Perspectives in Psychopathology, 7th edition

For courses in Abnormal Psychology.

Perspectives in Psychopathology exemplifies its subtitle by cohesively presenting the numerous individual perspectives of its expert contributors. It presents the differing psychological perspectives by discussing various relevant paradigms with emphasis on the conceptual approaches and therapeutic interventions that have garnered the most empirical support in research literature. While it does pay tribute to the best of international research, it does not ignore the world-class scholarship happening in our own country, and this gives the book its uniquely Canadian perspective.

Hallmark Features

• “Before Moving On” Critical Thinking Questions. Throughout each chapter is a series of critical thinking questions positioned within the text so that students can stop and think about the content of the chapter before moving on. Each of these critical thinking questions links to one of the learning objectives identified at the beginning of the chapter, providing students with an excellent way to absorb, integrate, and apply the material. The questions help promote in-class discussions and small group work.
• Cases. Cases are, without a doubt, what students find most fascinating about psychopathology. Each chapter of this text opens with a case or cases designed to engage student interest. Subsequent cases or clinical examples appear throughout the remainder of the chapter, highlighted in the design by a box, to illustrate nuances between related disorders. Clinical examples are used to illustrate the discussion wherever possible.
• Applied Clinical Cases. In addition to the cases that open each chapter, Applied Clinical Cases focus on celebrities or other well-known people. These interesting case examples serve to bring to life some of the concepts outlined in the text.
• Canadian Research Centre. These insightful boxes highlight Canadian facilities and Canadian psychologists who have made major contributions in their fields as related to each chapter.
• DSM-5 Coverage. A discussion of the DSM-5, its strengths and its limitations, first appears in Chapter 3, Classification and Diagnosis. Thereafter, explanations of the various disorders are always accompanied by descriptions of DSM-5 criteria for the disorder.

New and updated features of this title

• As the world shifts to a greater reliance on digital media, it is appropriate that this text evolves as well. This seventh edition is the first fully digital version of Perspectives in Psychopathology. Instructors and students will find that, although the medium has changed, the content is fully consistent with prior editions.
• Gender inclusivity. Another important change to this text involves a concerted effort to use gender-inclusive language throughout. For example, gender-neutral singular plural terms are used when the gender of the person in question is not known, and case exam-ples state the gender identity of the individual(s) described in the passage. 
• Diversity, equity, and inclusion. You will also note an increased focus on diversity, eq-uity, and inclusion in how this book presents and discusses research, particularly with respect to epidemiology. This change was made to acknowledge the gap in culturally specific and identity-based knowledge that exists in the field, which limits our under-standing of psychopathology and impacts effective provision of mental health services.
• A different approach. The organization of the text has been fine-tuned to reflect the emerging importance of several areas of psychopathology. For example, an entire chap-ter is devoted to prevention and mental health promotion in the community because no matter how adept we become at diagnosing and treating mental disorders, their inci-dence will never decrease without programs designed to prevent them from occurring in the first place.