Clinical Psychopathology

Auteur

E. M. Coles was born and educated in England and emigrated to Canada in 1961. He had five years; clinical experience in England and Canada, working with both children and adults, before joining the staff of Simon Fraser University where, at the time of publication, was Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology. He was also a Consulting Psychologist at Riverview Hospital, British Columbia.

Texte du rabat

Originally published in 1982 Clinical Psychopathology provided a broad introduction to the topics and problems of psychopathology, by taking the four major areas - classification and diagnosis, symptomatology, aetiology, therapy - summarizing their most important concepts and looking at the relationships between them.

Résumé
Originally published in 1982 Clinical Psychopathology provided a broad introduction to the topics and problems of psychopathology, by taking the four major areas classification and diagnosis, symptomatology, aetiology, therapy summarizing their most important concepts and looking at the relationships between them.

Contenu

Preface. A cknowledgments. Part I: Classification and Diagnosis Introduction 1. Concepts of Abnormality and Mental Illness 2. Diagnostic Classification 3. Diagnostic Procedures in Psychiatry Part II: Symptomatology Introduction 4. Disorders of Cognitive Processes 5. Affective Disorders 6. Disorders of Conation, Personality and Character Part III: Determinants of Abnormal Behaviour Introduction 7. Biological Determinants of Mental Illness 8. Environmental Determinants of Abnormal Behaviour: I. At Maturity 9. Environmental Determinants of Abnormal Behaviour: II. During Development 10. Psychological Theories of Aetiology Part IV: Therapy Introduction 11. Biological Methods of Therapy 12. Psychological Methods of Therapy 13. Environmental and Sociocultural Therapies 14. Evaluating the Effectiveness of Psychiatric Therapies. References. Name Index. S ubject Index.