Abnormal Psychology (Paperback)

This new edition of Abnormal Psychology has been redesigned to reflect the newest and most relevant research findings, presented in a way that is engaging to the newest generation of students. We’ve done a lot of updating. Our focus has been on streamlining material throughout the book to decrease the length of each chapter while retaining all of the important information that students should be learning. Discussions in certain chapters have been updated to capture the latest research findings. Some of them are listed here:

I. Chapter 3 offers a new and more accessible deion of why correlation does not equal causation — and what does. II. II. Chapter 5 provides a more broad and integrative approach to the health consequences of stress III. Chapter 7 has been updated substantially and now includes more information about suicide and self-injury. Engaging boxed features – Developments in Research, Developments in Thinking, Developments in Practice and The World Around Us – highlight topics of particular interest, focusing on applications of research to everyday life, current events and the latest research methodologies, technologies, and findings.

The present edition also includes India-specific discussion and solutions to various mental disorders. For example, demonstrating the effect of yogic relaxation and other types of meditation, socio-cultural aspect of eating disorder, yogic management of obesity, ancient Indian classification of mental disorders, policies, legislation, and effort related to mental health in India, etc.

1. Abnormal Psychology: Overview and Research Approaches

2. Historical and Contemporary Views of Abnormal Behavior

3. Causal Factors and Viewpoints

4. Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis

5. Stress and Physical and Mental Health

6. Panic, Anxiety, Obsessions and Their Disorders

7. Mood Disorders and Suicide

8. Somatic Symptom and Dissociative Disorders

9. eating disorders and Obesity

10. Personality Disorders

11. Substance-Related Disorders

12. Sexual Variants, Abuse and Dysfunctions

13. Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders

14. Neurocognitive Disorders

15. Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence (Neurodevelopmental Disorders)

16. Psychological Treatment

17. Contemporary and Legal Issues in Abnormal Psychology.