that allow psychiatrists and all those caring for the health and welfare of adolescents to respond to signals of distress with timely therapeutic intervention. It also suggests measures of anticipatory prevention. Adolescent Suicide presents an overview of adolescent suicidal behavior. It explores risk factors, the identification and evaluation of the suicidal adolescent, and approaches to therapy. It offers both historical and cross-cultural perspect...
The first substantial study of a Mexican Indian society that more than any other has preserved much of its ancient way of life and religion.
Winner of the Mexico National Novel Prize, Sor Juana In s de la Cruz Prize, and IMPACT Prize Joaquin Buitrago, a photographer in the Castaneda Insane Asylum, believes a patient is a prostitute he knew years earlier. His obsession in confirming Matilde's identity leads him to explore the clinics records, and her tragic history. He discovers that she was a peasant adopted by a doctor uncle. She led a calm life until C stulo, a young revolutionary chased by the authorities, finds shelter in her home. Matilde's eyes are opened to the social upheaval will lead her to break with her uncle and hide out with Diamantina Vicari. Diamantina's death devastates Matilde so much that she wanders about, completely lost, doing all kinds of jobs, including prostitution. As the photographer discovers more details, he becomes convinced that he and Matilde should live together. Ultimately, as they face defeat in a repressive society, they search to establish in the rubble an uncertain future that will somehow restore their freedom.