Updated with a FREE 24 page research update booklet and FREE Abnormal Psychology CD-ROM, which includes real patient interviews, shrink-wrapped to the text. This classic textbook builds on the strengths of existing theoretical systems and clinical methods to provide students with a comprehensive and up-to-date real-world overview of the field of abnormal psychology. It focuses on maladaptive behavior as a product of the interaction between personal vulnerabilities and resiliencies.