Abnormal Psychology (1974)
Abnormal Psychology is a 1974 psychopathology book written by Gerald C. Davison and John M. Neale.
A university textbook that surveys the study of psychological disorders through what its authors call an integrative approach. Rather than tracing any single cause, it treats conditions as the product of many forces at once: biological, psychological, cultural, social, familial, and even political. Chapters move through the major categories of disorder alongside the research methods and clinical reasoning used to understand them, with review tools to test comprehension along the way. Written by three field-recognized researchers, it is built for coursework, structured to carry a student from broad frameworks toward specific diagnoses.
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What is Abnormal Psychology about?
A university textbook that surveys the study of psychological disorders through what its authors call an integrative approach. Rather than tracing any single cause, it treats conditions as the product of many forces at once: biological, psychological, cultural, social, familial, and even political. Chapters move through the major categories of disorder alongside the research methods and clinical reasoning used to understand them, with review tools to test comprehension along the way. Written by three field-recognized researchers, it is built for coursework, structured to carry a student from broad frameworks toward specific diagnoses.
When was Abnormal Psychology published?
Abnormal Psychology was published in 1974.
Who made Abnormal Psychology?
Abnormal Psychology was written by Gerald C. Davison, John M. Neale and Ann M. Kring.
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A few thoughts on Abnormal Psychology
A classroom text, not a bedside read. Reach for it if you want the scaffolding of the field, how disorders are defined, studied, and debated, rather than a single popular narrative about the mind. Its real strength is the integrative frame: no one factor explains a disorder, a useful corrective to tidier pop-psychology.