The presumed link between mental disorder and violence has been the driving force behind mental health law and policy for centuries. Legislatures, courts, and the public have come to expect that mental health professionals will protect them from violent acts by persons with mental disorders. Yet for three decades research has shown that clinicians' unaided assessments of "dangerousness" are barely better than chance. Rethinking Risk Assessment: The MacArthur Study of Mental Disorder and Violence tells the story of a pioneering investigation that challenges preconceptions about the frequency and nature of violence among persons with mental disorders, and suggests an innovative approach to predicting its occurrence. The authors of this massive project -- the largest ever undertaken on the topic -- demonstrate how clinicians can use a "decision tree" to identify groups of patients at very low and very high risk for violence. This dramatic new finding, and its implications for the every day clinical practice of risk assessment and risk management, is thoroughly described in this remarkable and long-anticipated volume. Taken to heart, its message will change the way clinicians, judges, and others who must deal with persons who are mentally ill and may be violent will do their work.

Rethinking Risk Assessment: The MacArthur Study of Mental Disorder and Violence

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Banks, Steven

Monahan, John

Steadman, Henry J.

Silver, Eric

Appelbaum, Paul S.

Clark Robbins, Pamela

Mulvey, Edward P.

Roth, Loren H.

Grisso, Thomas

Psychology & Counseling

Oxford University Press

Tom is an undersized nerd with an oversized nose. He’s got frizzy hair and glasses. He’s the flag monitor. He knows it—he’s a creep. What girl will ever like him?The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind. Tom may not look like a movie star, but he does look an awful lot like that new folksinger everyone is wild for. So he heads for Greenwich Village, and is soon the proud owner of a cheap guitar.What follows is an increasingly outrageous sequence of events where Tom fools the girl, learns a song, plays in a coffee house, gets tapped for the Ed Sullivan Show, loses his nerve, loses the girl, and wrestles with his conscience. But he discovers that sometimes, if you pretend to be brave hard enough, you can even fool yourself. And that given the right circumstances, even a creep can change the world.

King of the Creeps

Children's Books

Humor

Knopf Books for Young Readers

Tom is an undersized nerd with an oversized nose. He’s got frizzy hair and glasses. He’s the flag monitor. He knows it—he’s a creep. What girl will ever like him?The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind. Tom may not look like a movie star, but he does look an awful lot like that new folksinger everyone is wild for. So he heads for Greenwich Village, and is soon the proud owner of a cheap guitar.What follows is an increasingly outrageous sequence of events where Tom fools the girl, learns a song, plays in a coffee house, gets tapped for the Ed Sullivan Show, loses his nerve, loses the girl, and wrestles with his conscience. But he discovers that sometimes, if you pretend to be brave hard enough, you can even fool yourself. And that given the right circumstances, even a creep can change the world.From the Hardcover edition.

Nickelodeon's SpongeBob SquarePants is hopping down the bunny trail in this Step 2 leveled reader that's sure to entertain boys and girls ages 4 to 6. It includes two pages of stickers!

Show Me the Bunny! (SpongeBoB SquarePants) (Step into Reading)

Animals

Random House Books for Young Readers

Nickelodeon's SpongeBob SquarePants is hopping down the bunny trail in this Step 2 leveled reader that's sure to entertain boys and girls ages 4 to 6.

Show Me the Bunny! (SpongeBob SquarePants) (Step into Reading)

Sponge Bob and Patrick take a tour of Sandy's rocket ship and accidentally take off to the moon! But this moon looks strangely similar to Bikini Bottom. Includes black and white illustrations, the Sponge Bob theme song lyrics and an author profile.

Sandy's rocket (SpongeBob SquarePants chapter book)

Scholastic. Inc.

The Amazing SpongeBobini

Simon Spotlight/Nickelodeon

Dear SpongeBob . . .: A Funny Fill-ins Book (SpongeBob SquarePants)

Literature & Fiction

SpongeBob decides to put on a bunny suit &amp; hide eggs for his best friend

Show Me The Bunny! (SpongeBob Squarepants)

scholastic

Hardback Children's book. Printed in Thailand for U.S. Marked. September 2004 printing. Book contains popup scenes featuring this popular character. Book measures 8 1/2 inches by 8 1/2 inches.

Sponge Bob Pops Up!

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