Abnormal Psychology: The Science and Treatment of Psychological Disorders

Abnormal Psychology: The Science and Treatment of Psychological Disorders
ISBN-10
1119705398
ISBN-13
9781119705390
Series
Abnormal Psychology
Language
English
Published
2021-03
Author
Ann M Kring

Description

"The focus of this book has always been on the balancing and blending of research and clinical application and on the effort to involve the learner in the problem solving engaged in by clinicians and scientists. We continue to emphasize an integrated approach, showing how psychopathology is best understood by considering multiple perspectives and how these varying perspectives can provide us with the clearest accounting of the causes of these disorders as well as the best possible treatments. With the fifteenth edition, we have once again emphasized the recent and comprehensive research coverage that has been the hallmark of the book. Of equal importance, however, we have worked to make the prose ever more accessible to a variety of students"--

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