Abnormal Psychology

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Sandra Rouce, Texas Southern University

David Rowland, Valparaiso University

Lawrence Rubin, St. Thomas University

Stephen Rudin, Nova Southeastern University

Michael Rutter, Canisius College

Thomas Schoeneman, Lewis and Clark College

Stefan E. Schulenberg, University of Mississippi

Christopher Scribner, Lindenwood University

Russell Searight, Lake Superior State University

Daniel Segal, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

Frances Sessa, The Pennsylvania State University, Abington

Fredric Shaffer, Truman State University

Eric Shiraev, George Mason University

Susan J. Simonian, College of Charleston

Melissa Snarski, University of Alabama

Jason Spiegelman, Community College of Beaver County

Michael Spiegler, Providence College

Barry Stennett, Gainesville State College

Carla Strassle, York College of Pennsylvania

Nicole Taylor, Drake University

Paige Telan, Florida International University

Carolyn Turner, Texas Lutheran University

MaryEllen Vandenberg, Potomac State College of West Virginia

Elaine Walker, Emory University

David Watson, MacEwan University

Karen Wolford, State University of New York at Oswego

Shirley Yen, Brown University

Valerie Zurawski, St. John’s University

Barry Zwibelman, University of Miami

We would also like to thank the thoughtful group of instructors who generously

attended our 2009 APA focus group in Toronto and who also offered many excellent

suggestions, some of which—even in the book’s eleventh hour—found their way into

the book. They are:

Gina M. Brelsford, Penn State University, Harrisburg

NiCole T. Buchanan, Michigan State University

Farah Ibrahim, University of Colorado Denver

Marva Lewis, Tulane University

John McIlvried, University of Indianapolis

Ilyse O’Desky, Kean University

Crystal Park, University of Connecticut, Storrs

Jeanne M. Slattery, Clarion University

Although our names are on the title page, this book has been a group effort.

Special thanks to a handful of people who did armfuls of work in the early stages of

the book’s life: Nancy Snidman, Children’s Hospital Boston, for help with the chapter

on developmental disorders; Shelley Greenfi eld, McLean Hospital, for advice about

the etiology and treatment of substance abuse; Adam Kissel, for help in preparing the

fi rst draft of some of the manuscript; Lisa McLellan, senior development editor, for

conceiving the idea of “Facts at a Glance” tables; Susan Clancy for help in gathering

relevant literature; and Lori Gara-Matthews and Anne Perry for sharing a typical

workday of a pediatrician and a school psychologist, respectively.

To the people at Worth Publishers who have helped us bring this book from

conception through gestation and birth, many thanks for your wise counsel,

creativity, and patience. Specifi cally, thanks to: Erik Gilg, our acquisitions editor,

for his continual assistance and good humor; Jim Strandberg, a freelancer, our fi nal

development editor who kept us on track and focused on the end goal and made us