Abnormal psychology: a scientist-practitioner approach

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Abnormal Psychology: A Scientist-Practitioner Approach portrays the human face of various psychological conditions, helping students to understand that abnormal behavior is complex and subject to many different forces. Authors Deborah Beidel, Cynthia Bulik, and Melinda Stanley — all active researchers, clinicians, and educators — bring abnormal psychology to life via a scientist–practitioner approach that integrates biological data with research from the social and behavioral sciences. The Fourth Edition offers expanded coverage of disorders emphasised in the DSM-5, as well as discussions of contemporary issues that foster student interest. 1. Abnormal Psychology: Historical and Modern Perspectives 2. Research Methods in Abnormal Psychology 3. Assessment and Diagnosis 4. Anxiety, Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders 5. Obsessive-Compulsive and Impulse Control Disorders 6. Somatic Symptom and Dissociative Disorders 7. Bipolar and Depressive Disorders 8. Feeding and Eating Disorders 9. Gender Dysphoria, Sexual Dysfunctions, and Paraphilic Disorders 10. Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders 11. Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders 12. Personality Disorders 13. Neurodevelopmental, Disruptive, Conduct, and Elimination Disorders 14. Aging and Neurocognitive Disorders 15. Abnormal Psychology: Legal and Ethical Issues