Abnormal Psychology: An Integrative Approach

Abnormal Psychology: An Integrative Approach uses a dynamic and conversational writing style, along with integrated case examples, featuring real clients, to engage students in studying the nature, origins, treatment, and prevention of various forms of abnormal psychology. The text emphasizes the important contributions of Canadian research and researchers, and highlights Canadian statistics, laws, and examples to make the material much more relevant to the experiences of Canadian students. Abnormal Psychology utilizes an integrative theoretical approach to explore the interactions of biological, psychological, social, and cultural factors in contributing to the development of abnormal behavior. Going beyond simply describing different schools of thought on psychological disorders, the authors bring sophisticated research and clinical experience to every chapter and explore the interactions of the various forces that contribute to psychopathology.