Race and Social Problems provides an international and multidisciplinary forum for issues germane to race and its enduring relationship to psychological, socioeconomic, political, and cultural problems. The journal publishes original empirical studies, reviews of past research, theoretical studies, and invited essays that advance the understanding of the complexities of race and its relationship to social problems. Coverage includes anthropology, communications, criminology, economics, history, law, political science, psychology, public health, social work, and sociology.

You can download and save these free articles to your computer, iPad or mobile device:

• Measuring the Economic Racial Divide Across the Course of American Lives - M.R. Rank
• Racial Formation in Theory and Practice: The Case of Mexicans in the United States - D.S. Massey
• Hispanic Fertility, Immigration, and Race in the Twenty-First Century - E.A. Parrado and C.A. Flippen
• Racial Disparities in Early Criminal Justice Involvement - R.D. Crutchfield, M.L. Skinner, K.P. Haggerty, A. McGlynn and R.F. Catalano
• Goal-Striving Stress and Racial Differences in Mental Health - H.W. Neighbors, S. L. Sellers, Rong Zhang and J.S. Jackson

HKUL users can continue to access the journal via http://library.hku.hk/record=b4288839

186 new videos have been added to Counseling and Therapy in Video, Volume II, and that with this update the collection is now closed with 356 videos/312 hours.The update includes titles from Sushi Productions (Australia), University of North Texas’ Center for Play Therapy, and Psychotherapy.net.

Some highlights:

• *From UNT’s Center for Play Therapy, videos by world-renowned play therapy expert Garry Landreth — The Play Therapists’ Language of Change: Releasing Children’s Creative Capacities; Touching the Inner World of Children Through Play Therapy; Choices, Cookies, and Kids: A Creative Approach to Discipline; Therapeutic Limit Setting in Play Therapy; Understanding Play Behavior and Themes in Play Therapy; Therapeutic Dimensions of the Play Therapy Relationship; Toys & Materials for Play Therapy; and Child-Centered Play Therapy: A Clinical Session.
• *From Sushi Productions, contemporary, high quality counseling content
• *From their Therapeutic Journeys series, including Exploring Choice. Series One: Alcohol & Drug Counselling Skills; Exploring Roadblocks & Effective Counselling. Series Two: Basic Counselling Skills; Counselling Aboriginal Clients and Their Families. Series Three: Alcohol & Drug Counselling Skills; Mental Health & Drug Problems. Series One: Working With Adults; Mental Health & Drug Problems. Series Two: Working With Young Adults and Adolescents; Counselling Family Members. Alcohol and Drug Counselling Skills; Marital Counselling; Working With Complex Clients, Unravelling the Chaos; and Alcohol Counselling Skills: Working With Binge Drinking.
• *From Psychotherapy.net, some great new videos from their Child Therapy with the Experts series, including Gestalt Therapy with Children; Adolescent Family Therapy; and Solution-Focused Child Therapy.

Not all of the new content has transcripts yet, but we do plan to have those completed by end of this year. Here is the Bibliography of Counseling and Therapy in Video - Volume II https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzmhSf2giEljTjlMNDJaamtoelE/edit

HKUL users can access the video via http://library.hku.hk/record=b4190633

1. Facial Features Of Children With Down Syndrome Lead To Implicit Stereotyping
2. Fetal Exposure To Antipsychotics Results In Lower Neuromotor Test Scores
3. Yoga Shows Psychological Benefits for High-School Student
4. Depression Often Leads To Difficulties With Peers In Middle Childhood
5. Opponents of Gay Marriage Think Their Own Union Is Unshakable
6. Cyberbullying and Bullying Are Not the Same
7. Mental Illness Linked To Chronic Physical Illness Risk

Emerald Group Publishing would like to share with you a short paper that examines the current state of play for UK trauma informed mental health services: ‘Despite the evidence - why are we still not creating more trauma informed mental health services

This short policy analysis, published in the Journal of Public Mental Health, outlines research evidence which highlights traumatic exposure as an important antecedent to a range of mental health issues. The paper argues that although some knowledge in this area has been changed into policy within the UK, its implementation remains “patchy”. A clinical pathway which would include trauma assessment and treatment is provided for readers.

