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Understanding Abnormal Behavior

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ISBN-10: 0618687017

ISBN-13: 9780618687015

Edition: 8th 2006 (Student Manual, Study Guide, etc.)

Authors: David Sue, Derald Wing Sue, Stanley Sue

List price: $143.56
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"Abnormal Psychology "by Sue, Sue, and Sue was the first text in its field to present a thoroughly integrated multicultural perspective; the Eighth Edition offers integration of multicultural models and the most extensive coverage available. This program provides students with an understanding of abnormal behavior as both a scientific and a clinical field, while offering insight into the tools used by mental health professionals to study and treat disorders. The text combines a student-friendly approach to understanding abnormal psychology with scholarship of the highest quality. This edition includes thoroughly updated research and case studies, and is accompanied by a comprehensive…    
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Book details

List price: $143.56
Edition: 8th
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin College Division
Pages: 726
Size: 8.50" wide x 11.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 4.048
Language: English

David Sue is professor emeritus of psychology at Western Washington University, where he is an associate of the Center for Cross-Cultural Research. He has served as the director of the Psychology Counseling Clinic and the Mental Health Counseling Program. He and his wife co-authored the book COUNSELING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY IN A DIVERSE SOCIETY and he is co-author of COUNSELING THE CULTURALLY DIVERSE: THEORY AND PRACTICE. He received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Washington State University. His research interests revolve around multicultural issues in individual and group counseling.

Derald Wing Sue is professor of psychology and education in the Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology at Teachers College, Columbia University. He has written extensively in the field of counseling psychology and multicultural counseling/therapy and is co-author of a bestselling book, COUNSELING THE CULTURALLY DIVERSE: THEORY AND PRACTICE. Dr. Sue has served as president of the Society of Counseling Psychology and the Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues and has received numerous awards for teaching and service. He received his doctorate from the University of Oregon.

Stanley Sue is professor of psychology and director of the Center for Excellence in Diversity at Palo Alto University. From 1971 to 1981, he was assistant and associate professor of psychology at the University of Washington; Professor of Psychology, UCLA (1981-1996); and professor of psychology at UC Davis (1996-2010 and now emeritus distinguished professor). Dr. Sue served as the 2010 president of the Western Psychological Association.

Preliminary Contents
Abnormal Behavior
Models of Abnormal Behavior
Assessment and Classification of Abnormal Behavior
The Scientific Method in Abnormal Psychology
Anxiety Disorders
Dissociative Disorders and Somatoform Disorders
Psychological Factors Affecting Medical Conditions
Personality Disorders and Impulse Control Disorders
Substance-Related Disorders
Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders
Mood Disorders
Suicide
Schizophrenia: Diagnosis and Etiology
Cognitive Disorders
Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence
Eating Disorders and Sleep Disorders
Therapeutic Interventions
Legal and Ethical Issues in Abnormal Psychology