Abnormal Psychology: Perspectives

by David J.A. Dozois

Abnormal Perspectives , the successful text from an expert team of Canadian editors and contributors, is aimed at a Canadian undergraduate audience. While recognising the best of international scholarship, it also showcases the world-class scholarship originating in our own country.  With case studies, legal and ethical issues, prevention programs, ground-breaking research, and the history of abnormal psychology in this country - all important topics are considered from the perspective of people who study, live, and work in Canada. 

Genres: Psychology, Textbooks, Nonfiction, Read For School, Reference

615 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2010

Reviews

[Lizzy Li · Rating 1 out of 5]

- very unnecessarily dense and lengthy
- dislike the 2 column formatting
- more pictures and random filler text could have been used
- also the openings to each chapter were sometimes too uncomfy for me to read and i did not quite know what to do with myself after reading them

i enjoyed the cow butchering prince story tho (it gave me a chuckle)

[ani]

for a low low price of $20,000 i, a dsm-5 expert, can diagnose you. credentials? reading this entire textbook and getting an A in my psychopathology class

[Scout Collins]

I don't really know how to rate this book. (I read it for school.)
It was interesting and thorough, but some of the chapters were kind of long.
I found some sections more interesting than others, but this was more to do with what I find interesting and less to do with the writing.
Book very much favoured/was biased towards CBT as the superior therapy over all others--which I don't think was objective.

[Carley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some sections are repetitive but overall a decent and painless textbook.

[Kristen Hovet · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well-written, but sometimes I question the organization of the chapters.

[Somer Schaffer · Rating 3 out of 5]

outdated edition (DSM-IV) used