Cognitive and behavioral interventions have been cautiously recommended as “best practice” in the treatment of pathological gambling. Behavioral interventions, using a range of techniques, have been the most commonly evaluated approach to the psychological treatment of pathological gambling. The recent literature evaluating behavioral treatments has shifted from aversive therapy to alternative ...

Students of social movements have long struggled with the question how relatively abstract political opportunities, such as elite divisions, affect unorganized activists without much knowledge of politics. We argue that the relationship between institutional opportunities and decisions to mobilize may take the form of trickle-down politics. In this view activists are affected by political oppor...

CHECK, CONNECT, AND EXPECT IN A SELF-CONTAINED SETTING FOR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS WITH EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS by Sara McDaniel Check, Connect, Expect (CCE) is a secondary tier behavioral intervention for at-risk students who require targeted behavioral support in addition to schoolwide positive behavioral interventions and supports. A full-time coach in the CCE intervention provided be...

This research aims to assess the effectiveness in both short and long term of a brief group Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) university setting evaluate if there are changes cognitive styles participants. Three groups students were made: TCC (Cognitive behavioral treatment with depressive symptoms), control (non-treated controls symptoms) healthy without symptoms). The results showed signific...

Stress has been widely shown to directly influence people's emotional and behavioral processing as well as their underlying biological systems. This project examined physiological and behavioral responses as indicators of stress and coping in the context of a psychosocial stressor in a controlled laboratory setting. We examined the association between indicators of behavioral coping and underly...

background: in the recent years, using health technologies to diagnose and treat diseases has had a considerable and accelerated growth. the proper use of these technologies may considerably help in the diagnosis and treatment of different diseases. on the other hand, unlimited and unrestricted entry of these technologies may result in induced demand by service providers. the aim of this study ...