Abnormal psychology explores patterns of thoughts, emotions, and behaviors that cause significant distress or disrupt life. It draws on criteria such as dysfunction, rarity, and cultural deviance to ...

A new three-volume study, Abnormal Psychology Across the Ages, shows how far we have come in diagnosing and treating mental illness. In the Renaissance, the mentally ill were feared, shunned, and ...

By Dr Vasilios SilivistrisPsychology, the scientific study of the mind and behaviour, helps us understand why people think, feel and act the way they do. Because human behaviour is so complex, the ...

The term “abnormal” when it comes to mental health and psychopathology is often taken for granted. You might have taken, or at least heard of, college courses in “abnormal psychology.” What, then, is ...