Psychopathology: An Integrative Approach to Mental Disorders

by David H. Barlow, V Mark Durand, Stefan G. Hofmann

Éste es el primero de una nueva generación de libros de texto de Psicopatología que ofrece una perspectiva integral y multidimensional de la materia. Se incluyen pruebas actuales sustanciales de las influencias recíprocas de la biología y la conducta y de la influencia psicológica y social en la biología. Los ejemplos están seleccionados para mantener la atención de los estudiantes. El objetivo es entrelazar los hallazgos científicos del estudio de las emociones con los descubrimientos conductuales, biológicos, cognitivos y sociales, a fin de crear un entramado integral de la psicopatología. Cada capítulo del libro ha sido cuidadosamente revisado para incluir los últimos estudios de investigación sobre los distintos trastornos psicopatológicos. Cientos de nuevas referencias del periodo 1999-2002 aparecen por primera vez en esta tercera edición. Se ha eliminado lo no esencial y se han indicado como tablas los criterios DSM-IV y DSM-IV-TR.

Genres: Nonfiction, School, Psychology, Counselling

784 pages, Paperback

Published August 9, 2022

About the author

David H. Barlow, PhD, is Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry Emeritus and Founder of the Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders at Boston University. Dr. Barlow has published over 600 articles and chapters and over 75 books and clinical manuals, mostly in the area of the nature and treatment of emotional disorders and clinical research methodology.

Reviews

[mjk]

I can’t believe this was the book that completed my goodreads reading goal

[Zoe · Rating 3 out of 5]

Honestly not bad for a textbook but damn the DSM has to be thrown out

[Iz]

I read 1/3 of this and then dropped out of summer school but I’m still adding it 😎

[Mal · Rating 1 out of 5]

I'm fucking begging that whoever wrote the section on eating disorders actually have an ed specialist or someone with an ed to read this and edit the wording used because what the fuck?? Here are some examples of the awful things written:

1. talks about the successfulness of induced vomiting in terms of how many calories it eliminates
2. says people who are anorexic are "so successful at losing weight"
3. regarding an anorexic teenager: "you could see that she had once been attractive"

Honestly the book was okay until this point but this chapter has turned the entire book into a dumpster fire and I'm disgusted! Psychologists - do better !

[Steph Guzy · Rating 5 out of 5]

in terms of textbooks this is definitely the best one i have had to read. it was very easy to understand and super interesting as a psych major :-) would not have ever read it if it wasn’t assigned in class though lol

[Aaronmac · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good text to use in teaching a class on the topic. Content is shared in an approachable way and is easy to read without getting lost. Helpful empirical info to go with clinical descriptions, etiology, and treatment considerations.