The Science and Treatment of Psychological Disorders, with eBook Access Code
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The Science and Treatment of Psychological Disorders, with eBook Access Code
The Science and Treatment of Psychological Disorders blends theory and research with practice and clinical application to provide learners with a solid foundation in psychological disorders. It aims to develop their understanding with up-to-date and relevant research, examples, and contexts.
Since its first edition, the focus of the book has always been on balancing contemporary research and clinical application while engaging the learner in the problem-solving processes employed by clinicians and scientists. It continues to emphasise an integrative approach, demonstrating how psychopathology is best understood by considering multiple perspectivesβgenetic, neuroscientific, cognitive-behavioural, and sociocultural. These varying perspectives provide the clearest understanding of the causes of these disorders and offer insights into the best possible treatments.
With this new sixteenth edition, the term "Abnormal Psychology" is omitted from the title. The importance of stigma and mental illness is discussed throughout, a topic more relevant now than ever, as many social issues, such as gun violence, are too easily blamed on mental illness. Meanwhile, individuals with psychological disorders continue to be warehoused in jails at an alarming rate.
An Interactive, Multimedia Learning Experience
This textbook includes access to an interactive, multimedia e-text. Icons throughout the print book indicate corresponding digital content in the e-text.
Case Study Videos and Pause and Ponder Activities: A collection of fourteen 7 to 10 minute Case Study Videos presents a comprehensive view of a variety of psychological disorders. These videos feature individuals experiencing these disorders and their families describing symptoms from their own perspective. Each video provides concise information about the available treatment options and commentary from a mental health professional. Videos are presented within the context of a Pause and Ponder activity with the following elements:
- Part I: Pause: Readers read several short examples of everyday life situations facing a person, or people, with a particular disorder and assess their own ability to empathise.
- Part II: Learn: Readers are directed to view the Case Study Video and answer a series of interactive self-scoring questions.
- Part III: Ponder: Finally, readers respond to one or more open-ended questions and reassess their ability to empathise.
Interactive Figures, Charts & Tables: Throughout the enhanced e-text, interactive figures, process diagrams, and tables facilitate the study of complex concepts and processes, helping students retain important information. Even many of the simplest figures are interactive, encouraging online readers to pause and absorb the information before continuing.
Interactive Self-Scoring Check Your Knowledge Questions and Practice Quizzes: Students can instantly check their answers to the Check Your Knowledge questions found at the end of each major chapter section. Each chapter also includes a self-scoring Practice Quiz to help prepare for graded assignments and exams.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781394221752
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 21 November 2024
Country: United States
Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Edition: 16th edition
Audience: Tertiary education
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 25.0mm
Width: 216.0mm
Height: 274.0mm
Weight: 1293g
Pages: 640
About the Author
Ann M. Kring is Professor of Psychology at the University of California at Berkeley. She received her B.S. from Ball State University and her M.A. and Ph.D. from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Her internship in clinical psychology was completed at Bellevue Hospital and Kirby Forensic Psychiatric Center, both in New York. From 1991 to 1998, she taught at Vanderbilt University. She joined the faculty at UC Berkeley in 1999, served two terms as Director of the Clinical Science Program and Psychology Clinic, and was Chair of the Psychology Department from 2015 to 2020. She received a Distinguished Teaching Award from UC Berkeley in 2008. She was elected President of the Society for Research in Psychopathology and President of the Society for Affective Science. She is a past member of the Board of Directors of the Association for Psychological Science.
She was given a Young Investigator Award by the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD) and the Joseph Zubin Memorial Fund Award in recognition of her research on schizophrenia. She is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Association for Psychological Science, the Society for Experimental Psychologists, and the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. Her research has been supported by grants from the Scottish Rite Schizophrenia Research Program, NARSAD, and the National Institute of Mental Health. She is co-editor (with Denise Sloan) of Emotion Regulation and Psychopathology (Guilford Press) and co-author (with Janelle Caponigro, Erica Lee, and Sheri Johnson) of Bipolar Disorder for the Newly Diagnosed (New Harbinger Press). She is also the author of more than 130 articles and book chapters. Her current research focuses on emotion and psychopathology, with a specific interest in the emotional features, negative symptoms, and social factors of schizophrenia. As part of a follow-up study of children whose mothers were enrolled in a study in the early 1960s, she is also studying how early development might influence clinical, cognitive, social, and neural outcomes in late middle age.
Sheri L. Johnson is Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of California at Berkeley. She received her B.A. from Salem College and her Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh. She completed an internship and postdoctoral fellowship at Brown University, and she was a clinical assistant professor at Brown from 1993 to 1995. From 1995 to 2008, she taught in the Department of Psychology at the University of Miami, where she was recognized three times with the Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award. In 1993, she received a Young Investigator Award from the National Alliance for Research in Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD). She is an associate editor for Psychological Bulletin and a consulting editor for Clinical Psychological Science and Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science. She has served as President of the Society for Research in Psychopathology and is a fellow of the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research, the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, and the Association for Psychological Science.
Her work has been funded by NARSAD, the National Cancer Institute, the National Science Foundation, the National Institute of Mental Health, and the Wellcome Trust. She has authored over 300 publications, and her findings have been published in leading journals such as Biological Psychiatry, Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Psychological Bulletin, and American Journal of Psychiatry. She is co-editor or co-author of six books, including Psychological Treatment of Bipolar Disorder (Guilford Press), Bipolar Disorder for the Newly Diagnosed (New Harbinger Press), Bipolar Disorder: Advances in Psychotherapy Evidence-Based Practice (Hogrefe Publishing), and Emotion and Psychopathology (American Psychological Association). Her work focuses on bipolar disorder, emotion, emotion-related disorders, and impulsivity.
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