Title:
Understanding abnormal behavior
Author:
Sue, David.
ISBN:
9780395788264
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Edition:
5th ed.
Publication Information:
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., ©1997.
Physical Description:
xx, 570, 81 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Contents:
Abnormal behavior -- Models of abnormal behavior -- Assessment and classification of abnormal behavior -- The scientific method in abnormal psychology -- Anxiety disorders -- Dissociative disorders and somatoform disorders -- Psychological factors affecting medical conditions -- Personality disorders and impulse control disorders -- Substance-related disorders -- Mood disorders -- Suicide -- Schizophrenia: diagnosis and symptoms -- Schizophrenia: etiology and treatment -- Cognitive disorders -- Disorders of childhood and adolescence and mental retardation -- Individual and group therapy -- Legal and ethical issues in abnormal psychology.
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