This book provides a brief overview of the current definitions and various explanations for psychological abnormality and then focuses on how society diagnoses and classifies behavior that is deemed to be "unusual." Three key areas of the topic are covered: the procedures involved in the diagnosis and classification of mental disorders (such as schizophrenia); research into the history and origins of multiple personality disorder; and a discussion of the implications of cultural variability (including culture-bound syndromes) for the classification and diagnosis of psychological abnormality.
Classification and Diagnosis of Abnormal Psychology is an introductory text suitable for students and teachers and is also useful for those who work in the field of mental disorder, such as nurses, social workers and therapists.
This book provides a brief overview of the current definitions and various explanations for psychological abnormality and then focuses on how society diagnoses and classifies behavior that is deemed to be "unusual." Three key areas of the topic are covered: the procedures involved in the diagnosis and classification of mental disorders (such as schizophrenia); research into the history and origins of multiple personality disorder; and a discussion of the implications of cultural variability (including culture-bound syndromes) for the classification and diagnosis of psychological abnormality.
Classification and Diagnosis of Abnormal Psychology is an introductory text suitable for students and teachers and is also useful for those who work in the field of mental disorder, such as nurses, social workers and therapists.
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ISBN-13: | 9781134579983 |
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Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Publication date: | 08/19/2005 |
Series: | Routledge Modular Psychology , #8 |
Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
Format: | eBook |
Pages: | 232 |
File size: | 4 MB |
Age Range: | 17 - 18 Years |