Abnormal Psychology: The Problem of Maladaptive Behavior

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Prentice Hall, 2002 - Juvenile Nonfiction - 681 pages
For introductory undergraduate courses in Abnormal Psychology, Abnormal Behavior, and Psychopathology. This classic textbook builds on the strengths of existing theoretical systems and clinical methods to provide students with a comprehensive and up-to-date real-world overview of the field of abnormal psychology. It focuses on maladaptive behavior as a product of the interaction between personal vulnerabilities and resiliencies. *NEW-Epidemiology of mental disorders. *Provides students with an expanded discussion of risk factors that relate to reported advances. *NEW-Revised, updated and expanded treatment of topics of current interest-e.g. Eating disorders, pain disorders and sleep disorders and biological factors in maladaptation and its treatment. *Provides students with most current findings on topics. *NEW-Examples and discussions of culture and ethnicity-E.g. the roles they play in clinical problems and how they are treated. *Shows students the need for cultural/ethnic awareness on the part of the clinician. *NEW-Examples of diagnostic dilemmas. *Familiarizes students with situations that clinicians must confront so that they can see how they arrive at solutions. *NEW-Brain-e

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Box 11 Sources and Expressions of Distress
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Adaptive and Maladaptive Behavior
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Schizophrenia
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