Abnormal Psychology, Canadian Edition

Abnormal Psychology, Canadian Edition, 6th Edition, is an undergraduate textbook designed to provide foundational research and content coverage for Canadian psychology coursework. Building on classic scholarship in the discipline, the text presents abnormal behaviour through an empirical lens tailored to the Canadian context.

The volume structures its material around the DSM-5 diagnostic framework, examining major psychological conditions alongside research methods used in the field. The text emphasizes a scientific clinical approach that balances direct clinical observations with findings from empirical and experimental psychology studies.

To support student understanding, the textbook incorporates updated case studies illustrating how specific psychological disorders present in clinical environments.