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1. What Are They Thinking?!: The Straight Facts about the Risk-Taking, Social-Networking, Still-Developing Teen Brain

   Aaron M. White, Scott Swartzwelder

   Groundbreaking developments in adolescent brain research underpin this straightforward guide to understanding—and dealing with—teen behavior.More

2. Pills Are Not for Preschoolers: A Drug-Free Approach for Troubled Kids

   Marilyn Wedge

   “[Wedge’s] encouragement to look anew at the ‘problems’ our children have . . . 
is valuable and expert advice.”—BooklistMore

3. Difficult Mothers: Understanding and Overcoming Their Power

   Terri Apter

   An essential work for readers seeking compassionate, wise guidance about the powerful relationship between mothers and their sons and daughters.More

4. Brain-Based Parenting: The Neuroscience of Caregiving for Healthy Attachment

   Daniel A. Hughes, Jonathan Baylin, Daniel J. Siegel

   An attachment specialist and a clinical psychologist with neurobiology expertise team up to explore the brain science behind parenting.More

5. Siblings Without Rivalry: How to Help Your Children Live Together So You Can Live Too

   Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish

   The #1 New York Times best-selling guide to reducing hostility and generating goodwill between siblings.More

6. Making Babies: Stumbling into Motherhood

   Anne Enright

   A San Francisco Chronicle Lit Pick
   
   "Much of the book is astonishingly funny; the rest would break your heart." —Colm TóibínMore

7. Kids on Meds: Up-to-Date Information About the Most Commonly Prescribed Psychiatric Medications

   Kevin T. Kalikow, MD

   A popular guide for consumers about all the psychiatric drugs used with kids.More

8. Teaching and the Adolescent Brain: An Educator's Guide

   Jeb Schenck

   Using cognitive neuroscience to rethink traditional teaching methods and strategies.More

9. Addiction Essentials: The Go-To Guide for Clinicians and Patients

   Carlton K. Erickson

   An up-to-date guide to the causes, diagnosis, and treatment of addictions.More

10. The Genogram Journey: Reconnecting with Your Family

    Monica McGoldrick

    The godmother of genograms revises her revelatory work that explores how to reconnect with your past and invent a new future.More

11. Suffer the Children: The Case against Labeling and Medicating and an Effective Alternative

    Marilyn Wedge

    A persuasive rejection of mainstream child psychiatry that guides parents to understand their child's behavioral problems without stigmatizing diagnoses.More

12. Anxiety Disorders: The Go-To Guide for Clients and Therapists

    Carolyn Daitch

    A comprehensive and accessible book on anxiety for clients and therapists alike.More

13. Attachment-Focused Family Therapy Workbook

    Daniel A. Hughes

    A practical workbook companion to Attachment-Focused Family Therapy, the best-selling text that brought attachment into the realm of family therapy.More

14. Mind, Brain, and Education Science: A Comprehensive Guide to the New Brain-Based Teaching

    Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa

    Establishing the parameters and goals of the new field of mind, brain, and education science.More

15. Challenging Depression: The Go-To Guide for Clinicians and Patients

    Mark Zetin, Cara T. Hoepner, Jennifer Kurth

    Here, both therapist and client will learn the causes of depression, how to recognize and diagnose the different iterations of depression, the wide variety of psychotherapeutic and psychopharmacological treatment options available, and how to get the most out of those treatments.More