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Abnormal Psychology: Clinical and Scientific Perspectives

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Abnormal Psychology: Clinical and Scientific Perspectives

Sixth Edition   Lyons, Martin, © 2019, 569 pages

Abnormal Psychology: Clinical and Scientific Perspectives is a readable, useful reference resource created to serve as a primary text for students in undergraduate abnormal psychology courses. It provides a thorough overview of the official system for classifying mental disorders, and encourages students to think critically and evaluate the strength of evidence.

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About the Authors

Charles Lyons person
Charles A. Lyons is a professor emeritus of psychology at Eastern Oregon University, where he taught courses in abnormal psychology, behavior analysis, clinical interventions, psychological assessment, evolution and behavior, and human sexuality. He earned his PhD in psychology from Utah State University, with a specialization in the analysis of behavior. As a licensed clinical psychologist, he worked for several years with inpatient populations at a large state psychiatric facility, where he provided treatment, assessment, and forensic evaluations. As a researcher, he has published articles on animal behavior, basic learning processes, language, and addictive behaviors. His most recent research interests include social and compulsive gambling and large-scale public lotteries.
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Barclay Martin received his Ph.D. in Psychology from Stanford University in 1953. He taught at the University of Wisconsin at Madison before joining the faculty at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1971. The author of numerous articles and books, he retired in 1990.

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The United States spends more money on mental disorders than on any other health condition, with heart disease and cancer trailing far behind. As important as that statistic is, it is not the main reason that it is incumbent upon us to understand more about these conditions. We all have friends or family members who have battled with mental health in some way. It is therefore important to learn what we can about mental disorders, including how they are identified, how they develop, how they can be treated, and, ultimately, how they can be prevented.

As in the previous editions of Abnormal Psychology: Clinical and Scientific Perspectives, this sixth edition was prepared with the goal of producing a readable, useful, inexpensive referenced resource that could serve as a primary text for students in undergraduate abnormal psychology courses. It provides a thorough (and critical) overview of the official system for classifying mental disorders - the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) - describing the many ways in which the DSM-5 differs from its predecessors. As this text reviews both past and present treatment approaches and their supporting research, it also encourages students to think critically and to evaluate the strength of evidence.

This edition incorporates several features, including:

  • Thorough description of DSM-5 classification, with frequent examples of diagnostic criteria and highlighted changes from the DSM-IV
  • Extensive attention to diagnostic reliability and validity
  • Coverage of continued controversies within psychiatry and psychology
  • Many new and updated references from the professional literature
  • Expanded glossary and index
  • End-of-chapter reviews, key terms, questions for study, and pop quizzes
  • Student study materials, including practice questions, instructor's test banks, and lecture slides at www.BVTLab.com


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