An edition of Abnormal psychology in a changing world
(1994)
Abnormal psychology in a changing world
10th ed.
by Jeffrey S. Nevid, Spence A Rathus, and Beverly Greene
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Psychopathology, Textbooks, Psychiatry, Psychology, Pathological, Mental Disorders, Pathological Psychology, Abnormal psychology, Psychiatry, Pathological Psychology, Psychology, General, Mental Illness, Psychopathology - General, Psychology & Psychiatry / General, Psychology, Pathological, Textbooks, Psychology, pathological| Edition | Availability ↑ |
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Abnormal psychology in a changing world
2019, Pearson India Education Services, Pearson India Education
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1994, Prentice Hall
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Abnormal Psychology in a Changing World (7th Edition) (MyPsychLab Series)
November 22, 2007, Prentice Hall
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction and methods of research
How do we define abnormal behavior?
Historical perspectives
The Demonological model
Origins of the medical model: in "ill humor"
Medieval times
Witchcraft
Asylums
Reform Movement and moral therapy
The Community Mental Health Movement: the exodus from state hospitals
Contemporary perspectives
Description, explanation, prediction, and control: objectives of science
Scientific method
Ethics in research
Naturalistic-observation
Correlational method
Experimental method
Epidemiological studies
Kinship studies
Case studies
2. Contemporary perspectives on abnormal behavior
Biological perspective
The nervous system
Controversies : is it all in the genes?
Psychological perspective
Psychodynamic models
Learning models
Humanistic models
Cognitive models
Sociocultural perspective
Ethnicity and mental health
Biopsychosocial perspective
Diathesis-stress model
3. Classification and assessment of abnormal behavior
The DSM and models of abnormal behavior
Standards of assessment
Reliability
Validity
Controversies: should interviewers be replaced by computers?
Neuropsychological assessment
Cognitive assessment
Physiological measurement
Sociocultural and ethnic factors in assessment
4. Methods of treatment
Types of helping professionals
Psychotherapy
Psychodynamic therapy
Behavior therapy
Humanistic therapy
Cognitive therapy
Eclectic therapy
Group, family, and couple therapy
Controversies: online therapy: a new therapeutic tool or Pandora's box?
Biomedical therapies
Drug therapy
Ethnic differences in response to psychotropic medication
Electroconvulsive therapy
Psychosurgery
Hospitalization and community-based care
Community mental health center
Ethnic group differences in use of mental health services
Racial stereotyping and the Mental Health System
Evaluation of deinstitutionalization
5. Stress, psychological factors, and health
Adjustment disorders
Stress and illness
Stress and the endocrine system
Stress and the immune system
Terrorism-related trauma
General adaptation syndrome
Warning signs of trauma-related stress
Stress and life changes
Controversies: psychological first-aid following trauma: does it help?
Acculturative stress: making it in America
The dissociative experiences scale
Psychological factors that moderate stress
The life orientation test
Psychological factors and physical discorders
Headaches
Cardiovascular disease
Psychological methods for lowering arousal
Asthma
Cancer
Emotions and the heart
Are you a Type A?
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS).
6. Anxiety disorders
Historical perspectives
Panic disorder
Phobic disorders
Types of phobias
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Generalized anxiety disorder
Traumatic stress disorders
Controversies: EMDR: fad or find?
Ethnic differences in anxiety disorders
7. Dissociative and somatoform disorders
Dissociative identity disorder
Dissociative amnesia
Dissociative fugue
Depersonalization disorder
Culture-bound dissociative syndromes
The dissociative experiences scale
Controversies: are recovered memories credible?
Münchausen syndrome
Conversion disorder
Hypochondriasis
Body dysmorphic disorder
Pain disorder
Somatization disorder
Koro and Dhat syndromes: Far Eastern somatoform disorders?
8. Mood disorders and suicide
Major depressive disorder
Controversies: why are more women depressed?
Dysthymic disorder
Bipolar disorder
Cyclothymic disorder
Theoretical perspectives
Stress and mood disorders
Psychodynamic theories
Humanistic theories
Learning theories
Cognitive theories
Biological factors
Treatment
Psychodynamic approaches
Behavioral approaches
Cognitive approaches
Psychological treatment of other mood disorders
Biological approaches
Clinical practice guidelines for depression
Suicide
Magnetic stimulation therapy for depression
Who commits suicide?
