Abnormal Psychology, 12th Edition

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Abnormal Psychology 12th Edition, continues the tradition of giving students the opportunity to explore the latest theories and research in the field. It has been adapted to take into account UK/European examples in diagnosis and classifcation of mental illness, statistics on misuse of drugs and treatment as well as a fully revised chapter with European examples on legal and ethical issues. As distinguished scholars and leaders in the field of Psychology, our author team continues to emphasize recent and comprehensive research coverage that has been the hallmark of the text.  Significant new material correlated to the forthcoming Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5 (DSM-5), included in every chapter. Abnormal Psychology emphasizes an integrated approach, showing how psychopathology is best understood by considering multiple perspectives, and how these varying perspectives can provide us with the clearest accounting of the causes of these disorders as well as the best possible treatments. Created for the 11th edition, we continue to offer a powerful video series for your Abnormal Psychology course with 7-10 minute clips to show in class or for students to review outside of class to help understand the patients experience. Unlike other videos, these feature real patients' and their families, in the context of their lives, describing symptoms from their own perspective. Each video provides concise information about the available treatment options.

Hardcover: 656 pages

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons; 12th edition (January 24, 2012)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1118018494

ISBN-13: 978-1118018491

Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 1.2 x 10.8 inches

Shipping Weight: 3.6 pounds

Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (92 customer reviews)

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This is the most comprehensive textbook on psychopathology in the market. It describes the biopsychosocial etiologies of the disorders in the DSM, with sample cases. The format is reader-friendly, good-sized print, very visual with high quality, coloured drawings, and in not too many pages. Each chapter has a self-evaluation part at the end. Although I studied Medicine, I'm specializing in clinical neuropsychology and I can say that this book is written for postgraduate psychology students. Instead, Massey's compulsory text for Clinical psychopathology is Sadock&sadock, way beyond the league of lecturers and students as it's designed for psychiatrists, which means that the book presupposes things that do not and have never happened in the history of the Bachelor or Masters Degree in Psychology, mostly biochemistry, genetics, anatomy, pathophysiology and pharmacology. If any clinical psychology lecturer I've ever had, had demonstrated a good command of this Abnormal Psychology the ψ students would be at the level of Medical students in terms of psychiatric pathology. I have used this book in several postgraduate assignments and in my thesis and only one lecturer with an isoelectric EEG gave me the lowest mark I've got in my academic life. The reason given was that in the 10 pages of references, I had used one undergraduate textbook. The rest of the times I've used this book I got A's. So, my advice for what it's worth, is use the book but reference whatever you have extracted from it as it had come from a higher level textbook if you suspect your lecturer may be oligophrenic or more commonly a narcissist ignoramus. Really, this is the best book you'll find for width, depth, clarity, format, and contents.

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