Abnormal psychology Books

This groundbreaking study of schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders, written by the influential German psychiatrist Emil Kraepelin and skillfully translated by George M. Robertson, remains a landmark of early 20th-century psychiatry and psychology...

Understanding Trauma and Dissociation: A Guide for Therapists, Patients and Loved Ones is a groundbreaking guide to unraveling the mysteries of trauma and dissociation and offering real hope for the chance to heal. Dr. Lynn Karjala, a renowned...

No drugs. No alcohol. So, how does a fifty-three-year-old develop schizophrenia? That question puzzles Joseph's family when his mind descends into madness, filled with delusions and paranoia. He roams the world as a self-proclaimed...

You are under attack!We are living in an age where anxiety is rampant and in the Christian life the Bible warns that the devil is like a roaring lion looking for his next victim. One of his key tactics is to attack your faith in God by producing fear...

The title and the contents page describe what this book is about. It is a self-help book for improved emotional, physical health and well-being.It is written in an easy to understand and encouraging manner to help anyone who reads it to cope positively...

Toxic Interactions is a review of quantitative research revealing how urban living, trauma, ethnicity, stress and familial influence the risk of troubling psychotic experiences.

The past quarter-century has witnessed a dramatic upsurge of violent crime in the United States and abroad. In this country, the rise in violent criminal activity has been consistently documented in such published accounts as...

A guide for the design and implementation of treatment programs, this book emphasizes clinical issues over research and offers valuable suggestions for dealing with problems that arise in treatment. Contributors describe their...

Origins We call this book on theoretical orientations and methodological strategies in family studies a sourcebook because it details the social and personal roots (i.e., sources) from which these orientations and strategies...

The development of behavior modification principles and procedures and the ensuing research have had a dramatic impact on services for mentally re­ tarded persons. This book is the second edition of a volume that is designed to...

Explanations of abnormal behavior that emphasize the importance of physiological determinants of disorder are relatively unpopular among psychologists, especially among those who work as clinicians in an ap~ plied setting. The...

The concept of self-handicapping can be legitimately anchored in a vari­ ety of intellectual contexts, some old and some newer. As this volume reminds us, Alfred Adler was perhaps the first to articulate the signifi­ cance of...

"The landmark book that argued that psychiatry consistently expands its definition of mental illness to impose its authority over moral and cultural conflict." -- New York TimesThe 50th anniversary edition of the most influential critique of psychiatry...