Vulnerability to Psychopathology: A Biosocial Model - Couverture rigide

Zuckerman, Marvin

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1557985669 ISBN 13 : 9781557985668

Editeur : American Psychological Association, 1999

Synopsis

This text proposes that psychopathology is best understood as the interaction between three key factors - biology/genetics, personality, and stressful events. These, in combination with social and familial factors, create vulnerability in the individual. Using this framework, the author synthesizes research available on each of the major disorders including anxiety, mood, antisocial personality, substance abuse, pathological gambling, and schizophrenic disorders. The author's intent is to provide teachers, students, researchers, and theorists with an up-to-date, single source of information on the major psychological disorders. The volume covers their history, diagnosis, prevalence, prognosis, course, outcome, comorbidity, demographic characteristics, genetics, biochemistry and neurophysiology. An important finding is that, while anxiety, depression, and antisocial personality represent extremes of normal personality dimensions, schizotype personality and schizophrenic disorder are a taxon, not continuous with normal dimensions of personality.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: American Psychological Association
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1557985669
• ISBN 13: 9781557985668
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 472
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible