Description
In preparing the new tenth edition of Abnormal Psychology and Modern Life, we enthusiastically welcome a new co-author, Professor Susan Mincka of Northwestern University, who adds a significant increment of breadth in our attempt to make acces- sible to students the latest and best of available research in the ever-expanding field of abnormal psychology. Dr. Mineka, herself a noted researcher and former editor of the Journal of Abnormal Psychology, has brought new expertise, broad knowledge of the research literature, and great energy to her work on this edition. We think read- ers familiar with former editions of this work will appreciate that the results speak for themselves.
The discipline of abnormal psychology has undergone many dramatic changes since this text first appeared, under the inspired authorship of James Coleman, in the early 1950s. However, our goals for this tenth edition remain unchanged from that first successful effort: to provide the reader with a comprehensive, searching, and engaging overview of the field. Over the course of nine edi- tions, Abnormal Psychology and Modern Life has given generations of psychology students a thor- ough and rigorous grounding in abnormal psychol- ogy. In each edition, the authors have sought continually to incorporate current research and to examine critically its contribution to advancing knowledge, while retaining a focus on rich clinical description. In this tenth edition, as in the past, we have balanced the enormous challenge of including the latest developments in a constantly changing field with a judicious reevaluation and streamlining of the wide variety of topics covered by our text. We believe that the tenth edition is as thorough, timely, and dynamic as the ground-breaking first edition was in its time.
ISBN:9780673992413
