Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Following from the successful workshop on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy held here in June, we now have three new books on this topic for loan:

ACCEPTANCE & COMMITMENT THERAPY FOR ANXIETY DISORDERS :A PRACTITIONER'S TREATMENT GUIDE TO USING MINDFULNESS, ACCEPTANCE, AND VALUES-BASED BEHAVIOR CHANGE STRATEGIES
Eifert, G H ; Forsyth, J P Call Number: RC 531 .E36 2005

LEARNING ACT : AN ACCEPTANCE & COMMITMENT THERAPY SKILLS-TRAINING MANUAL FOR THERAPISTS
Luoma, Jason B ; Hayes, Steven C ; Walser, Robyn D Call Number: RC 489.A32 L86 2007

THE MINDFULNESS AND ACCEPTANCE WORKBOOK FOR ANXIETY : A GUIDE TO BREAKING FREE FROM ANXIETY, PHOBIAS, AND WORRY USING ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY
Forsyth, John P ; Eifert, G H Call Number: RC 531 .F67 2008

To see what else is new, click the "New Books" link on the left.

Read any good books lately?

Looking ahead to the relaxing days of summer and a change of pace from journals and textbooks, we've gathered together some of the books we've read recently. Come browse and borrow. You can borrow a book for as long as you like. To make this even better, we invite you to bring any of your favourite books that you would like to share. Here's the list:

http://www.librarything.com/catalog/royal1

Note: For a description of each book, click on the title and then on "description" on the left.

Patient Safety and Quality : an evidence-based handbook for nurses

Nurses play a vital role in improving the safety and quality of patient care—not only in the hospital or ambulatory treatment facility, but also of community-based care and the care performed by family members. Nurses need know what proven techniques and interventions they can use to enhance patient outcomes.

To address this need, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), with additional funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, has prepared this comprehensive, 1,400-page, handbook for nurses on patient safety and quality—Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses. (AHRQ Publication No. 08-0043).
Experts in the field reviewed the literature, and their contributions are grouped into these sections:

Patient Safety and Quality / Evidence-based Practice / Patient-centered Care / Working Conditions—Work Environment / Critical Opportunities for Patient Safety and Quality / Tools

The full 1400 page handbook can be downloaded here: http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/nurseshdbk/