Shattered Assumptions

This book investigates the psychology of victimization. It shows how fundamental assumptions about the world's meaningfulness and benevolence are shattered by traumatic events, and how victims become subject to self-blame in an attempt to accommodate brutality. The book is aimed at all those who for personal or professional reasons seek to understand what psychological trauma is and how to recover from it.

The assumptive world concept is a psychological principle of the conservation of human reality or "culture" - it is a lens for seeing the psychological disturbances that occur in times of change. In this collection, the authors examine the assumptive world from diverse theoretical perspectives, providing the reader with an array of different viewpoints illuminating the concept and its clinical usefulness.

This volume brings together leading clinicians and researchers to present cognitive-behavioural approaches to treating PTSD and other trauma-related symptoms and disorders.

This book is intended for psychologists, social workers, counsellors, clergy, and general readers with some background in psychology.

Shattered Consensus: The True State of Global Warming convincingly demonstrates the remarkable differences between what we commonly read about global warming and what is really happening. Nine chapters describe major problems with computer simulations of future climate that are the basis for wrenching policies being proposed by world leaders. Anyone who reads this book will come away with a new appreciation of the complexity of the climate issue and will question the need for expensive policies that are likely to have little or no detectable effect on the planet's temperature.

Assumptions can be deadly... After seven years, it's clear... she's not one of the lucky ones. No new parents to whisk her away to a better life. No, she's stuck within the confines of Riverbrook Academy's heavily fortified grounds. For another three years. But then the kids become sick with an undisclosed illness and a series of mysterious deaths occur. Now their future doesn't look so certain. Who will be next? In this chilling ghost thriller, Marris learns the horrible truth about the place she's called home for seven years. Everything she believed was wrong. Now armed with the truth, can she stop the academy and save her friends before it's too late? Shattered is the first book in The Hexon Code series, a story about pain, loss, and the fight for love in a messed up world. If you love psychological thrillers, dramas, and love stories, you're bound to love this series. Start reading it today!

Cites successful examples of community-based policing.