Eating disorders are usually associated with females but there are an increasing number of males affected by anorexia and bulimia. This title describes how to cope with male eating disorders. It is suitable for people working in health centres, clinics and hospitals.
In this book, Chris Atton offers a fresh introduction to alternative media: one which is not limited to `radical' media, but can also account for newer cultural forms such as zines, fanzines, and personal websites.
A guide to the 77 key organizations and publications in the field of advertising and marketing communications.
This book presents a technique for analyzing the effects of variables, groups, and treatments in both experimental and observational settings. It considers not only the main effects of one variable upon another, but also the effects of group cases.
This text examines how adolescents' problem behaviours develop, and whether there are reliable ways to prevent them. The contributors explore such topics as attention deficit disorder, substance abuse, rape, eating disorders, depression and suicide.
Examines the assumptions normally made about the elderly and offers differing sociological perspectives on becoming and being old, and on the... Læs mere
Based on the authors' research and practical experience, this book contains proven strategies for raising the academic attainment of every learner, especially students from culturally diverse backgrounds.
Third edition of Bryan Turner's seminal text on the body and social theory. One of the biggest authors in the field today.
Leading experts provide the first available textbook on Applied Criminology for students of criminology.
Offers an introduction to the field of mixed methods research. This book explores fresh ways of conceptualizing and conducting empirical... Læs mere