Description
The Science and Treatment of Psychological Disorders 16th Edition balances theory and research with practice and clinical application to give learners a solid foundation in psychopathology and develops their understanding with up-to-date and relevant examples and contexts.
From its first edition, the focus of this book has always been on the balance and blending of research and clinical application and on the effort to involve the learner in the problem solving engaged in by clinicians and scientists. It continues to emphasize an integrative approach, showing how psychopathology is best understood by considering multiple perspectives -- biological, cognitive, behavioral, and socio-emotional -- and how these varying perspectives can provide us with the clearest accounting of the causes of these disorders as well as the best possible treatments.
With this 16th edition, "Abnormal Psychology" is dropped from the title. The importance of stigma and mental illness is discussed throughout the book, and never is this more important than now when many social ills are too easily blamed on mental illness (e.g., gun violence) while we continue to warehouse people with mental illness in jails at an astonishing rate.
With each new edition, authors Ann Kring and Sheri Johnson update, make changes, and streamline features to enhance both the scholarly and pedagogical characteristics of the book. They also devote considerable effort to couching complex concepts in prose that is sharp, clear, and vivid. The domains of psychopathology and intervention continue to become increasingly multifaceted and technical. Therefore, good coverage of psychological disorders must engage students and foster the focused attention necessary to acquire a deep, critical understanding of the material.
About the Author
Ann M. Kring is Professor and Chair of Psychology at the University of California at Berkeley. She received her B.S. from Ball State University and her M.A. and Ph.D. from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Her internship in clinical psychology was completed at Bellevue Hospital and Kirby Forensic Psychiatric Center, both in New York. From 1991 to 1998, she taught at Vanderbilt University. She joined the faculty at UC Berkeley in 1999 and served two terms as Director of the Clinical Science Program and Psychology Clinic. She received a Distinguished Teaching Award from UC Berkeley in 2008. She is on the editorial boards of Schizophrenia Bulletin, Journal of Abnormal Psychology, and Psychological Science in the Public Interest, and she is a former Associate Editor for Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Cognition and Emotion, and Applied & Preventive Psychology. She was elected President of the Society for Research in Psychopathology, and President of the Society for Affective Science.
She was awarded a Young Investigator Award from the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD) in 1997 and the Joseph Zubin Memorial Fund Award in 2006 in recognition of her research in schizophrenia. In 2005, she was named a fellow of the Association for Psychological Science. Her research has been supported by grants from the Scottish Rite Schizophrenia Research Program, NARSAD, and the National Institute of Mental Health. She is a co-editor (with Denise Sloan) of Emotion Regulation and Psychopathology (Guilford Press) and co-author (with Janelle Caponigro, Erica Lee, and Sheri Johnson) of Bipolar Disorder for the Newly Diagnosed (New Harbinger Press). She is also the author of more than 100 articles and book chapters. Her current research focus is on emotion and psychopathology, with a specific interest in the emotional features of schizophrenia, negative symptoms in schizophrenia, and the linkage between cognition and emotion in schizophrenia.
Sheri L. Johnson is Professor of Psychology at the University of California at Berkeley, where she directs the Cal Mania (CALM) Program. She received her B.A. from Salem College and her Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh. She completed an internship and postdoctoral fellowship at Brown University, and she was a clinical assistant professor at Brown from 1993 to 1995. From 1995 to 2008, she taught in the Department of Psychology at the University of Miami, where she was recognized three times with the Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award. In 1993, she received a Young Investigator Award from the National Alliance for Research in Schizophrenia and Depression. She is a consulting editor for Clinical Psychological Science and Journal of Abnormal Psychology, and she serves on editorial boards for six journals. She has served as the president for the Society for Research in Psychopathology and is a Fellow of the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research, the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, and the Association for Psychological Science.
For the past 25 years, her work has focused on understanding the factors that predict the course of mania and depression. She uses social, psychological, and neurobiological paradigms to understand these processes. Her work has been funded by the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression, the National Cancer Institute, the National Science Foundation, and the National Institute of Mental Health. She has published over 200 articles and book chapters, and her findings have been published in leading journals such as the Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Psychological Bulletin, and the American Journal of Psychiatry. She is co-editor or co-author of several books, including Psychological Treatment of Bipolar Disorder (Guilford Press), Bipolar Disorder for the Newly Diagnosed (New Harbinger Press), Bipolar Disorder: Advances in Psychotherapy Evidence-Based Practice (Hogrefe Publishing), and Emotion and Psychopathology (American Psychological Association).
Book Information
ISBN 9781394221752
Author Ann M. Kring
Format Paperback
Page Count 640
Imprint John Wiley & Sons Inc
Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc
