This course examines the nature, causes, treatments, and prevention of clinical disturbance and personality disorders, and explores historical perspectives thereof.
This course provides an introduction to abnormal psychology, the study of psychological disorders. Since this subject matter is delicate and complicated, this course will be repeated multiple times in a student’s formal education in psychology. Those who pursue a clinical emphasis will greatly appreciate the necessity of giving this subject as much educational attention as possible so that behavioral symptoms can become more easily distinguishable.
Introduction to Psychological Disorders, by Michael D. Konrad is adapted from Abnormal Psychology by Jorden A. Cummings and Abnormal Psychology, by Bill Pelz and Herkimer Community College.
Abnormal Psychology by Jorden A. Cummings (Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Saskatchewan), has been created from a combination of original content and materials compiled and adapted from several OERs.
- Essentials of Abnormal Psychology – 1st edition, by Bridley & Daffin, edited by Carrie Cuttler, available at https://opentext.wsu.edu/abnormalpsychology/ and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
- Psychology: Open Stax, by Spielman, R. M., Dumper, K., Jenkins, W., Lacombe, A., Lovett, M., & Perlmutter, M. (2019), available at https://opentextbc.ca/psychologyopenstax/ and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
- The Noba Project (various authors), available at: https://nobaproject.com/, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
All original and revised content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Abnormal Psychology was created and curated by Professor Bill Pelz at Herkimer College / SUNY and the content is provided under a Creative Commons Attribution license.
