Description: 1. Introduction to States of Mind: Psychology in a Sociopolitical ContextI. Politics and Persuasion2. The Psychosemantic Approach to Political Psychology: Mapping Russian Political Thought3. Psychological Perspectives on International Conflict and Cooperation4. Comprehension of Lies: A Russian View5. Deception, Lying, and Demeanor6. Russian Advertising in Search of Psychology7. The Social Psychology of Mass Communications: An American PerspectiveII. Contemporary Crises in Mental Health8. Alcoholism in America: Extent, Diagnosis, Etiology, Treatment, and Prevention9. Alcoholism in Russia: The Enemy Within10. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Historical Context and Evolution11. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders as a Loss of the Meaning of Life12. Gerontological Psychology: The Western Perspective13. A Lifespan Approach to the Study of Psychogerontology in RussiaIII. Prejudice and Interethnic Hostilities14. Strangers in the Homeland: Problems of Forced Immigrants in Russia15. Changed Ethnic and National Identities in Estonia16. Interethnic Intolerance in Post-Soviet Ukraine17. Prejudice and Discrimination: Old Paradigms in New Models for Psychology18. Ethnic Psychology in the United StatesIV. Environmental and Ecological Psychology19. Environmental Psychology: Evolution and Current Status20. Environmental and "Green" Psychology in the Former Soviet Union

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