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Summary: excellent textbook
Review: I am a psychology student (in Greece) & I bought this book to help me with an abnormal psychology course that I'm taking this year. I searched in Amazon for the best textbook on the subject, & read that this one is probably the best one. I was very happy to find out, after using it this semester, that that's probably true. Of course I haven't read all the other textbooks on the same subject, still I can easily recommend this book. I appreciated D.Holmes conversational style, I found his numerous examples very helpful. I also appreciated the fact that his book is very up-to-date with current findings, & covers all different aspects & opinions about each disorder. Photographs, charts, case-studies have all been extremely helpful, & make this textbook accessible & pleasant to read for all psychology students. Possibly one of the best books to intoduce you to the fascinating subject of abnormal psychology. The only small complaint I have is that there's probably a slight bias towards cognitive explanations for the disorders, & a lot less about psychodynamic explanations.. I would be interested to read an abnormal psychology textbook, written from a psychodynamic point of view. Other than that, "Abnormal Psychology" by David Holmes is a great textbook.
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Summary: Engaging and informative
Review: I am a psychology student (in Greece) & I bought this book to help me with an abnormal psychology course that I'm taking this year. I searched in Amazon for the best textbook on the subject, & read that this one is probably the best one. I was very happy to find out, after using it this semester, that that's probably true. Of course I haven't read all the other textbooks on the same subject, still I can easily recommend this book. I appreciated D.Holmes conversational style, I found his numerous examples very helpful. I also appreciated the fact that his book is very up-to-date with current findings, & covers all different aspects & opinions about each disorder. Photographs, charts, case-studies have all been extremely helpful, & make this textbook accessible & pleasant to read for all psychology students. Possibly one of the best books to intoduce you to the fascinating subject of abnormal psychology. The only small complaint I have is that there's probably a slight bias towards cognitive explanations for the disorders, & a lot less about psychodynamic explanations.. I would be interested to read an abnormal psychology textbook, written from a psychodynamic point of view. Other than that, "Abnormal Psychology" by David Holmes is a great textbook.
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Summary: Engaging and informative
Review: I was lucky enough to study abnormal psychology with the author, Dr. Holmes, at the University of Kansas. Like his classes, his textbook is fascinating, easy to follow, and to the point. Every principle is backed up with evidence and examples. This is one college textbook I intend to keep.
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Summary: great book for students in psychology
Review: this book is great for anyone including college students. This book has more information than any other psychology books. the publisher when puttinng this book together had an idea of including good and useful examples in the book.
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Summary: Wonderful book!
Review: This book is incredibly informative and also fun to read. The presentation of the material is very clear and concise, and the case studies are fascinating. I enjoyed reading the textbook so much that I actually read ahead, which I can't say happens in very many of my other classes! This is a terrific book and well worth the price.
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