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The development of psychiatry in the Middle East, viewed through the history of one of the first modern mental hospitals in the region.?A?furiyyeh (formally, the Lebanon Hospital …

Die Reihe Bildung – Soziale Arbeit – Gesundheit wird herausgegeben von der Katholischen Stiftungshochschule München. Sie präsentiert Beiträge theoretischer und anwendungsbezogener …

Full of first-person accounts and primary source material, this portrait of Bill W. recounts his journey from Vermont youth to army officer to Wall Street success story to hopeless …

HOW DO YOU SOLVE A PROBLEM LIKE... BANKING? DRUG REGULATION? NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT? PROSTITUTION? PENSIONS? It's no secret that a myriad of long-term problems facing our society are …

Herausgegeben im Auftrag des Instituts für Zeitgeschichte von Helmut Altrichter, Horst Möller, Andreas Wirsching …

True stories of helping kids and families through Christ-centered microfinance-and how little it really takes to change a life.With $4.83, you could buy a large coffee, grab a …

A manual on household management, the Domostroi is one of the few sources on the social history and secular life of Russia in the time of Ivan the Terrible. It depicts a society …

Debunking the lethal logic behind the pervasive myths that have framed the gun control debateThe gun lobby’s remarkable success in using engaging slogans to frame the gun control …

Adult Protective Services (APS) is the social service system charged with aiding older people and disabled adults who are being mistreated by others or cannot meet their own basic …

“[An] excellent overview of the child welfare system . . . Most importantly, [the author] provides a discussion of how to create true change.” —Tina Lee, author of Catching a Case: …