Comprehensive Handbook of Psychopathology

The first edition of Comprehensive Handbook of Psychopathology was published in 1984, al­ most a decade ago. In the interim there has been an explosion of information in psychopathology. Proliferation of knowledge has included a widening base of research data and changing or new concepts and theories regarding classification, measurement methods, and etiology of abnormal behaviors and mental disorders. It has been an active and productive period for biological and behavioral scientists and clin