Understanding Abnormal Behaviour - Hardcover

Sue, David; Etc.; Sue, Derald; Sue, Stanley

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0618219994 ISBN 13: 9780618219995

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (Academic), 2002

Synopsis

Featuring current research, high-quality scholarship, and an appealing design, UNDERSTANDING ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR, 9E, provides an inviting and stimulating look into abnormal psychology. The first abnormal psychology book to present a thoroughly integrated multicultural perspective--based on the authors' view that cross-cultural comparisons can greatly enhance the understanding of disorders--the text provides extensive coverage and integration of multicultural models, explanations, and concepts. The book also helps you gain an understanding of abnormal behavior as scientific and clinical endeavors, while providing insight into the tools that mental health professionals use to study and treat disorders.

About this title

Synopsis

One of the first abnormal psychology books to present a thoroughly integrated multicultural perspective, this seventh edition of Understanding Abnormal Psychology continues to excel to this end. Sue/Sue/Sue engages students in understanding abnormal behaviour as both a scientific and a clinical endeavour, along with the ways that mental health professionals study and attempt to treat it. The result is an inviting and stimulating look into abnormal psychology with scholarship of the highest quality. Highlights of the new seventh edition include: - Fully revised seventh edition which offers updated research in all subject areas throughout the text - More extensive coverage and integration of multicultural models than ever - New! Chapter-opening and chapter summaries in bulleted format - New! Myth vs. Reality feature added to dispel preconceived notions regarding mental health issues - Featured disorder charts now extended to cover all disorders

About the Author

David Sue is professor emeritus of psychology at Western Washington University, where he is an associate of the Center for Cross-Cultural Research. He has served as the director of the Psychology Counseling Clinic and the Mental Health Counseling Program. He and his wife co-authored the book COUNSELING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY IN A DIVERSE SOCIETY and he is co-author of COUNSELING THE CULTURALLY DIVERSE: THEORY AND PRACTICE. He received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Washington State University. His research interests revolve around multicultural issues in individual and group counseling.

Edition details

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (Academic)
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0618219994
• ISBN 13: 9780618219995
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 688