Authored by award-winning teacher and noted researcher Susan Nolen-Hoeksema, this text blends cutting-edge research in psychopathology with compassion for people who suffer from psychological disorders. Capturing the excitement of major advances in biological and psychosocial research and treatment alternatives, Abnormal Psychology Media and Research Update imparts a true enthusiasm for and appreciation of scientific investigation. The author’s scientific and caring approach, combined with strong study tools, has won accolades from instructors and students alike. This Media and Research Update includes Faces Interactive Case Studies, which link information about disorders covered in the text to Face Interactive Online, integrating the audio visual resources to the written text. The text continues to place great emphasis on an integrated approach to abnormal psychology, on making biological information clear to students, and on providing a strong focus on empirical research and diversity.
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Susan Nolen-Hoeksema is a Professor of Psychology at Yale University. She received her B.A. in Psychology from Yale University and her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Nolen-Hoeksema has won numerous awards for her research on depression, including the David Shakow Early Career Award from the American Psychology Association, the Leadership Award from the Committee on Women of the American Psychological Association, and Research Career Award from the National Institute of Mental Health. Recent books by Dr. Nolen-Hoeksema include Women Who Think Too Much (2003), Coping with Loss (1999), and Depression in Children and Adolescents (in press). Dr. Nolen-Hoeksema has taught Abnormal Psychology at the University of Michigan and at Stanford University, and has won multiple awards for her teaching. She currently carries on an active program of research on psychosocial factors in depression.
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This review is from: Abnormal Psychology Media and Research Update with MindMap CD (Hardcover)
Don't spend your money on this thing. Although it's clearly written, it doesn't have the right content. Some examples.
A. The author doesn't spend time explaining the actual disorders - she just lists the symptoms, but skips the details. For example, she doesn't even try to explain the vicious cycle involved in OCD. She just lists up the symptoms, in a table (straight from DSM!), and goes on with the prevalence of OCD. That doesn't help you understand OCD, does it? B. The author is overly focused on *statistics*. Comparing prevalence of disorders (or specific symptoms) between the sexes, europeans/americans/asian. She doesn't do it just sometimes, no, no; for every single disorder (Bipolar, mania, OCD, depression, suicide, etc), there is at least half a page spent on statistics. For example: "OCD often begins at young age... the peak age of onset for males is between 6 and 15 years and for females it is between 20 and 29 years. [..] Between 1 and 3 percent of people will develop OCD at sometime in their lives. In the United States, European Americans show a higher prevalence of OCD than do African American. The prevalence of OCD does not seem to different greatly across countries that have been studied, including [list of names skipped]. Although some studies have found slightly higher rates of OCD in women than in men, other studies have not." What exactly, is the point of this? C. The author spends space in *each chapter* of the book on psychodynamic theories, but in the first chapter she stated that "it is difficult or impossible to scientifically test their fundamental assumptions". Why then waste space then on these theories? It does not make any sense at all. D. The use of graphics is substandard, to say the least. A picture of a person sitting in a chair, inside, in the chapter about "agoraphobia"? This is a joke. E. For teachers, there is a "question pack" from which they can extract questions to create exams. Now, I haven't seen this "question pack", but I know some questions which came from this pack. Let me show you one. "Of the following people, who did NOT support the idea that many people accused of being witches actually suffered from mental illness? A. Benjamin Franklin. B.Benjamin Pinel C. Benjamin Rush. D. Benjamin Pinker." No, I'm not joking. Questions of this sort are common in this "pack" - both regarding how difficult they are and how utterly besides-the-point they are. - These are just few examples, I could go on, and on. You deserve better education, don't use this book. Return it - or better yet, recycle it.
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Not what i expected,
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I was supposed to receive and updated edition and it was not, I did not have any problem with that because the content but pretty much the same, but the thing i did not like it is that i ended up paying more money for a book of less value.
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The book is very interesting and I like that it is bound. I find the MindMap CD very difficult to use and the quality is poor.
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