A Textbook of Abnormal and Clinical Psychology by Veeraraghavan and Singh

About the book

A Textbook of Abnormal and Clinical Psychology fulfils the much needed demand for a comprehensive textbook on the topic by Indian authors, using relevant indigenous research materials. It is uniquely structured being divided into two parts – part one focusing on abnormal psychology and part two dealing with the understanding of clinical psychology. The book follows a building blocks approach, implying that both the parts provide basic foundational information at the beginning to set the tone for well-grounded understanding of the rest. 

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgement

PART I-ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY

1. Introduction to Abnormality: Past and Present

2. Models of Abnormality

3. Brain and Behaviour

4. Clinical Assessment and Psychodiagnostics

5. Anxiety Disorders

6. Stress Disorders

7. Somatoform Disorders and Dissociative Disorders

8. Mood Disorders

9. Suicide

10. Eating Disorders

11. Substance Abuse

12. Sexual Disorders and Gender Identity Disorder

13. Schizophrenia and other Psychotic disorders

14. Personality Disorders

15. Childhood disorders

16. Cognitive Disorders

PART II-CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY

17. Clinical Psychology: The development and growth of a field

18. Clinical Psychology: Professional tasks, skills and theory  

19. The Profession of Clinical Psychology in India

20. The Mental Health Profession: The Role of Ethics and Law

21. Community Psychology

References

Answers to Multiple Choice Questions

Index

About the authors

Professor Dr. Vimala Veeraraghavan, a Gold Medalist from Delhi University with over 40 years of teaching, research and administrative experience has been Head of the Department of Psychology and Applied Psychology in Delhi University and Emeritus Professor at Indira Gandhi National Open University .  She has taught at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and has established the departments of Psychology and Forensic science at Amity University.  She has more than 14 books, a number of chapters and research papers to her credit and has been recipient of several prestigious awards including the Asiatic Society Award for contribution to psychology. She is on the editorial boards of several scientific journals and a consultant psychologist. She is the President of Venkatesh Trust for Education and Excellence.

Dr. Shalini Singh currently teaches undergraduate students in the department of Psychology, at Edgewood College, Madison, WI, USA. She began her studies in Psychology at Isabel Thoburn College, Lucknow, and continued her Masters in Applied Psychology from Delhi University. She worked briefly with a non-profit organization called Population Services International on a program focused on sexuality and HIV/AIDS prevention for young adults. She returned to academics as a lecturer at Delhi University where she taught clinical psychology courses and earned a doctoral degree at the same time. She received her second Masters degree in Art Therapy from the George Washington University, Washington DC, USA, and worked for quite some time with adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse.

Recommendations

This is a book which combines two different though connected areas of abnormal and clinical psychology and includes pathology, diagnoses, prognoses and therapies. It will help the students to understand that problems and solutions cannot be separated from each other.

Prof. Ajit Dalal, Dept. of Psychology, Allahabad University

The information provided through the chapters seems to be presented in a very comprehensive and organized manner. The latest classifications/models have been aptly discussed.

Prof. Anuradha Sovani, Dept. of Psychology, University of Mumbai

The book is well-defined with simple explanations along with graphical demonstrations of the concepts, which will motivate the readers helping them retaining their interest in the subject.

Dr. Korsi Dorene Kharshiing, Dept. of Psychology, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi