AN OUTLINE OF ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY. Revised Edition.

grey, black & gilt decorative cloth hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. a little rubbing, 1cm tear on rear, spine top chipped, not price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. printing # not given. decorative endpapers. xxxiii+595p.+ publisher's list of other titles. glossary. psychology. biology. medicine. sociology. ~ Abnormality, as Hippocrates suggested centuries ago, is essentially a matter of defect or of exaggeration, and so the line between what is normal behavior and what is abnormal behavior is a thin, shifting one. In the study of the range of human variability lies a key to sympathetic understanding of those who suffer the tragedy of a sick, disturbed mind. In such study, too, lies a key to a greater capacity to understand one's own emotional and social growth and thus to cope more skillfully with the endless problems, crises, and frustrations of everyday living. In this book, eminent authorities, using non~technical language, introduce the layman to the scope and the new horizons of abnormal psychology.