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Are Japanese families in crisis? In this dynamic and substantive study, Merry Isaacs White looks back at two key moments of "family making" in the past hundred years -- the Meiji era and postwar period -- to see how models for the Japanese family have been constructed. The models had little to do with families of their eras and even less to do with families today, she finds. She vividly portrays the everyday reality of a range of families: young married...

"Sociopaths can be found in every facet of life: personal relationships, work, school, and family. Most people have been in a relationship or interacted with more than one sociopath in their lifetime, often not recognizing their danger until it was too late. The Sociopath At the Breakfast Table breaks new ground in the field of abusive relationships. It presents an emerging theory about sociopathic interaction: SEAT, or the "Sociopath-Empath-Apath...

A child psychologist discusses how to nurture family values, explaining how a family can strengthen those values by sharing experiences and use them to deal with divorce, unemployment, and death.

Although numerous books have been written for those suffering from depression, until now none of them has addressed the "secondary" victims of this debilitating disease: the loved ones of the depressed. If someone you love is depressed, you undoubtedly recognize that the depression has placed some new burdens on you; however you may be affected in more ways than you realize. Research shows that if you are close to a depressed person, you are at a...

What does family mean? Is it a myth or a reality ...?

Discusses eight lifeskills to improve relationships: Identify your thoughts and feelings; evaluate your negative thoughts, negative feelings, and options; communicate better; empathize with others to understand their behavior; do problem-solving; practice assertion; practice acceptance; and emphasize the positive.

The author, a psychotherapist and father of three, draws from his patients' and his own experiences to discuss the unique role of masculinity in parenting and provide guidance for fathers on such topics as authority, discipline, intimacy, and physical contact.

Dan Rather Reports brings a follow-up to our investigation into the so-called "untouchables" and the courageous story of one woman who made it out, to America. Also, see an update on honor killings in the United Kingdom. Is the phenomenon spreading to the U.S.?