Abnormal Psychology: An Integrative Approach - Hardcover

Barlow, David H.; Mark, V.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 053450731X ISBN 13: 9780534507312

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 1980

Synopsis

This MEDIA EDITION provides students with a complete, exciting, and integrated course that offers all the benefits of using David H. Barlow and V. Mark Durand's best-selling text-enhanced by the immediacy of the Internet and the interactivity of CD-ROM. In their MEDIA EDITION (free CD-ROM packaged with text), Barlow and Durand continue to offer a unique integrative approach that helps students understand how each disorder is determined by multiple forces (biological, psychological, cultural, social, familial, and environmental). The free companion CD-ROM allows students to interact with the content of the course, access an online library of full-length articles from reliable academic journals and periodicals (InfoTrac College Edition), and enter an interactive learning environment where they can highlight text electronically, take notes, add their own links, and explore the full range of multimedia elements all in one easy-to-use interface.

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Review

"The cases are well-done, provide a welcome relief to technical reading, and bring disorders to life. They are stories that have impact and thus provide a tool for consolidating memory."

About the Author

David H. Barlow is an internationally recognized expert and leader in clinical psychology, having pioneered many treatments and investigations in anxiety and mood disorders. Currently Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Psychiatry at Boston University, Dr. Barlow is also founder and Director Emeritus of the Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, one of the largest research clinics of its kind in the world. Previously, he was Distinguished Professor at State University of New York at Albany. From 1975 to 1979, he was Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology at Brown University, where he also founded the clinical psychology internship program. From 1969 to 1975, he was Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, where he founded the Medical School psychology residency program. Dr. Barlow received his B.A. from the University of Notre Dame, his M.A. from Boston College, and his Ph.D. from the University of Vermont. He is the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement award from the American Psychological Association as well as the James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award from the Association for Psychological Science, which honors individuals for their lifetime of significant intellectual achievements in applied psychological research.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 1980
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 053450731X
• ISBN 13: 9780534507312
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 736