Hersen (professional psychology, Pacific University) and Turner (psychology, University of Maryland) integrate empirical data and diagnostic criteria to demonstrate the basis for individual diagnoses and show how these diagnoses are reached. Clinical discussions on disorders, diagnostic criteria, theories of etiology, and issues of measurement are supplemented by case material. This fourth edition offers new coverage of the influence of family, gender, and race, a new chapter on dual diagnosis, and expanded information on genetics. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

MICHEL HERSEN, PHD, ABPP, is Professor and Dean of the School of Professional Psychology at Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon, and past president of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy. He is coauthor and coeditor of 146 books and author of 226 scientific journal articles. SAMUEL M. TURNER, PHD, ABPP, was Professor and Director of Clinical Training in the Psychology Department at the University of Maryland and codirector of the Maryland Center for Anxiety Disorders. DEBORAH C. BEIDEL, PHD, ABPP, is Professor of Psychiatry, Director of Research in Child Psychiatry, and Director of the Anxiety, Stress, and Trauma Division, Department of Psychiatry, Penn State College of Medicine. She is the author or coauthor of over 200 journal articles, book chapters, and books.

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