Abnormal Psychology

Second Canadian Edition available January 2011 - 0071091955/9780070005259 with Connect Access card

Authored by award-winning teacher and noted researcher Susan Nolen-Hoeksema and Neil A. Rector, this text blends cutting-edge research in psychopathology with compassion for people who suffer from psychological disorders. The Canadian edition brings a focus on Canadian research and culture, while capturing the excitement of major advances in biological and psychosocial research and treatment alternatives. Abnormal Psychology imparts a true enthusiasm for and appreciation of scientific investigation. The authors' scientific and caring approach, combined with strong study tools, has won accolades from instructors and students alike.

Susan Nolen-Hoeksema, Ph.D., is professor of psychology at Yale University. She has also been a professor at Stanford University and the University of Michigan. She received her B.A. from Yale University and her Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. Her research focuses on mood regulation and on gender differences in psychopathology. The recipient of two major teaching awards, Professor Nolen- Hoeksema has received research funding from the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and the William T. Grant Foundation. She was awarded the Leadership Award from the Committee on Women, as well as the Early Career Award from the American Psychological Association. She lives near New Haven, Connecticut, with her husband, Richard, and her son, Michael.

Dr. Neil A. Rector completed his Ph.D. in clinical psychology in 1996 at the University of York in England. He was a Lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry, University of London and Psychologist at the Maudsley Hospital for the year 1995-1996. He returned to the Clarke Institute of Psychiatry and completed post-doctoral fellowship training in the research and practice of cognitive-behavioural therapy. He was a staff Psychologist and Director of the Anxiety Disorders Clinic at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health between 1998 and August 2008. Dr. Rector is now a Research Scientist at the Sunnybrook Research Institute, Director of the Mood and Anxiety Treatment and Research Program and Director of Research in the Department of Psychiatry, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. He remains affiliated with CAMH as a Clinician Scientist and is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto.