Books


Crisis: How to Help Yourself and Others in Distress or Danger. In-press with Oxford University Press, New York & London (2014)
This book spells out what parents, teachers, police, and frontline health and social service workers should know about managing stressful and potentially dangerous events in everyday life. More...

Crisis Education and Service Program Designs (2012, with Miracle Hoff, Routledge, NY 2014) (2014)
This revised edition is an essential text for educators, administrators, and clinical trainers who may otherwise feel ill-prepared for the complex tasks of teaching, program developmen More...

Psychiatric & Mental Health Essentials in Primary Care (2011, with Betty Morgan—Routledge, UK)
Psychiatric and Mental Health Essentials in Primary Care addresses key mental health concepts and strategies for time-pressured practitioners in various healthcare settings serving diverse populations. More...

Violence and Abuse Issues: Cross-cultural Perspectives for Health and Social Services ( 2010, Routledge, UK)
After centuries of being considered a private matter in most societies, violence and its profound effect on the health, mental health, and social well-being of victims and their families, as well as on the assailants More...

People in Crisis: Clinical and Diversity Perspectives. 6th Ed. (2009, Routledge, NY)
The first edition of People in Crisis, published in 1978, is highly regarded as a comprehensive and user-friendly text for health and social service professionals. The book and its following incarnations includes critical life events and life cycle transition challenges More...