The psychology of abnormality
By: Christopher Peterson.
Publisher: Harcourt Brace College Publishers
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Fort Worth
Language: eng
Number of pages: 575
Subjects: Psychology, Pathological.
Description: [The book] is a comprehensive yet efficient textbook on psychological disorders. Containing only 15 chapters, it is designed to fit readily within a typical academic term. Theoretically balanced, it includes DSM-IV criteria and up-to-date coverage; it places psychopathology in its multiple contexts (historical, social and cultural); it stresses the continuity between normality and abnormality; and it attends to human diversity more than the typical textbook.... Abnormal psychology is an extremely popular course at most colleges and universities. -Pref.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 479-544) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: What is abnormality; title: Diagnosis and assessment; title: Models of abnormality: Explanations and treatments; title: Research; title: Case of substance abuse; title: Organic disorders; title: Fear and anxiety disorders; title: Somatoform and dissociative disorders; title: Mood disorders; title: Mind-body disorders; title: Sexual disorders; title: Schizophrenic disorders; title: Personality disorders; title: Disorders of childhood and adolescence; title: Abnormality in a community and legal context; title: Glossary.