Abnormal Psychology in a Changing World

by Jeffrey S. Nevid, Spencer A. Rathus, Beverly Greene

Psychology in a Changing World puts a human face on the study of Abnormal Psychology. For courses in Abnormal Psychology and Psychopathology. Within the field of abnormal psychology, research developments continue to sharpen the understanding of abnormal behavior. In Abnormal Psychology in a Changing World, Nevid, Rathus, and Greene endeavor to bring these advances to students in a way that both stimulates interest and makes complex material understandable. More importantly, however, they recognize there is a basic human dimension to the study of abnormal psychology. The approach the authors take is to help students enter the world of people suffering from the range of disorders they encounter in the text. By including many illustrative case examples drawn from the authors' own case experiences and those of other practitioners, as well as through supplementary video cases,

Genres: Psychology, Textbooks, Nonfiction, School, Psychiatry

648 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 1993

About the author

Jeffrey Nevid, Ph.D., ABPP, is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology at St. John’s University in New York, where he has taught at the undergraduate and graduate levels since 1981. He is also a practicing psychologist specializing in cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) in New York. Dr. Nevid holds a Diplomate in Clinical Psychology from the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP) and is a Fellow of the Academy of Clinical Psychology (FAClinP).

Dr. Nevid completed his doctoral degree in clinical psychology at SUNY Albany and was awarded a National Institute of Mental Health Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Evaluation Research at Northwestern University. Dr. Nevid has conducted research in many areas of psychology and has amassed more than 200 publications and professional presentations. He has also authored or coauthored more than a dozen books in psychology and related fields, including several leading college textbooks, such as Psychology: Concepts and Applications (Cengage Learning), Abnormal Psychology in a Changing World (Pearson Education), Human Sexuality in a World of Diversity (Pearson Education), and Psychology and the Challenges of Life: Adjustment and Growth (John Wiley). Dr. Nevid also serves as Director of Research of Implicit Metrics, a marketing research firm he founded with his colleague Ronald Jay Cohen, Ph.D., ABPP.

Reviews

[Essie-Marie F.]

I learned a lot. This was for a class, obvs, so Idk enough about psych to give a good review on this book. I had a lot of fun in the class, and this book was relatively easy to annotate and read through.

[✨faith✨trust✨pixiedust✨ Dead Account; Not Coming Back]

I didn't actually read the entire thing, just what was required for the class. I'm only keeping this on GR for record-keeping and if you have a problem with that, I don't particularly care lol

[Karina Scott]

This book explains in depth the disorders outlined in the DSM IV. It explores some of the controversies around diagnosis in psychology as well. It taps into the following disorders: anxiety, dissociative, somatoform, mood, suicide, substance abuse, substance dependence, eating, sleep, gender and sexuality, schizophrenia, psychotic, personality, impulse control, childhood, and disorders related to aging.

[Tiffany]

Psych

There is a lot of great info in this book about the different disorder's that there are. Be careful though, you might think that you have some of these disorders.

[Kathleen]

text book - for a text book it is easy reading, sometimes a little long winded but not so dense that you fall asleep. - a good quality for a text book

[Diana]

A good textbook.

[Chris Parsons]

Normally I do not add textbooks. Yet, being academically obligated to read this bastard, cover-to-cover, over the last year cost me my reading challenge of 2018. So, it's head I mount on the wall.

[Yan]

断断续续看了好久。很难的一个问题就是如何界定各类精神疾病吧，即使是DSM有详尽的描述，但是有些还是难以区分。每一章节都从几个不同角度的理论进行了解释，讲的比较浅。不过有一些章节也挺更新认知的，以及...好几章看的时候都觉得自己好像也挺符合？

[Amanda]

For a textbook, I found this book very enjoyable. The writing was clear and concise, there were minimal spelling and grammar issues, and the layout is very reader-friendly. I actually will probably keep this book to use in practice down the road.

[Laurel]

So far I have learned that I am lucky to have a relatively sane thought in my head. Of course, I have not yet begun to read...

[Debra]

One of the better textbooks I've read so far. Easy to follow, easy to understand. Good use of language-nothing is over my head or redundant.

[Cassie]

It's a textbook. What do you expect?

[Kirk]

excellent informative book on psychollgy updates/revisions of abnormal psychology. The world has changed and so has the minds and ideals of the peple.

[Priyanka]

This is really a excellent book to understand what is actully mean of psychology and what is its application i really enjoyd this book to read and i will want to share this book to everyone