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Abnormal Psychology: Current Perspectives with MindMAP Plus CD-ROM - Lauren Alloy

Abnormal Psychology: Current Perspectives with MindMAP Plus CD-ROM

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Buch | Hardcover
2008 | 9th edition
McGraw-Hill Professional (Verlag)
978-0-07-726586-1 (ISBN)
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This highly-regarded textbook provides the most balanced and best-organized view of abnormal psychology on the market. Written by experts in their fields, the text presents current perspectives and cutting-edge research in an engaging style, describes empirically supported therapies for every disorder, and highlights diversity issues and prevention efforts in every chapter.

Lauren B. Alloy is an internationally recognized researcher in the area of mood disorders. Her work on depression has had a major impact on the fields of clinical, personality, social, and cognitive psychology. She is currently Professor of Psychology at Temple University. Previously at Northwestern University, Dr. Alloy became the youngest full Professor in the Universitys history and the first woman Professor in Northwesterns Psychology Department. She is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and American Psychological Society. Dr. Alloy received both her B.A. and Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. Awarded the American Psychological Association's Young Psychologist Award in 1984, Dr. Alloy was named the American Psychological Associations Master Lecturer in Psychopathology in 2002 (jointly with Dr. Lyn Abramson), and in 2001 she received Temple Universitys Paul W. Eberman Faculty Research Award. She was also recognized by Northwestern Universitys College of Arts & Sciences with the Great Teacher Award in 1988 for her classroom teaching and mentoring of students. She is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and American Psychological Society. Dr. Alloy is the author of more than 130 scholarly publications, including a recent book (co-edited with Dr. John Riskind) entitled Cognitive Vulnerability to Emotional Disorders. She has also served on the editorial boards of numerous journals. Dr. Alloy's research focuses on cognitive, interpersonal, and biopsychosocial processes in the onset and maintenance of depression and bipolar disorder. Along with her colleagues, Lyn Abramson and Gerald Metalsky, she is the author of the hopelessness theory of depression and she discovered, with Lyn Abramson, the "sadder but wiser," or "depressive realism," effect. She regularly teaches courses on psychopathology.

Chapter 1 Abnormal Behavior: Historical Perspectives Chapter 2 Diagnosis and Assessment Chapter 3 Research Methods in Abnormal Psychology Chapter 4 The Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sociocultural Perspectives Chapter 5 The Psychodynamic, Humanistic-Existential, and Interpersonal Perspectives Chapter 6 The Neuroscience Perspective Chapter 7 Anxiety DisordersChapter 8 Dissociative and Somatoform Disorders Chapter 9 Stress and Physical Disorders Chapter 10 Mood DisordersChapter 11 Personality Disorders Chapter 12 The Nature of Substance Dependence and AbuseChapter 13 Sexual Dysfunctions, Paraphilias, and Gender Identity Disorders Chapter 14 Schizophrenia and Delusional Disorder Chapter 15 Neuropsychological DisordersChapter 16 Disorders of Childhood and AdolescenceChapter 17 Mental Retardation and AutismChapter 18 Legal and Ethical Issues in Abnormal Psychology

Erscheint lt. Verlag 16.2.2008
Sprache englisch
Maße 203 x 279 mm
Gewicht 1687 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Persönlichkeitsstörungen
ISBN-10 0-07-726586-6 / 0077265866
ISBN-13 978-0-07-726586-1 / 9780077265861
Zustand Neuware
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