Abnormal Psychology And Life: A Dimensional Approach, International Edition, 1St Edition - Softcover

CHRISTOPHER KEARNEY TIMOTHY TRULL

Softcover

ISBN 10: 111134440X ISBN 13: 9781111344405

Publisher: CENGAGE, 2010

Synopsis

Chris Kearney and Tim Trull's Abnormal Psychology and A Dimensional Approach, International Edition provides students with a concise, contemporary, science-based view of psychopathology that emphasizes the individual first and the disorder second. Through consistent pedagogy featuring clinical cases and real first-person narratives, this text illuminates our understanding that abnormal behavior - rather than being either present or absent - exists in everyone to some degree on a continuum from normal to pathological. By highlighting this widely accepted dimensional view-which places the behavior of an individual at the forefront of clinical assessment, prevention, definition, and treatment - the text's goal is to encourage students to become intelligent consumers of mental health information. With its emphasis on assessment and treatment as well as prevention, this book gives students the tools necessary to understand the precursors of abnormal behavior, overcome the stigma associated with it, and identify the real people classified as exhibiting it.

Edition details

• Publisher: CENGAGE
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 111134440X
• ISBN 13: 9781111344405
• Binding: Paperback