Overview

Carter's Psychopathology is an accessible, engaging, and well-organized text covering the study, understanding, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of psychological disorders. Fully integrating gender and culture in the presentation of mental disorders, and using a sensitive and inclusive language to encourage an empathic approach to psychopathology, this introductory textbook offers students a strong foundation of the socio-cultural factors influencing how we treat mental disorders.

Features

Featuring: boxes such as "the power of words", promoting the use of respectful, empathic language, and "the power of evidence", demonstrating that scientific evidence can answer questions about psychopathology treatments; real-world case studies and examples; "concept checks" questions to test the student’s mastery of the material covered in each section; chapter summaries listing the "take-home" points discussed; and key terms and glossary highlighting terms that students will need to understand and become familiar with, this textbook provides a hands-on approach to the study of psychopathology.