Introduction to Clinical Psychology: Science, Practice, and Ethics - Softcover

Hecker, Jeffrey; Thorpe, Geoffrey L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0205277748 ISBN 13: 9780205277742

Verlag: Psychology Press, 2004

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This introductory textbook gives students an appreciation of the field of clinical psychology as an applied science by teaching them the history and future of the field as well as ethical dilemmas facing psychologists today.

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Jeffrey E. Hecker, University of Maine. Geoffrey L. Thorpe, University of Maine.

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This exciting new text gives students an appreciation of the field of clinical psychology as an applied science by teaching them the history and future of the field as well as ethical dilemmas facing psychologists today.

Highlights:

• Keeps students engaged with an accessible writing style and interesting examples to illustrate key points.
• Each chapter of the text includes a "Focus on Ethics" section that discusses a particular ethical issue and its resolution in detail.
• Discusses the history of clinical psychology, including important historical figures and issues, to give students a better understanding of how the past has affected the present and future of the field.
• This is the only Introductory Clinical Psychology text that devotes an entire chapter to biological models, helping students develop an understanding of the biological bases of psychopathology.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Psychology Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0205277748
• ISBN 13: 9780205277742
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 614
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: preigu GmbH & Co. KG; mail@preigu.de; ; Lengericher Landstr. 19; Osnabrück; Niedersachsen; 49078; Deutschland