Development of Psychopathology
A Vulnerability-Stress Perspective
- Benjamin L. Hankin - University of South Carolina, USA
- John R.Z. Abela
"..a blending of two important approaches to understanding psychopathology- the developmental approach and the vulnerability approach. I think a book like this is timely, is needed, and would be of interest to professors who teach courses in psychopathology at the advanced undergraduate and graduate levels."
— Robin Lewis, Old Dominion University
"Bringing together developmental psychopathology frameworks and the vulnerability-stress models of psychological disorders is an excellent idea. I am aware of no other book that incorporates these two approaches. Having taught Psychopathology courses for both master's and doctoral students, I reviewed many books to recommend and use in the courses. It is my belief that a book of this type is needed particularly for graduate students."
—Linda Guthrie, Tennessee State University
Edited by Benjamin L. Hankin and John R. Z. Abela, Development of Psychopathology: A Vulnerability-Stress Perspective brings together the foremost experts conducting groundbreaking research into the major factors shaping psychopathological disorders across the lifespan in order to review and integrate the theoretical and empirical literature in this field. The volume editors build upon two important and established research and clinical traditions: developmental psychopathology frameworks and vulnerability-stress models of psychological disorders. In the past two decades, each of these separate approaches has blossomed. However, despite the scientific progress each has achieved individually, no forum previously brought these traditions together in the unified way accomplished in this book.
Key Features:
- Consists of three-part text that systematically integrates vulnerability-stress models of psychopathology with a developmental psychopathological approach.
- Brings together leading experts in the field of vulnerability, stress, specific vulnerabilities to psychological disorders, psychopathological disorders, and clinical interventions.
- Takes a cross-theoretical, integrative approach presenting cutting-edge theory and research at a sophisticated level.
Development of Psychopathology will be a valuable resource for upper-division undergraduate and graduate students in clinical psychology, as well as for researchers, doctoral students, clinicians, and instructors in the areas of developmental psychopathology, clinical psychology, experimental psychopathology, psychiatry, counseling psychology, and school psychology.
"A book integrating developmental psychopathology within a vulnerability stress framework is highly desirable. Within my graduate psychopathology course, I strive to integrate these two areas but an appropriate text has been lacking! This text seeks to fill the void."
"Bringing together developmental psychopathology frameworks and the vulnerability-stress models of psychological disorders in an excellent idea. I am aware of no other book that incorporates these two approaches. Having taught Psychopathology courses for both masters and doctoral students, I reviewed many books to recommend and use in the courses. It is my belief that a book of this type is needed particularly for graduate students."
"a blending of two important approaches to understanding psychopathology- the developmental approach and the vulnerability approach. I think a book like this is timely, is needed, and would be of interest to professors who teach courses in psychopathology at the advanced undergraduate and graduate levels."
"I am continually looking for alternatives to the traditional undergraduate textbook of psychopathology…I prefer to assign edited volumes as primary texts in my classes because such volumes expose students to material that has not been "dumbed down” for undergraduates…a book combining the developmental and vulnerability-stress perspective is a useful addition and the editors generally have selected a strong list of authors….This is precisely the type of book I seek when choosing a textbook for my classes."
Though I have yet to finish reading this text, I have to say that what I have read so far provides an excellent theoretical overview of the "hard problem" for clinical psychology: predictive models of psychopathology.
I would particularly recommend this text to anyone who wishes to develop a strong theoretical foundation on which to build their understanding of common mental health problems in adults.
I would certainly recommend some of these chapters to my final year undergraduates who wish to stretch and challenge themselves.
Sage College Publishing
