Coville W. J. Abnormal Psychology / Walter J. Coville, Timothy W. Costello, Fabian L. Rouke. — Seventh Printing. — New York : Barnes and Noble, Ink., 1965. — 299 p. — (College Outline Series).
Анотація: Preface
This Outline presents a descriptive and interpretative summary of the field of abnormal behavior beginning with a discussion of the differmces between the abnormal and the normal, tracing the history of man’s efforts to understand deviations in behavior, and analyzing current theories which attempt to explain the development of personality and the causes of mental illness. After examining the various kinds of abnormal behavior in accordance with the most recent classification system of the American Psychiatric Association, this book describes diagnostic and therapeutic procedures and techniques used in the field of prevention. The Outline is not exclusively oriented toward any one school of thought, although the principal theoretical orientations are summarized objectively.
The Outline includes the main points discussed in fourteen widely used college textbooks in Abnormal Psychology, which are crossindexed with the outline in the Tabulated Bibliography on page ix and the Quick Reference Table on page xii. This book may be used as a basic text to be supplemented by assigned outside readings in accordance with the preferences of the instructor.
In preparing this Outline, the authors had in mind its usefulness not only to the college student but also the general reader as well as practitioners in the fields of personnel, teaching, law, social service, religion, nursing and the medical specialties. They hope that for these groups it will provide a ready compendium of accurate and up-to-date factual material about human behavior. Particular care has been devoted to the index for this purpose.
For editorial assistance and constructive help in the organization of materials, the authors gratefully acknowledge their debt to Dr. Samuel Smith and to Mrs. Suzanne Della Corte of the Barnes and Noble staff, to Mr. George Cantzlaar, who smoothed their phrasing in many places, and who also prepared the index, and to Miss Dorothy Heslin, who typed the manuscripts.