Seminars in Psychology and the Social Sciences
Edited by
Digby Tantam & Max Birchwood
Part of the College Seminars Series.
A book about basic science for the clinical scientist –
psychiatrists, clinical psychology students, general practitioners,
community psychiatric nurses and social workers. Each chapter
comprehensively reviews the current state of one aspect of the
basic science as it relates to mental health. Links between
clinical practice and some of the most recent theories considered
in this book have yet to be made. However, over the next decade
many of these are likely to dominate the research and service
agenda, such as ethnicity as a determinant of health care,
connectionist models of mental functioning, and the effects of sex
and gender on mental health. For those looking for new paradigms in
the social sciences, the book will prove an essential source.
Contents
Part I. Cognition and
emotion.
- Cognitive development. P.
Mitchell.
- Learning theory: the determinants of
conditioned responding. P. Reed.
- Attention and memory. S.B.G.
MacAndrew & G. Matthews.
- Language and thought. T.A.
Harley.
- Cognitive neuropsychology. S.B.G.
MacAndrew & T.A. Harley.
- Neuropsychology and psychometry.
S.Hallett.
- Emotion. K.R. Fontaine & B.J.
Diamond.
Part II. Social
psychology.
- Developmental psychology: infancy and
attachment. G. Harris.
- Personal relationships. D.
Cramer.
- Personality and temperament. H.J.
Eysenck.
- Sex and gender differences: issues
for psychopathology. G. Rippon.
- Adversity and resilience. M.J.
Eagles.
- Social support and mental health:
positive and negative aspects. L.A. Champion & G.M.
Goodall.
- The family. N. Frude.
Part III. Social
science.
- Class and underclass. R. Moore.
- Culture, race and discrimination.
M.R.D. Johnson.
- The sociology of illness and
deviance. J. Busfield.
- Health services and institutions. E.
Annandale.
Index. L. English.