Essentials of Understanding Abnormal Behavior, International Edition - Softcover

Sue, Diane; Sue, Derald Wing; Sue, David; Sue, Stanley

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1133956327 ISBN 13: 9781133956327

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing, 2013

Synopsis

This brief text offers the same sociocultural focus, multicultural emphasis, topical coverage, and engaging style of its parent text in a condensed, student-friendly format. The wealth of visuals, case studies, and examples combine with thorough new research, making the text a comprehensive tool for students of abnormal psychology. Engaging pedagogical aids help students grasp and retain material. Coverage also features proposed changes in the APA’s DSM-5 definition of mental disorders and its implications, including its change of focus from a categorical to a dimensional system of personality assessment. Chapter outlines provide a topical overview while Focus Questions guide students to seek their own answers as they read the chapter. Case studies highlight issues of mental health and mental disorders, using actual clinical files to illuminate topics. With more than 1,600 new references, this edition is thoroughly updated in its research and coverage. The fresh design makes the text even more approachable and appealing to students. It is accompanied by a helpful support package for instructors and students.

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Review

1. Abnormal Behavior. 2. Models of Abnormal Behavior. 3. Assessment and Classification of Abnormal Behavior. 4. Anxiety and Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders. 5. Trauma and Stress-Related Disorders. 6. Somatic Symptom and Dissociative Disorders. 7. Depressive and Bipolar Disorders. 8. Suicide. 9. Eating Disorders. 10. Substance-Use Disorders. 11. Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders. 12. Neurocognitive Disorders. 13. Sexual Dysfunction, Gender Dysphoria and Paraphilic Disorders. 14. Personality Psychopathology. 15. Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence. 16. Legal and Ethical Issues in Abnormal Psychology.

About the Author

Diane M. Sue received her Ed.S.in School Psychology and her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She has worked as a school psychologist and counselor, as well as with adults needing specialized care for mental illness and neurocognitive disorders. She taught courses at Western Washington University as an adjunct faculty member. She received the Washington State School Psychologist of the Year Award, the Western Washington University College of Education Professional Excellence Award and co-authored the book COUNSELING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY IN A DIVERSE SOCIETY. Her areas of expertise include child and adolescent psychology, neuropsychology, and interventions with ethnic minority children and adolescents.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1133956327
• ISBN 13: 9781133956327
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 576