Abnormal Psychology, with Client Snapshots CD-ROM

Abnormal Psychology combines an emphasis on the excitement of research with an examination of the evolutionary perspective as a way to integrate biological and psychological explanations for abnormal psychology.

Raulin uses three key themes to make psychopathology come alive for students:

Excitement of Research―Because scientific research has consistently produced the most significant breakthroughs in understanding psychopathology, Abnormal Psychology presents information that has the strongest scientific background, rather than that which has the widest play in popular markets. Research is presented throughout the text―and highlighted in Examining the Evidence sections―to give students a feel for the research process and to help them appreciate the excitement of scientific discovery.

Theoretical Perspectives―Raulin covers those theoretical perspectives that have had the greatest impact on our understanding of the disorders or have produced effective treatments. In addition, he includes a perspective normally left out of abnormal psychology texts - the cognitive neuroscience perspective.

Evolutionary Impact― Abnormal Psychology is the first text in the field to thoroughly examine the evolutionary perspective in addition to the other prominent theoretical perspectives used to explain abnormal behavior. The text shows how evolutionary theory has shaped modern psychology―both positively and negatively.

Michael Raulin is a clinical associate professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo, where he has been a faculty member since 1978. He received his BS and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. At Buffalo, he was the director of the Psychological Services Center -- the research and training clinic for the Ph.D. program in clinical psychology -- and also headed the Ph.D. clinical psychology program for several years. He founded and directed the department's Anxiety Disorders Clinic and has maintained a small private practice since 1984. Dr. Raulin's research has always focused on psychopathology, with most of his work on risk factors in schizophrenia. He has published 30 articles or chapters and is coauthor of a successful research methods textbook with Anthony Graziano (now in its fourth edition). He served on the editorial board of the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology and the Journal of Abnormal Psychology and reviewed papers for nearly 20 different journals and grant applications for the National Institute of Health (NIH) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. He has been active in psychological affairs, locally, regionally, and nationally. He was president of the Psychological Association of Western New York, chaired the program committees for the Society for Research in Psychopathology and the Eastern Psychological Association, and was president of the National Association of Directors of Psychology Training Clinics and secretary of Society for Research in Psychopathology. He has an excellent reputation for his teaching, with evaluations that consistently place him among the top instructors at the university. He has won awards for teaching and public service and is listed in Who's Who in Among Rising Young Americans, Who's Who Among Health Service Professionals, Who's Who in Science and Engineering, and Who's Who in Medicine and Health Care.