Abnormal Psychology
Clinical Perspectives on Psychological Disorders
McGraw-Hill Publishing Co.
4th Edition
Published on 1. August 2002
Book
Mixed media product
978-0-07-112418-8 (ISBN)
Description
Focused, fresh and engaging. Halgin and Whitbourne's "Clinical Perspective" is designed to capture student interest and facilitate comprehension through the extensive use of current and highly relevant clinical case studies. A more intensive pedagogical format, a student-centered writing style that humanizes the disorders, and an integrative approach to treatment using the biopsychosocial model are the foundations of this text's success. The new edition maintains these features, while keeping pace with important developments in the field, including the diathesis stress model and biological causes of psychopathology.
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Edition
4th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 271 mm
Width: 226 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
1270 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-112418-8 (9780071124188)
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Professor Whitbourne received her Ph. D. from Columbia University and has dual specializations in life-span developmental psychology and clinical psychology. She has taught at the State University of New York at Geneseo and the University of Rochester. At the University of Massachusetts, she received the University's Distinguished Teaching Award and the College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Teacher Award. In 2002, she received the Psi Chi Florence Denmark National Faculty Advisor Award and presented the Psi Chi Distinguished Lecture at the Eastern Psychological Association 2001 meeting. She is the Honors Coordinator in the Psychology Department and the Director of the Office of National Scholarship Advisement in Commonwealth Honors College. The author of fourteen books and over one hundred journal articles and book chapters, Professor Whitbourne is regarded as an expert in the field of personality development in adulthood and old age. She is currently the APA Council Representative of Division 20 of APA (Adult Development and Aging), having also served as Division 20 President. She is also a Fellow of Divisions 2 (Teaching of Psychology) and 12 (Clinical Psychology). Professor Whitbourne has developed nationally recognized approaches to technological innovations in teaching, and the web site she developed for her introductory psychology course was selected as a McGraw-Hill Web Cafe "Site of the Month."
Content
1 Understanding Abnormality: A Look at History and Research Methods 2 Classification and Treatment Plans 3 Assessment 4 Theoretical Perspectives 5 Anxiety Disorders 6 Somatoform Disorders, Psychological Factors Affecting Medical Conditions and Dissociative Disorders 7 Sexual Disorders 8 Mood Disorders 9 Schizophrenia and Related Disorders 10 Personality Disorders 11 Development-Related Disorders 12 Cognitive Disorders 13 Substance-Related Disorders 14 Eating Disorders and Impulse-Control Disorders 15 Ethical and Legal Issues