Essentials of Abnormal Psychology, Canadian Edition, 5th edition

Published by Pearson Canada (January 4, 2021) © 2022

  • Jeffrey S. Nevid St. John's University
  • Beverly S. Greene St. John's University
  • Linda Knight John Abbott College

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Title overview

Essentials of Abnormal Psychology in a Changing World provides students with the basic concepts in the field in a convenient 11-chapter format. These chapters cover historical and theoretical perspectives, approaches to psychological assessment and treatment, and the major types of psychological disorders - including eating disorders, anxiety disorders, depressive and bipolar disorders, substance related disorders, personality disorders, gender dysphoria and sexual dysfunctions, schizophrenia, and disorders of childhood, adolescence, and aging. 

Table of contents

  1. What Is Abnormal Psychology? 
  2. Assessment, Classification, and Treatment of Abnormal Behaviour 
  3. Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive, and Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders  
  4. Depressive Disorders, Bipolar and Related Disorders, and Suicide 
  5. Dissociative and Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders 
  6. Personality Disorders
  7. Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders
  8. Feeding and Eating Disorders and Sleep—Wake Disorders
  9. Gender Dysphoria, Paraphilic Disorders, and Sexual Dysfunctions
  10. Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders
  11. Abnormal Behaviour Across the Lifespan

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