Johnson H.C. Behavioral Neuroscience for the Human Services

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014. — 434 p.Our Professions Come of Age: Neuroscience Knowledge and Tools for Biopsychosocial Practice
Why Should I Care about Brain Science? I’m a “People” Person
Neuroscience Knowledge: How Is It Faring in the Second Decade of the Millennium?
Normality, Professional Culture, and Psychiatric Disorders: Diagnosing Jared
Breaking Th rough: Is It Nature or Nurture? Domains of Biological Infl uence on Psychological Functions
Why Do We Know So Much More Now Th an in the 1980s and 1990s?
What Can We Make of Jenny’s Rages? Biology-Environment Disputes Among Mental Health Social Work Specialists (by Marcia Brubeck, MSW, JD)
The Biopsychosocial Perspective: Theoretical Frameworks, Unifying Themes
The Biopsychosocial Perspective: Genetics, Epigenetics, and Complex Adaptive Systems
Assessment and Intervention Planning with Individuals and Families: Three Tools for Combining Multisystems and Evidence-Based Analysis
Complementary Roles of Quantitative and Narrative Approaches: How We Used Them Together to Learn about Parent/ Professional Relationships
Fundamentals of Neuroscience: Brain Works
Brain Structures: Larger (Visible to the Human Eye)
Brain Structures: Microscopic (Neurons, Synapses, and Other Amazing Brain Actors)
The Brain’s Natural Chemicals: Precursors, Messengers, and Enzymes
Neurotransmission: How the Brain Sends and Receives Messages
Neurotransmitters: Synthesis Through Release in Four Steps
Outcomes: The Fifth Step in Neurotransmission
Some Classes of Drugs and Other Substances: Agents of Brain Adventures
Using Neuroscience Information to Empower (excerpt from process recording): José, 38, Angry, Abused, and Court-Mandated (by Joseph D ’ Amico, MSW)Hidden Circuits: Neural Networks Today, Connectomes on the Horizon
Human Neural Systems: Working for You Day and Night
Pleasures: Your Favorites, My Favorites, and How Brain Ingenuity Puts Them on the Map
Eating: The Pleasures That Keep on Pleasing
Eating and Obesity: Has Pleasure Vanquished Homeostasis?
Trauma and Stress: Neural Networks (by Elizabeth D’Amico, MSW, Ph.D.)
Jason: Multiple Traumas, Social Work Interventions (by Elizabeth D’Amico, MSW, Ph.D.)Substance Abuse and Addiction: Definitions, Contributing Factors, and Interventions
Addiction: Defi nitions, Risk and Protective Factors
Brain Structures and Systems Involved in Substance Abuse and Addiction
How Do We Become Addicted?
Cultures of Therapy and the Recovery Boondoggle
Some Street Drugs — How They Can Get You Hooked
How Do Psychosocial Interventions Work in the Context of a Changed Brain?
Treat Drugs with Drugs? Is That Craziness?
Assessing Pat: (Beginning) Food Struggles and Mental Challenges * A Young Woman and Her Family Respond to Co-occurring ConditionsChild and Adult Development: Recent Research on Critical Developmental Topics
Genes, Temperament, and Resilience
Affi liation, Bonding, and Attachment
Stress and Vulnerability
Critical Periods in Child Development: Are We Like Konrad Lorenz’s Goslings?
Tyrone: ADHD, Genes, Environmental Stressors, and Family Coping
Consciousness: An Evolutionary PerspectiveMental Health and Mental Illness: Medical Conventions, Recent Research, from Assessment to Intervention Planning
Entering the Era of the DSM-5: Sea Change in Practice Ideologies?
What Is Borderline Personality Disorder?
What Can Today ’ s Neuroscience Tell Us About Mental Conditions? Borderline Personality as a Case in Point
Neuroscience with Social Science Can Give Us Insights about Pat
Borderline Characteristics: Medications
Borderline Characteristics: Non-pharmacological Interventions
Assessing Pat (Completion ) : Analysis and Intervention PlanningMultiple Routes to Quality of Life: Recent Research on Supports for Living
by Jill V Haga, Elizabeth D’Amico, and Harriette C Johnson
Authenticity in Th erapeutic Alternatives: How Can I Tell the Best Natural Treatments from Snake Oil?
Traditional, Alternative, and Integrative Medicine, Plus None of the Above: How Can Th ey Elevate Our Emotions, Cognitions, and Behaviors?
None of the Above: Exercise as a Major Example
Alternatives to Conventional Treatments: David’s Mother Draws on New Knowledge to Find Better Help for David (by Jill V Haga, Mother and MSW)