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This comprehensive core textbook is written by award-winning teacher, accomplished researcher, and experienced therapist, Ron Comer. Comer knows how to communicate the complexities of the abnormal psychology, to speak to the concerns of students, and to portray the real human impact of psychological disorders.
With its signature integrated coverage of theory, diagnosis, and treatment, and remarkably inclusive cross-cultural perspective, this textbook is widely adopted on abnormal psychology courses and shows students where the study and treatment of psychological disorders stand today.
The book can be purchased with the breakthrough online resource, LaunchPad, which offers innovative media content, curated and organised for easy assignability. LaunchPad's intuitive interface presents quizzing, flashcards, animations and much more to make learning actively engaging.
List of contents
Abnormal Psychology in Science and Clinical Practice.- 1 Abnormal Psychology: Past and Present.- 2 Research in Abnormal Psychology.- 3 Models of Abnormality.- 4 Clinical Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment.- Problems of Anxiety and Mood.- 5. Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive, and Related Disorders.- 6. Disorders of Trauma and Stress.- 7. Depressive and Bipolar Disorders.- 8. Treatments for Depressive and Bipolar Disorders.- 9. Suicide.- Problems of the Mind and Body.- 10. Disorders Featuring Somatic Symptoms.- 11. Eating Disorders.- 12. Substance Use and Addictive Disorders.- 13. Disorders of Sex and Gender: Sexual Dysfunctions, Paraphilic Disorders, and Gender Dysphoria.- Problems of Psychosis and the Cognitive Function.- 14. Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders.- 15. Treatments for Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders.- Life-Span Problems.- 16. Personality Disorders.- 17. Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence.- 18. Disorders of Aging and Cognition.- Conclusion.- 19. Law, Society, and the Mental Health Profession.
About the author
Ronald Comer has been a professor in Princeton University’s Department of Psychology for the past 27 years and has served as Director of Clinical Psychology Studies for most of that time. He is also currently the director of the department’s undergraduate program.
Summary
This comprehensive core textbook is written by award-winning teacher, accomplished researcher, and experienced therapist, Ron Comer. Comer knows how to communicate the complexities of the abnormal psychology, to speak to the concerns of students, and to portray the real human impact of psychological disorders.
With its signature integrated coverage of theory, diagnosis, and treatment, and remarkably inclusive cross-cultural perspective, this textbook is widely adopted on abnormal psychology courses and shows students where the study and treatment of psychological disorders stand today.
The book can be purchased with the breakthrough online resource, LaunchPad, which offers innovative media content, curated and organised for easy assignability. LaunchPad's intuitive interface presents quizzing, flashcards, animations and much more to make learning actively engaging.
