Abnormal Psychology, Eleventh Edition

What you’ll find inside

Abnormal Psychology, Eleventh Edition by Ronald J. Comer and Jonathan S. Comer introduces the study of psychological disorders through research, theory, assessment and treatment. The supplied file’s title page identifies the eleventh edition and both authors. The catalog record keeps this book separate from other similarly named Abnormal Psychology titles because the authors, edition and chapter sequence are different.

Study scope

The contents begin with the history and scientific study of abnormal psychology, followed by models that explain how psychological problems develop. A section on clinical assessment, diagnosis and treatment provides a framework for understanding how information is gathered and used. The book then surveys anxiety and obsessive-compulsive concerns, trauma and stress, depressive and bipolar disorders, suicide, somatic symptoms, dissociation, eating and substance-related disorders. Further material extends into sexual functioning, disorders of childhood and adolescence, aging and cognition, and the relationship between mental health, law and society.

This sequence supports a course-level overview rather than a single-theory introduction. Students can use it to connect research methods and explanatory models with the disorder groups discussed later, while clinicians and instructors may use the organization as a reference for teaching or review. Concepts and diagnostic systems evolve, so an edition published in 2021 should be treated as a study resource for its intended course, not as current clinical guidance. The book cannot assess or diagnose a person.

Who may find it useful

Psychology students looking for an eleventh-edition Comer text may find this title relevant for abnormal psychology coursework and revision. It may also suit educators building an introductory reading list. Always compare the authors, edition and full title with the assigned syllabus: several texts and digital learning products use abbreviated versions of the same name.

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