Psychopathology
By: John D. Stirling and Jonathan S.E. Hellewell
Contributors: Hellewell, Jonathan S. E., 1962- author
Series: Routledge modular psychology; Routledge modular psychology
Publisher: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781003071181
Subjects: Pathological Psychology
Description: Psychopathology is a psychologically based account of the major mental illnesses, including schizophrenia, personality disorders, anxiety and mood disorders as well as eating disorders.
Notes: Originally published in 1999.

Includes bibliographical references.

John D. Stirling is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Manchester Metropolitan University. Jonathan S. E. Hellewell is a Consultant Community Psychiatrist at Trafford General Hospital in Manchester.
Table of contents: title: 1. A framework for scientific psychopathology; title: 2. Classification and paradigms of abnormal behaviour; title: 3. The nature of schizophrenia; title: 4. Aetiology of schizophrenia; title: 5. The nature of affective disorders; title: 6. Aetiology of the affective disorders; title: 7. The anxiety disorders and obsessional states; title: 8. Aetiology of anxiety disorders; title: 9. Eating disorders; title: 10. Vulnerability and perpetuating factors in eating disorders; title: 11. Criticisms of psychopathology; title: 12. The future of psychopathology; title: 13. Three research reviews; title: 14. Study aids.