Abnormal Psychology

This text deals with abnormal psychology, the study of mental, emotional and behavioural aberrations. It is the branch of psychology concerned with research into the classification, causation, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of psychological disorders or psychopathology.

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Abnormal Psychology focuses on the area of Psychology which deals with the study of mental abnormalities. Topics covered include: depression: anxiety; phobias; behavioural therapy; cognitive therapy; development of psychotic diagnoses; aetiology of psychoses; brain abnormalities and the psychoses; prognosis and therapeutic interventions; definitions of autism; addictive behaviour.