Case Studies in Abnormal Behavior - Softcover

Meyer, Robert G.; Chapman, L. Kevin; Weaver, Christopher M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0205594166 ISBN 13: 9780205594160

Verlag: Pearson, 2008

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Case studies in abnormal behavior (8th ed.) editado por Allyn & Bacon/Pearson USA

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This rich collection of case studies integrates contemporary and recognizable classic cases to illustrate a wide range of clinical and legal issues related to abnormal psychology. Case Studies in Abnormal Psychology brings the field of abnormal psychology to life for students with its rare combination of readability, humor, and strong scholarship.

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Case Studies in Abnormal Psychology is a rich collection of contemporary and classic cases that uses a unique combination of readability, humor, and strong scholarship to bring abnormal psychology to life for students. To help students better understand the nature of each disorder, cases include full background material relevant to etiological, diagnostic, and therapeutic considerations.

In addition to updated research, references, and commentary throughout, the Eighth Edition offers a number of fascinating, informative, and culturally diverse new cases:

• A Case of Post-Partum Depression: Brooke Shields
• A Case of Anorexia Nervosa: Christina Ricci
• A Case of School Shooters: Seung-Hui Cho
• A Case of Sexual Deviation: Alfred Kinsey
• A Case of Female Psychosexual Dysfunction: Marilyn Monroe
• A Case of Pseudo-Parkinson’s Disease: Muhammad Ali

Robert G. Meyer is joined in this edition by two new co-authors:

L. Kevin Chapman is Assistant Professor at the University of Louisville, Co-Director of the Healthy Parents-Healthy Kids Research Lab at the University of Louisville, Chair of the Diversity Committee of the Kentucky Psychological Association, and faculty advisor for the Black Students in Psychology organization at the University of Louisville.

Christopher M. Weaver is a Research Fellow with the Center for Health Care Evaluation and National Center for PTSD of the U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs in Palo Alto, CA, as well as with the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Stanford University.

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• Verlag: Pearson
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0205594166
• ISBN 13: 9780205594160
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 368