Abnormal Psychology Across The Ages [3 Volumes]
SKU: DADAX0313398364
ISBN : 9780313398360
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Abnormal Psychology across the Ages [3 volumes]
In these three volumes, a team of scholars provides a thoughtful history of abnormal psychology, demonstrating how concepts regarding disordered mental states, their causes, and their treatments developed and evolved across the ages. • Explains the advent of psychology/psychiatry/psychologists/psychiatrists; the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), the fields' bible of mental disorders and treatments; the evolution of the field; and the political controversies it has faced since its inception • Examines controversial topics across time, ranging from human rights of the mentally disordered to multicultural views on what does and does not constitute a disorder
• Explains historic views on disorders, including causes and treatments such as the belief that depression in women stemmed from "a wandering uterus," homosexuality being categorized a mental disorder, and the "treatment" of various disorders via blood-letting or lobotomy
Specification of Abnormal Psychology across the Ages [3 volumes]
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Binding | Hardcover |
Language | English |
Edition | |
ISBN-10 | 0313398364 |
ISBN-13 | 9780313398360 |
Publisher | Praeger |
Publication Date | 2013 |
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Height | 9.75 inch. |
Length | 2.75 inch. |
Width | 6.5 inch. |
Weight | 3.95 pounds pounds. |
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