Self Regulatory Behavior and Risk Taking: Causes and Consequences

by Lewis P. Lipsitt, Leonard L. Mitnick

Emerging from two conferences sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health, this volume discusses scientific and clinical knowledge in areas of health concern where behavioral factors are known causes of, or are implicated in, death, disease, and disability. The 24 papers are in six epidemiological considerations preludes to intervention, developmental and cultural aspects, mechanisms and processes, psychopathology of risk taking, further intervention issues, and implications and speculations self-regulation and risk. Price to individuals, $45. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

434 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1991