Abnormal Psychology: Perspectives

by David J.A. Dozois

Abnormal Perspectives exemplifies its subtitle by cohesively presenting the numerous individual perspectives of its expert contributors. It presents the differing psychological perspectives by discussing various relevant paradigms with emphasis on the conceptual approaches and therapeutic interventions that have garnered the most empirical support in research literature. As a ground-up Canadian text, it features indigenous case studies, legal and ethical issues, prevention programs, and ground-breaking research, as well as the history of abnormal psychology in this country.

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

648 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outdated edition (DSM-IV) used