The Psychology of Abnormal Behavior: A Dynamic Approach

This book addressed to undergraduate students is a comprehensive, although simplified, presentation of the subject. It succeeds in its attempt to be both dynamic and eclectic, and its format, typography and figures are such that even beginning students will find it easy reading. The authors go beyond the descriptive level and give an excellent formulation of the background dynamics currently held for each of the subjects which are discussed. There are well chosen and typically representative cases which illustrate the various syndromes. The necessarily simplified and condensed discussion of the wide scope of material surveyed is expanded by an up-to-date bibliography as well as separate case, author and subject indexes. The authors have expanded the text's usefulness further by the inclusion of 44 tables of relevant statistics and lists of other pertinent data. There is a most helpful 19 page glossary of technical terms. The contents are presented in eight