PSICOPATOLOGIA COMPRENDIENDO LA CONDUCTA ANORMAL 9?ED (PSICOLOGIA) - Tapa blanda

Libro que acerca a los estudiantes al emocionante proceso de comprender la conducta anormal y los modos en que los profesionales de la salud mental estudian y tratan las diferentes expresiones de la misma. Ofrece un acercamiento para comprender la relacion de las enfermedades mentales con la cuestion biologica para establecer el tratamiento correcto, incluyendo las formas psicologicas de intervencion. Ademas se abordan investigaciones que revelan las grandes variantes culturales de conductas anormales y lo que otras culturas consideran como tratamientos efectivos.

Derald Wing Sue is professor of psychology and education in the Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology at Teachers College, Columbia University. He has written extensively in the field of counseling psychology and multicultural counseling/therapy and is co-author of a bestselling book, COUNSELING THE CULTURALLY DIVERSE: THEORY AND PRACTICE. Dr. Sue has served as president of the Society of Counseling Psychology and the Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues and has received numerous awards for teaching and service. He received his doctorate from the University of Oregon. David Sue is professor emeritus of psychology at Western Washington University, where he is an associate of the Center for Cross-Cultural Research. He has served as the director of the Psychology Counseling Clinic and the Mental Health Counseling Program. He and his wife co-authored the book COUNSELING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY IN A DIVERSE SOCIETY and he is co-author of COUNSELING THE CULTURALLY DIVERSE: THEORY AND PRACTICE. He received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Washington State University. His research interests revolve around multicultural issues in individual and group counseling. Stanley Sue is professor of psychology and director of the Center for Excellence in Diversity at Palo Alto University. From 1971 to 1981, he was assistant and associate professor of psychology at the University of Washington; Professor of Psychology, UCLA (1981-1996); and professor of psychology at UC Davis (1996-2010 and now emeritus distinguished professor). Dr. Sue served as the 2010 president of the Western Psychological Association.