Abnormal Psychology: Clinical Perspectives on Psychological Disorders, 7/e
Susan Krauss Whitbourne,
University of Massachusetts, Amherst Richard Halgin,
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
ISBN: 0078035279 Copyright year: 2013
New To This Edition
Increased Pedagogy Review questions covering major concepts are integrated throughout the chapter. Questions focusing on relevant diagnostic, treatment, and theoretical issues are incorporated within each mini-case. Answers to all questions are included in the back of the chapter, allowing students to test their mastery of the clinical and scholarly information regarding each major disorder.
Updated Research and Coverage Each chapter has been thoroughly updated and revised to include the latest information in the field.
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This convenient guide matches the issues in Taking Sides: Abnormal Psychology, 6/e with corresponding chapters in two of our best-selling McGraw-Hill Abnormal Psychology textbooks by Halgin/Whitbourne and Nolen-Hoeksema.
“Towards the DSM-5”: This boxed feature summarizes the current state of the DSM-5 proposals as of 2012, when the DSM-5 is in close to its final form. In addition to this boxed feature, we discuss the DSM-5 within the chapters where we think the changes are of importance for understanding contemporary views of the disorder.
“You be the Judge”: The ethical issues that psychologists grapple with are an integral part of research and practice. In these boxed features, we highlight a specific aspect of one of the disorders that we discuss in the chapter and present a question for you to answer. You will be the judge in deciding which position you want to take, after we inform you of both sides of the issue at stake.
Faces Interactive, created by Arthur J. Kohn of Portland State University, is a unique web-based learning environment that provides students with an opportunity to observe real patients through a series of case studies on twelve different psychological disorders. The disorders studied in Faces Interactive include Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Bulimia Nervosa, Dysthymic Disorder, Major Depression, Obsessive-¬Compulsive Disorder, Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia, Paranoid Schizophrenia, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Tourette’s Syndrome, and Substance Abuse. Each case study takes students through five stages of a patient’s experience: diagnosis, case history, interview, treatment, and assessment. Students are able to explore diagnostic processes, improve their understanding of clinical practice, and gain experience documenting their findings in a case study report project. After using Faces Interactive, students will have a wealth of information about, and a humanistic outlook on, these disorders. Faces interactive will now be assignable and assessable via Connect. This product will be available via Connect for January 2013.
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