The Integration of Psychological Principles in Policy Development

Publisher Marketing: The thrust of this book is to educate policymakers, academics, political scientists, and others as to the benefical use of psychological principles within a multidisciplinary framework to aid in the development of more productive policy. Contributors to this volume offer an integrative, collaborative, synergistic approach to effecting positive change. The book's goal is threefold: to offer a varied collection of solutions and models of applications of psychological principles; to collect a diverse group of experts (academics, theorists, and practitioners) whose expertise spans some of the top managed care firms, institutions of higher learning, national consultants, schools, and health care facilities; and to integrate this collection of pragmatic theorists into one volume with a general, but common focus - improving society.

Contributor Bio:  Unknown As a pediatrician, writer, wife, and mother, Perri Klass has demonstrated how medicine is integral to the health of families and communities, and how doctors themselves struggle to balance the conflicting needs of profession, self, and family. As medical director of Reach Out and Read, she encourages other pediatricians to foster pre-reading skills in their young patients. While earning her M. D. at Harvard, Klass contributed articles to "Mademoiselle" and "The New York Times" as well as to scientific and medical journals. She also wrote her first book, "A Not Entirely Benign Procedure "(1987), which chronicles her introduction to medicine and motherhood. In the following years she has continued to publish books, essays, award-winning short stories, a novel, and numerous articles, ranging from professional papers to popular journalism and travel pieces. Contributor Bio:  Stout, Chris E He produced the critically acclaimed four volume set The Psychology of Terrorism and more recently, the highly praised The New Humanitarians, and is an Amazon.com Best Selling Author. Additionally, he has published or presented over 300 papers and 30 books/manuals on various topics in psychology, including the popular Evidence-Based Practice (Wiley & Sons, 2005, with R. Hayes). His works have been translated into 8 languages. He was noted as being "one of the most frequently cited psychologists in the scientific literature." He is the winner of the APA's International Humanitarian Award, recipient of the IPA's Humanitarian Award, the Psychologists for Social Responsibility's Humanitarian Award, and APA's Division on International Psychology's Outstanding Psychologist Award. He is an inaugural Inductee into his high school's and Purdue Hall of Fame. Dr. Stout was educated at Purdue, The University of Chicago, and Forest Institute, gaining over twenty-four awards and four scholarships. He obtained post-doctoral experience at Harvard Medical School as a Fellow in neuro-developmental behavioral pediatrics. He has received four additional doctorates (honoris causa) in clinical psychology, two Doctor of Humane Letters, and from Purdue School of Engineering, a Doctor of Technology. He was awarded "Distinguished Alumni of the Year from Purdue," Federal Advocacy awards from AAP and APA, APA's Heiser Award, and IPA's Distinguished Psychologist of the Year. He has been interviewed on many radio, cable, local, and national television programs (e.g., CNBC, CNN, WGN, NBC, PBS, NPR, Chicago Tonight, Oprah..), and by numerous publications (Time, Chicago Tribune, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, USA Today, Associated Press, Child Magazine, Chicago Sun-Times, Windy City Sports, NorthShore Magazine, Monitor on Psychology, ...). He coined the term "Emmortality" and numerous registered service-marks. He was an American Delegate and presenter at the 1st International Conference on Unconventional Computing. A unique and distinct honor was his being named one of ten Volunteer's of the Year by Pioneer Press in 1999, for his global efforts, and both the Senate and House similarly recognized his work by proclamation of "Dr. Chris E. Stout Week."