Often “crazy” behavior is adaptive, and a coping response a dimension of resilience, and sometimes not. Source: Creative Commons Pxfuel There is great debate as to the validity of the psychiatric ...

Can a 115-year-old dog learn new tricks? In April 1906, the neurologist Morton Prince published the first issue of the Journal of Abnormal Psychology. At the time, modern psychology was still emerging ...

The term “abnormal” when it comes to mental health and psychopathology is often taken for granted. You might have taken, or at least heard of, college courses in “abnormal psychology.” What, then, is ...

How psychology helps us describe, explain, predict, and change behavior ...