Why do people commit suicide?
Predicting suicide
Suicide prevention
9. Substance abuse and dependence
Classification of substance -related disorders
Substance abuse and dependence
Addiction, physiological dependence, and psychological dependence
Racial and ethnic differences in substance dependence
Pathways to drug dependence
Drugs of abuse
Depressants
Are you hooked?
Binge drinking, a dangerous pastime
Stimulants
Hallucinogens
Theoretical perspectives
Biological
Learning
Cognitive
Psychodynamic
Sociocultural
Treatment of substance abuse and dependence
Biological approaches
Culturally sensitive treatment of alcoholism
Nonprofessional support groups
Residential approaches
Psychodynamic approaches
Behavioral approaches
Relapse-prevention training
Controversies: controlled drinking controversy
10. Eating disorders, obesity, and sleep disorders
Anorexia Nervosa
Bulimia Nervosa
Causes of anorexia and bulimia
Controversies: should Barbie be banned?
Fear of fat scale
Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia
Binge-eating disorder
Obesity: a national epidemic
Are you obese?
What causes obesity?
Ethnic and socioeconomic differences in obesity
Facing the challenge of obesity
Dyssomnias
Parasomnias
Treatment
To sleep, perchance to dream.
11. Disorders involving gender and sexuality
Gender identity disorder
Homophobia: social prejudice or personal psychopathology?
Sexual dysfunctions
Types
Treatment
Paraphilias
Types
Controversies: "Cybersex addiction": new psychological disorder?
Treatment
Rape
Types
Cultural myths that create a climate that supports rape
12. Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders
Course of development
Prevalence
diagnostic features
Perceptual disturbances
Subtypes of Schizophrenia
Controversies: is mental illness a myth?
Diathesis-stress model
Treatment
Other forms of psychosis
Brief psychotic disorder
Schizophreniform disorder
Delusional disorder
The love delusion
Schizophrenia-spectrum disorders
13. Personality disorders
Types
Personality disorders characterized by odd or eccentric behavior
Personality disorders characterized by dramatic, emotional, or erratic behavior
Did Samson have antisocial personality disorder?
Personality disorders characterized by anxious or fearful behavior
Problems with the classification of personality disorders
Psychodynamic perspectives
Controversies: are personality disorders sexist?
Learning perspectives
Family perspectives
Biological perspectives
"In Cold Blood": peering into the minds of psychopathic murderers
Sociocultural perspectives
Treatment
Psychodynamic approaches
Behavioral approaches
Biological approaches
14. Abnormal behavior in childhood and adolescence
Normal and abnormal behavior in childhood and adolescence
Cultural beliefs about what is normal and abnormal
Prevalence of mental health problems in children and adolescents
Risk factors for childhood disorders
Pervasive developmental disorders
Autism
Mental retardation
Causes
Intervention
Learning disorders
Types
The Savant syndrome
Understanding and treating learning disorders
Communication disorders
Attention-deficit and disruptive behavior disorders
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
Conduct disorder
Oppositional defiant disorder
Childhood anxiety and depression
Separation anxiety disorder
Childhood depression
Understanding and treating childhood anxiety disorders
Understanding and treating childhood depression
Controversies: are we overmedicating our kids?
Suicide in children and adolescents
Elimination disorders
Enuresis
Encopresis
15. Cognitive disorders and disorders related to aging
Dementia
Delirium
Amnestic disorders
Psychological disorders related to aging
Anxiety disorders and aging
Depression and aging
Sleep problems and aging
Dementia of the Alzheimer's type
Vascular dementia
Examining your attitudes toward aging
Dementia due to Pick's disease
Dementia due to Parkinson's disease
Dementia due to Huntington's disease
Dementia due to HIV disease
Dementia due to Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease
Controversies: genetic testing: should people at risk be tested?
Dementia due to head trauma
Neurosyphilis
16. Abnormal psychology and the law
Psychiatric commitment and patient's rights
Predicting dangerousness
Controversies: what should we do about the "wild man of West 96th Street?"
Patients' rights
The duty to warn
The insanity defense
Legal bases of the insanity defense
Determining the length of criminal commitment
Perspectives on the insanity defense
Competency to stand trial.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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