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Abnormal Psychology across the Ages [3 volumes] (Hardcover, New)
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Abnormal Psychology across the Ages [3 volumes] (Hardcover, New)
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In these three volumes, a team of scholars provides a thoughtful
history of abnormal psychology, demonstrating how concepts
regarding disordered mental states, their causes, and their
treatments developed and evolved across the ages. Compiling current
thought from some of the best minds in the field, Abnormal
Psychology across the Ages provides essays that reflect on multiple
dimensions of abnormal behavior. These experts present biological,
psychological, social, cultural, and supernatural perspectives
throughout human history on a range of disorders, as well as the
global influences on scientific thinking. A fascinating read for
anyone in the field of abnormal psychology, from undergraduate
students to clinicians, counselors, psychologists, and
psychiatrists, this three-volume work addresses questions such as:
What is "abnormal" psychology and thinking? What are the causes,
how have we treated it, and how do we treat it now? And how does
the culture of the times affect what we perceive as "abnormality"?
Explains historic views on disorders, including causes and
treatments such as the belief that depression in women stemmed from
"a wandering uterus," homosexuality being categorized a mental
disorder, and the "treatment" of various disorders via
blood-letting or lobotomy Explains the advent of
psychology/psychiatry/psychologists/psychiatrists; the Diagnostic
and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), the fields' bible
of mental disorders and treatments; the evolution of the field; and
the political controversies it has faced since its inception
Examines controversial topics across time, ranging from human
rights of the mentally disordered to multicultural views on what
does and does not constitute a disorder
General
Imprint: |
Praeger Publishers Inc
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
June 2013 |
First published: |
June 2013 |
Editors: |
Thomas G. Plante
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Dimensions: |
235 x 156 x 69mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards
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Volumes: |
3 |
Pages: |
835 |
Edition: |
New |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-313-39836-0 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Psychology >
Abnormal psychology
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LSN: |
0-313-39836-4 |
Barcode: |
9780313398360 |
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