A briefer version of the most authoritative and respected introductory text for the abnormal psychology course. This allows instructors who prefer less detail to still use a research oriented text. As in their more comprehensive version, the esteemed author team of Jim Butcher, Sue Mineka and Jill Hooley offers students a thoroughly researched and up to date explanation of psychopathology, creating a learning experience that invokes thought, increases awareness, and takes students to levels of understanding that other books do not offer.

1. Abnormal Psychology over Time
2. Causal Factors and Viewpoints
3. Clinical Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment Approaches
4. Stress and Physical and Mental Health
5. Panic, Anxiety, and Their Disorders
6. Mood Disorders and Suicide
7. Somatoform and Dissociative Disorders
8. Eating Disorders and Obesity
9. Personality Disorders
10. Substance-Related Disorders
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