The third edition of Comprehensive Handbook of Psychopathology provides comprehensive coverage of theoretical, research, and clinical positions in psychopathology. Extensively revised and updated, this edition: outlines a highly improved classification scheme based on DSM IV; includes two new chapters on schizophrenia which reflect renewed interest in this topic, particularly from a biological basis; puts new emphasis on cultural and developmental issues; and contains increased coverage of the overlap of medicine and abnormal behaviour. With emphasis on empirical and research data that should...

The first edition of Comprehensive Handbook of Psychopathology was published in 1984, al most a decade ago. In the interim there has been an explosion of information in psychopathology. Proliferation of knowledge has included a widening base of research data and changing or new concepts and theories regarding classification, measurement methods, and etiology of abnormal behaviors and mental disorders. It has been an active and productive period for biological and behavioral scientists and clinicians, particularly in terms of changing notions of the complex interaction of environmental and...

The purpose of this handbook, originally published in 1984, was to provide a compreh- sive review of current clinical descriptions, research, and theories of psychopathology. Descriptive psychopathology is a ?eld that forms the foundation of clinical practice and research in clinical psychology, psychiatry, psychiatric social work, psychiatric nursing, and allied professions in mental health. Since the 1st edition, the editors have devised and updated a handbook to cover both general and speci?c topics in psychopathology that would be useful to researchers, practitioners, and graduate or...