The article is free of charge for you until Thursday 5th April 2012

The Journal of Public Mental Health is published quarterly and focuses on the research, policy and practice that put mental well-being at the heart of the public health agenda. The journal aims to develop the theory underpinning public mental health, and expand our knowledge of best practice mental health promotion.

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Founded in 1974, Social Indicators Research has become a leading journal for the publication of research results dealing with measurement of the quality of life. These studies - empirical, philosophical and methodological - encompass the whole spectrum of society, including the individual, public and private organizations, and municipal, country, regional, national and international systems. Topics covered include health, population, shelter, transportation, the natural environment, social customs and morality, mental health, law enforcement, politics, education, religion, the media and the arts, science and technology, economics, poverty, and welfare.

Impact Factor: 1.000

Read, download and save these articles online. They are available online for free until December 31, 2011:

• Household and Context Determinants of Child Labor in 221 Districts of 18 Developing Countries
• Will Money Increase Subjective Well-Being?
• Internet Communication Versus Face-to-face Interaction in Quality of Life?
• The Danish Effect: Beginning to Explain High Well-Being in Denmark
• Measuring Quality of Life: Economic, Social, and Subjective Indicators

You may click here to view the most downloaded articles which are downloaded live and in real-time from Social Indicators Research.

HKUL users can continue to access the journal via http://library.hku.hk/record=b2335882

1. Global campaign to decriminalise homosexuality to kick off in Belize court
2. Psychological Responses To Racism Similar To Trauma Symptoms, Study Finds
3. Training in ‘Concrete Thinking’ Can Be Self-Help Treatment for Depression, Study Suggests
4. Transcendental Meditation Effective Antidote To Record Stress Levels In School Students
5. Being Transgender Is Still Widely Misunderstood
6. The Brain Acts Fast To Reappraise Angry Faces
7. Association Between Illegal Drug Use And Abnormal Weight In Teens
8. Symptoms Of Chronic Widespread Pain Improved By Talking Therapy Over The Phone
9. New Study Shows Body Focus Affects How Both Men And Women See Others
10. Facial Disfigurements Negatively Impact Job Applicants
11. CNN study: Schoolyard bullies not just preying on the weak
12. Illusory Memories Can Have Salutary Effects

1. Rebooting Psychotherapy
2. Why Are Patients Reluctant To Reveal Depressive Symptoms To Their Family Doctor?
3. Cognition Research Aims to Reduce Medical Errors
4. Writing Positively About Their Experience Benefits Men With Testicular Cancer
5. Links Between Racial Discrimination, Stress and Health
6. Computerized Anxiety Therapy Found Helpful in Small Trial

1. 9-11 coloring book draws controversy
2. Motivating Workers To Wash Their Hands
3. Perception Of Facial Expressions Differs Across Cultures
4. Scottish government launches gay marriage consultation
5. First Long-Term Study of WTC Workers Shows Widespread Health Problems 10 Years After Sept. 11

1. Cognitive Consistency and Cognitive Dissonance
2. Spillover Between Teens’ Conflict with Family and Friends
3. Teen Marriage Tied to Higher Risk for Mental Illness in Women
4. Study Finds Nearly 2 in 5 Europeans Suffer from Mental Disorders
5. Poorer Movement Skills at Seven Months in Children at Risk of Autism, Study Finds
6. Study Suggests Sexual Orientation Unconsciously Affects Our Impressions Of Others
7. Stability For Children Is The Goal Of Social Workers Aiming To Strengthen Relationships, Marriages
8. Grief Reactions Subside in Most Children and Teens Whose Parent Dies Suddenly, but May Persist or Increase in Some Cases