Essentials of Abnormal Psychology, Fourth Canadian Edition

LINDA J. KNIGHT has been teaching psychology at John Abbott College in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Québec since 2001. She teaches in both the Psychology Department and the Youth & Adult Correctional Intervention department, and supervises students in clinical practicum work.   She served on the Innovative Research and Development Committee and the Teaching and Learning Environmental Committee. She received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario and was a staff psychologist at the London Psychiatric Hospital, London, Ontario and the Child and Family Assessment and Treatment Centre of Brant County, Brantford, Ontario. She also practiced as a clinical psychologist in Vancouver, British Columbia and in Montréal, Québec.  In addition to a private practice, she conducted intake and parole assessments at various correctional facilities in Québec.  Dr. Knight served as a reviewer for the first three Canadian editions of Essentials of Abnormal Psychology in a Changing World.

STEVEN TAYLOR, PHD, ABPP, is a professor and clinical psychologist in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of British Columbia and is editor-in-chief of the Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy . He serves on the editorial board of several journals, including the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology . He has published over 200 journal articles and book chapters, and over a dozen books on anxiety disorders and related topics. Dr. Taylor has received career awards from the Canadian Psychological Association, the British Columbia Psychological Association, the Association for Advancement of Behaviour Therapy, and the Anxiety Disorders Association of America. He is a fellow of several scholarly organizations, including the Canadian Psychological Association, the American Psychological Association, the Association for Psychological Science, and the Academy of Cognitive Therapy. His clinical and research interests include cognitive-behavioural treatments and mechanisms of anxiety disorders and related conditions, as well as the behavioural genetics of these disorders.