Focuses on mental abnormalities. Topics covered include depression, anxiety, phobias, behavioural therapy, brain abnormalities and the psychoses and addictive behaviour.
Focuses on mental abnormalities. Topics covered include depression, anxiety, phobias, behavioural therapy, brain abnormalities and the psychoses and addictive behaviour.
Rosenberg and Kosslyn's Abnormal Psychology brings students to the very forefront of the study of the brain and its role in psychological disorders. Now that text returns in a new edition that again matches the latest research from neuroscience to culture-based approaches with riveting human examples, helping your students understand the both the scientific foundations and the personal impact of mental illness. The new edition also brings forward the books distinctive emphasis on the dynamic interplay between the neurological, psychological, and social factors involved in understanding psychological disorders and their treatment. A Superb Author Team An experienced teacher, author, and practicing clinical psychologist, Robin Rosenberg is also an expert at using pop culture to examine psychological concepts (you can see her work in Slate magazine, Whats the Matter with Batman?). Stephen Kosslyn is a renowned neuroscientist, formerly of Harvard and Stanford and now founding Dean at the Minerva Project (a new start-up university), and an accomplished communicator for undergraduate and general audiences.
The new edition also brings forward the books distinctive emphasis on the dynamic interplay between the neurological, psychological, and social factors involved in understanding psychological disorders and their treatment.
[The book] is one in a series ... designed to provide convenient, inexpensive access to a wide range of current, carefully selected articles from some of the most respected magazines, newspapers, and journals published today. Within the pages of this volume are interesting, well-illustrated articles by psychologists, educators, researchers and writers providing effective and useful perspectives on today's important topics in the study of abnormal psychology.-Back cover.
Within the pages of this volume are interesting, well-illustrated articles by psychologists, educators, researchers and writers providing effective and useful perspectives on today's important topics in the study of abnormal psychology.
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This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
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