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Abnormal Psychology and Modern Life Robert C. Carson

Abnormal Psychology and Modern Life By Robert C. Carson

Abnormal Psychology and Modern Life by Robert C. Carson


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Summary

This text offers a survey of abnormal psychology, containing up-to-date, balanced discussions of psychodynamic, behavioural, cognitive-behavioural, humanistic and interpersonal views of mental disorders and their treatment.

Abnormal Psychology and Modern Life Summary

Abnormal Psychology and Modern Life by Robert C. Carson

This newly updated bestseller features a free Internet companion, a state-of-the-art website (including interactive case studies, practice tests and downloadable graphics), and a new Cutting Edge feature highlighting topics that have taken center stage in the field of abnormal psychology within the last two years. The Updated Edition supplements reflect changes in text. The Study Guide, Test Bank, and Instructor's Manual each have an update booklet shrink-wrapped to them, providing new questions for students, new discussion questions for instructors, and new test bank questions. Changes to the tenth edition include: chapter on sexual disorders was reworked and the authors added coverage of sexual abuse of children and the reliability of memories; coverage of historical and cross-cultural issues that affect views of what is normal and abnormal.

Table of Contents

I.PERSPECTIVES ON ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR.

1.Abnormal Behaviors in Our Times.
2.Historical Views of Abnormal Behavior.
3.Causal Factors and Viewpoints in Abnormal Psychology.

II.PATTERNS OF ABNORMAL (MALADAPTIVE) BEHAVIOR.

4.Stress and Adjustment Disorders.
5.Panic, Anxiety, and Their Disorders.
6.Mood Disorders and Suicide.
7.Somatoform and Dissociative Disorders.
8.Psychological Factors and Physical Illness.
9.Personality Disorders.
10.Substance-Related and other Addictive Disorders.
11.Sexual Variants, Abuse, and Dysfunctions.
12.Schizophrenias and Delusional Disorders.
13.Brain Disorders and other Cognitive Impairments.
14.Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence.

III.Assessment, Treatment, and Preventions.

15.Clinical Assessment.
16.Biologically Based Therapies.
17.Psychologically Based Therapies.
18.Contemporary Issues in Abnormal Psychology.

Additional information

GOR001859893
9780673992413
0673992411
Abnormal Psychology and Modern Life by Robert C. Carson
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Pearson Education (US)
19960108
700
N/A
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