A new three-volume study, Abnormal Psychology Across the Ages, shows how far we have come in diagnosing and treating mental illness. In the Renaissance, the mentally ill were feared, shunned, and ...

How psychology helps us describe, explain, predict, and change behavior ...

The term “abnormal” when it comes to mental health and psychopathology is often taken for granted. You might have taken, or at least heard of, college courses in “abnormal psychology.” What, then, is ...

Different theoretical approaches and empirical studies of causes, symptoms, and treatment of abnormal patterns of behavior are at the core of this class. We discuss the problems and advantages of ...