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Main description:
With Macmillan's superior content delivered by LaunchPad, Comer's widely adopted textbook shows students where the study and treatment of psychological disorders stand today. In addition to a thorough updating, the new edition employs some extraordinary interactive tools to bring students face to face with the realities of psychological dysfunction, organized for easy access and assignability.
Updates to this edition include:
InfoCentral infographics provide visual representations of data related to key topics and concepts in each chapter. They help students recognize trends and patterns and make connections between related topics, as well as offer fascinating snippets of information to spur interest in chapter topics
MindTech gives special attention to particularly provocative technological trends in engaging and enlightening ways. Critical Thought questions ask students to reflect on the effects of technology on mental health, as well as its use in innovative treatments for psychological disorders.
PsychWatch emphasizes the effect of culture on mental disorders and treatment with examples from movies, the news, and real lives.
Trending... focuses on trending topics in abnormal psychology, with accompanying questions that ask students to think critically about these issues and consider different viewpoints.
Critical Thought appears within the narrative of each chapter, asking students think critically about the material they have just read.
Contents:
Abnormal Psychology in Science and Clinical Practice
1 Abnormal Psychology: Past and Present
2 Research in Abnormal Psychology
3 Models of Abnormality
4 Clinical Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment
Problems of Anxiety and Mood
5 Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive, and Related Disorders
6 Disorders of Trauma and Stress
7 Depressive and Bipolar Disorders and Treatments
8 Suicide
Problems of the Mind and Body
9 Disorders Featuring Somatic Symptoms
10 Eating Disorders
11 Substance Use and Addictive Disorders
12 Sexual Disorders and Gender Variations
Problems of Psychosis and the Cognitive Function
13 Schizophrenia and Related Disorders
14 Treatments for Schizophrenia and Other Severe Mental Disorders
Life-Span Problems
15 Personality Disorders
16 Disorders Common Among Children and Adolescents
17 Disorders of Aging and Cognition
Conclusion
18 Law, Society, and the Mental Health Profession
PRODUCT DETAILS
Publisher: Worth Publishers Inc.,U.S.
Publication date: February, 2021
Pages: None
Weight: 652g
Availability: Available
Subcategories: Psychology
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