What differentiates mental health and psychopathology? How is the psychological disorder defined and what are its characteristics?
In this guide you will find the basic notions of psychology explained in a simple, clear and exhaustive way to understand the functioning of mental health and pathology. The book takes the reader by the hand and accompanies him/her through gradual discovery steps, which highlight the key points of the subject. In the course of reading you will learn:
— how to define mental health and psychopathology;
— how to understand the risk of stigmatization;
— what are the genetic and biological explanations for the mental disorder;
— what characterizes a psychological diagnosis.
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