Abnormal Psychology

Focused, fresh, and engaging, this text captures student interest and facilitates comprehension through the widespread use of current and highly relevant clinical case studies. The fully-revised fifth edition maintains the integrative approach to treatment using the biopsychosocial model, the emphasis on cases, and the succinct coverage that have been the foundations of the text's success. It now features a more focused approach than previous editions, with the goal of presenting only the most relevant research and clinical material.

Updated empirical research is integrated throughout, including a new discussion of traumatic brain injury. Updated sections include the diagnosis and treatment of sexual disorders, personality disorders, substance abuse, and eating disorders; and legal issues that have been affected by recent legislative and judicial decisions.

Material previously presented in boxes ("Research Focus," "Social Context") has been integrated into related chapters, for improved flow of information.

An outstanding new ancillary, Faces of Abnormal Psychology Interactive, offers a unique Web-based learning environment that provides students with an opportunity to observe and evaluate real patients. Using this tool, students are able to explore the diagnostic process, improve their clinical judgment, and design appropriate clinical treatments. Available on the text's companion Online Learning Center, Faces Interactive also includes a variety of tools that allow the faculty to monitor student progress within the program.

Extensive case materials bring life to the discussion and humanize the disorders. Each chapter contains an extensive case report (written from the first-person perspective of the treating psychologist Dr. Sarah Tobin), as well as mini-cases that elucidate each disorder within the chapter.

Rather than using the technical jargon of DSM-IV diagnostic criteria, the text paraphrases the language to make the information more understandable for the typical undergraduate, tying it in to the mini-cases.

Excerpts and images from "Nothing to Hide: Mental Illness in the Family" offer compelling first-person accounts and photos from families struggling with mental disorders.

The complete multimedia package includes video clips from McGraw-Hill's exclusive Faces of Abnormal Psychology series and from the Discovery Channel, fully integrated into the text and supplements. Video "stills" form part of the book??s photo program, with captions for the clip and icons directing students to the appropriate segment on the student CD-ROM. Packaged free with every new copy of the text, the Mind MAP Plus CD-ROM includes forty-five video clips and interactivities, along with quizzes.