Abnormal Psychology Across the Ages [3 volumes]

Abnormal Psychology Across the Ages [3 volumes]
ISBN-10
0313398372
ISBN-13
9780313398377
Category
Psychology
Pages
835
Language
English
Published
2013-06-25
Publisher
ABC-CLIO
Author
Thomas G. Plante Ph.D.

Description

In these three volumes, a team of scholars provides a thoughtful history of abnormal psychology, demonstrating how concepts regarding disordered mental states, their causes, and their treatments developed and evolved across the ages. • Explains historic views on disorders, including causes and treatments such as the belief that depression in women stemmed from "a wandering uterus," homosexuality being categorized a mental disorder, and the "treatment" of various disorders via blood-letting or lobotomy • Explains the advent of psychology/psychiatry/psychologists/psychiatrists; the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), the fields' bible of mental disorders and treatments; the evolution of the field; and the political controversies it has faced since its inception • Examines controversial topics across time, ranging from human rights of the mentally disordered to multicultural views on what does and does not constitute a disorder

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