Last edition Elsevier A comprehensive overview of abnormal psychology, with DSM-5 coverage throughout Abnormal Psychology provides a comprehensive and engaging introduction to the primary psychological disorders studied within the discipline. Maintaining a focus on the individuals at the heart of the study of abnormal psychology, the authors employ a biopsychosocial approach that helps students achieve an understanding of the holistic context in which abnormalities of behavior occur. In addition to the contributions of new co-author Matthew Nock, the Seventeenth Edition has been extensively updated to reflect DSM-5 diagnostic categories, classifications, and criteria.
Last Edition
ISBN 13: 9781292157917
Imprint: Pearson Education
Language: English
Authors: Jill M. Hooley
Pub Date: 01/11/2016
Pages: 793
Illus: Illustrated
Weight: 1,620.000 grams
Size: h 229 X 278 mm
Product Type: Softcover
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- • Developments in Research features discuss topics like nocturnal panic attacks and new approaches to the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease.
- • Developments in Thinking features focus on concepts such as melancholia through the ages and the humanistic and existential perspectives.
- • Developments in Practice features offer coverage of the use of the computer in psychological testing and new options for adults with anorexia nervosa.
- • The World Around Us features highlight issues such as binge drinking in college and brain damage in professional athletes.
- • UPDATED! Extensive case studies of individuals with various disorders are integrated throughout the text, bringing important aspects of the disorders to life. These case studies also remind readers that the problems of abnormal psychology affect the lives of people from diverse backgrounds who have much in common with all of us. Many of the case studies are new to the Seventeenth Edition.
- • Appearing throughout each chapter, Research Close-Up Terms illuminate research methodologies, and give students a clearer understanding of some of the most important research concepts in the field of abnormal psychology.
- • Key terms are identified when they first appear in each chapter, listed at the end of the chapter (with page references), and defined in the glossary at the end of the text.
- • NEW! Reflecting the ever-changing field of abnormal psychology, hundreds of new references have been added, highlighting the discipline’s newest and most important research findings.
- Jill M. Hooley, D.Phil., is a Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University. She is also head of the Experimental Psychopathology/Clinical Psychology Program at Harvard. Dr. Hooley received her doctorate from Oxford University. She also completed additional clinical training at SUNY Stony Brook and McLean Hospital. Dr. Hooley is a licensed clinical psychologist and a member of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy. She specializes in treating clients with depression, anxiety and personality disorders.
- 1. Abnormal Psychology: Overview and Research Approaches
- 2. Historical and Contemporary Views of Abnormal Behavior
- 3. Causal Factors and Viewpoints
- 4. Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis
- 5. Stress and Physical and Mental Health
- 6. Panic, Anxiety, Obsessions, and Their Disorders
- 7. Mood Disorders and Suicide
- 8. Somatic Symptom and Dissociative Disorders
- 9. Eating Disorders and Obesity
- 10. Personality Disorders
- 11. Substance-Related Disorders
- 12. Sexual Variants, Abuse, and Dysfunctions
- 13. Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders
- 14. Neurocognitive Disorders
- 15. Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence (Neurodevelopmental Disorders)
- 16. Psychological Treatment
- 17. Contemporary and Legal Issues in Abnormal Psychology
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