Hansell & Damour's Abnormal Psychology, 2e will empower your students with the critical thinking skills to better detail, classify, explain and ultimately better understand abnormal behavior.

Written by practicing clinicians and featuring a streamlined table of contents, Abnormal Psychology, 2e offers a new, innovative approach that encourages the critical thinking skills which will help students see the "forest for the trees." By placing the DSM-IV in a larger context using a wide variety of examples, situations and applications, students better understand and contextualize the numerous mental illnesses discussed in the course. This includes a new series of critical thinking questions tied to the "core concepts" framework of the text. Additionally there are 15 new "visual essays" that highlight the most important biological principals, each is designed to help students make the connection between biology and mental illness.

Ch. 1 Abnormal psychology : the core concepts 2
Ch. 2 Defining abnormality : what is psychopathology? 10
Ch. 3 Explaining abnormality : what causes psychopathology? 28
Ch. 4 Classifying abnormality : diagnosis and assessment 72
Ch. 5 Anxiety and the anxiety disorders 110
Ch. 6 Mood and the mood disorders 152
Ch. 7 Dissociation and the dissociative disorders 194
Ch. 8 Eating, weight, and the eating disorders 224
Ch. 9 Drug use and the substance use disorders 254
Ch. 10 Sex, gender, and the sexual disorders 306
Ch. 11 Personality and the personality disorders 350
Ch. 12 Psychosis and schizophrenia 392
Ch. 13 Lifespan development : disorders of childhood and old age 434
Ch. 14 Psychological stress and physical disorders 486

Hansell, James H.
Damour, Lisa K. Hansell, James H.
Damour, Lisa K.

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