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Patterns of Psychopathology; Case Studies of Behavioral Dysfunction
Patterns of Psychopathology Case Studies of Behavioral Dysfunction Author:Melvin Zax, Ph.D. and George Stricker, Ph.D. "The objective in writing this book was to provide a set of illustrative materials to supplement and lend vitality to the bare description which makes up much of the content of courses in abnormal psychology, mental hygiene and the like. As such it should prove useful in all settings where efforts are made to develop for beginning students a fr... more »amework within which to recognize classes of psycho-pathological phenomena. While the book was developed for college undergraduate students, the material it contains may well be germane to curses in psychopathology offered in medical schools, nursing schools, and schools of social work, and to training programs for personnel ancillary to the psychiatrist and nurse in a mental hospital. . . . To this end ... multiple 'everyday' examples of a given nosological entity were offered." It is of interest to read the behavior of the different case studies, by the layman.« less