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ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY (TEXT ONLY)

ISBN: 9780697231185 | 0697231186
Publisher: MCG
Pub. Date: 1/1/1998

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Table of Contents
Prefacev
About the Authorxxv
Part One Understanding and Treating Abnormality
Looking at Abnormality
4(18)
... MORE
6(4)
Cultural Relativism
7(1)
Statistical Deviance
8(1)
Subjective Discomfort
8(1)
Mental Disease or Illness Criterion
9(1)
The Consensus
9(1)
Historical Perspectives on Abnormality
10(1)
Ancient Theories
11(2)
The Middle Ages
13(2)
The Growth of Asylums in Europe and America
15(1)
The Humanitarian Movement
16(1)
Psychic Epidemics and Mass Hysteria
17(2)
Looking Ahead
19(1)
Professions Within Abnormal Psychology
20(1)
Chapter Summary
20(1)
Key Terms
21(1)
Application: When You Wonder If You Are Abnormal
21(1)
Assessing and Diagnosing Abnormality
22(42)
Gathering Information
24(4)
Assessment Tools
28(17)
Validity
29(1)
Reliability
30(1)
Biological Tests
31(4)
Neuropsychological Tests
35(1)
Intelligence Tests
36(2)
Structured Clinical Interviews
38(1)
Symptom Questionnaires
39(1)
Personality Inventories
40(2)
Behavior Observations and Self-Monitoring
42(1)
Projective Tests
43(2)
Problems in Assessing Adults and Children
45(4)
Resistance
45(1)
Countertransference
45(1)
Inability to Provide Information
46(1)
Cultural Biases
47(2)
Diagnosis
49(8)
The Development of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)
50(1)
The DSM-III, DSM-IIIR, and DSM-IV
51(1)
Reliability of the DSM
52(1)
The Multiaxial System
52(3)
The Case of Jonelle
55(2)
Gender and Cultural Bias in Diagnosis
57(1)
The Dangers of Diagnosis
58(2)
Bio-Psycho-Social Integration
60(1)
Chapter Summary
60(1)
Key Terms
61(1)
Application: Is Self-Assessment a Good Idea?
62(2)
Approaching and Treating Abnormality
64(42)
Biological Theories of Abnormality
66(9)
Structural Brain Abnormalities
68(2)
Biochemical Causes of Abnormality
70(1)
Genetic Factors in Abnormality
71(2)
Family History Studies
73(1)
Twin Studies
73(1)
Adoption Studies
74(1)
Psychosocial Theories of Abnormality
75(11)
Psychodynamic Theories
76(3)
Behavioral Theories
79(3)
Cognitive Theories
82(2)
Humanistic and Existential Theories
84(2)
Treatments for Abnormality
86(6)
Drug Therapies
86(1)
Psychodynamic Therapies
87(1)
Humanist-Existential Psychotherapies
88(1)
Behavior Therapies
89(2)
Cognitive Therapies
91(1)
Modes of Delivering Psychosocial Therapy
92(2)
Special Issues in Treating Children
94(3)
Matching Psychotherapies to Children's Developmental Levels
95(1)
Effects of Drugs on Children and Adolescents
95(1)
The Need to Treat the Child's Family
95(1)
Children Often Do Not Seek Therapy Themselves
96(1)
Common Components of Therapy
97(1)
Cultural and Gender Issues in Therapy
98(3)
Matching Therapist and Client
100(1)
Culturally Specific Therapies
100(1)
Bio-Psycho-Social Integration
101(1)
Chapter Summary
101(1)
Key Terms
102(1)
Application: How to Look for a Therapist
103(3)
Part Two Disorders of Anxiety, Mood, Psychosis, and Personality
Anxiety Disorders
106(50)
Panic and Agoraphobia
110(9)
Panic Disorder
110(1)
Agoraphobia
111(2)
Biological Theories
113(1)
Psychological Theories
114(2)
Biological Treatments for Panic and Agoraphobia
116(1)
Psychological Treatments for Panic and Agoraphobia
117(2)
Specific Phobias and Social Phobia
119(9)
Specific Phobias
120(1)
Social Phobia
121(1)
Psychodynamic Theories of Phobias
122(1)
Behavioral Theories of Phobias
123(2)
Biological Theories of Phobias
125(1)
Treatments for Phobias
125(3)
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
128(9)
The Role of Trauma in PTSD
129(2)
Theories of Vulnerability to PTSD
131(4)
Treatment for PTSD
135(2)
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
137(1)
Theories and Treatment of Generalized Anxiety Disorder
137(1)
Gender Differences in Anxiety Disorders
138(2)
Cultural Differences in Anxiety Disorders
140(2)
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
142(8)
Biological Theories of OCD
146(1)
Psychodynamic Theories of OCD
146(1)
Cognitive-Behavioral Theories of OCD
147(1)
Treatment of OCD
148(2)
Bio-Psycho-Social Integration
150(1)
Chapter Summary
150(2)
Key Terms
152(1)
Application: Relaxation Exercises
153(3)
Mood Disorders
156(58)
Unipolar Depressive Disorders
159(10)
Subtypes of Depression
161(2)
Gender and Age Differences in Depression
163(3)
Ethnicity, Culture, and Depression
166(2)
The Course of Depression
168(1)
Bipolar Disorder
169(6)
Who Has Bipolar Disorder?
