Abnormal Psychology: An Integrative Approach, International Edition (with CourseMate Printed Access Card) - Softcover

Durand, V.; Barlow, David

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9781111345204: Abnormal Psychology: An Integrative Approach, International Edition (with CourseMate Printed Access Card)

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ISBN 10: 1111345201 ISBN 13: 9781111345204

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing, 2011

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ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY: AN INTEGRATIVE APPROACH, International Edition, is the perfect book to help you succeed in your abnormal psychology course! Authors Barlow and Durand show you how psychological disorders are rooted in multiple factors: biological, psychological, cultural, social, familial, and even political. You can test your understanding of topics with the text's built-in concept checks and chapter quizzes. Then, watch the book's integrated case studies come to life with Abnormal Psychology CourseMate, which provides real case profiles to give you a realistic context for the scientific findings of the book.

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1. The History of Abnormal Psychology. 2. Conceptualizing Abnormal Psychology. 3. Assessing and Diagnosing Psychopathology. 4. Studying Psychopathology. 5. Anxiety and Its Disorders. 6. Somatoform and Dissociative Disorders. 7. Disorders of Mood. 8. Disorders of Eating and Sleeping. 9. Physical Disorders and Health Psychology. 10. Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders. 11. Substance-Related and Impulse-Control Disorders. 12. Personality Disorders. 13. Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders. 14. Disorders of Development. 15. Disorders of Ageing. 16. Mental Health Services: Legal and Ethical Issues.

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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.

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