170(1)
Culture and Bipolar Disorder
171(1)
Leadership, Creativity, and Bipolar Disorder
171(4)
Biological Theories of Mood Disorders
175(6)
The Role of Genetics in Mood Disorders
175(2)
Neurotransmitter Theories
177(2)
Neuroendocrine Abnormalities
179(1)
Neurophysiological Abnormalities
179(2)
Biological Therapies for Mood Disorders
181(6)
Lithium
181(2)
Anticonvulsants, Antipsychotics, and Calcium Channel Blockers
183(1)
Tricyclic Antidepressants
183(1)
Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors
183(1)
Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors
184(1)
Electroconvulsive Therapy
185(1)
Light Therapy
186(1)
Psychosocial Theories of Mood Disorders
187(7)
Behavioral Theories
187(1)
Cognitive Theories
188(3)
Depressive Distortions or Depressive Realism?
191(1)
Psychodynamic Theories
192(2)
Psychosocial Therapies for Depression
194(7)
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
194(4)
Interpersonal Therapy
198(1)
Direct Comparisons of Psychosocial and Drug Therapies
199(2)
The Gender Differences in Depression
201(3)
Biological Explanations
201(2)
Personality Explanations
203(1)
Social Explanations
204(1)
Suicide
204(6)
Sociological Theories of Suicide
206(1)
Psychological Theories of Suicide
207(2)
Biological Factors in Suicide
209(1)
Is There a Right to Commit Suicide?
209(1)
What to Do If a Friend Is Suicidal
209(1)
Bio-Psycho-Social Integration
210(1)
Chapter Summary
210(2)
Key Terms
212(1)
Application: Practicing Two Types of Therapy with a Depressed Person
213(1)
The Schizophrenias
214(38)
Symptoms of Schizophrenia
217(8)
Delusions
217(2)
Hallucinations
219(1)
Delusions and Hallucinations Across Cultures
220(1)
Disorganized Thought and Speech
221(2)
Disorganized or Catatonic Behavior
223(1)
Negative Symptoms
223(1)
Prodromal and Residual Symptoms
224(1)
Types of Schizophrenia
225(2)
Paranoid Schizophrenia
225(1)
Disorganized (Hebephrenic) Schizophrenia
226(1)
Catatonic Schizophrenia
226(1)
Undifferentiated and Residual Schizophrenia
227(1)
The Prevalence of Schizophrenia Across Cultures and Gender
227(1)
Biological Theories of Schizophrenia
228(6)
Genetic Contributors to Schizophrenia
229(2)
Structural Brain Abnormalities
231(2)
The Dopamine Theory
233(1)
Psychosocial Contributors to Schizophrenia
234(4)
Stress and Schizophrenia
234(2)
Family Interaction and Schizophrenia
236(2)
Biological Therapies for Schizophrenia
238(2)
Psychosocial Therapies for Schizophrenia
240(5)
Behavioral, Cognitive, and Social Interventions
240(2)
Family Therapy
242(2)
Folk and Religious Treatments for Schizophrenia
244(1)
Culture, Gender, and the Prognosis for People with Schizophrenia
245(2)
Bio-Psycho-Social Integration
247(1)
Chapter Summary
247(1)
Key Terms
248(1)
Application: A Personal Account of Schizophrenia
249(3)
Dissociative and Somatoform Disorders
252(28)
Dissociative Disorders
254(2)
Dissociative Identity Disorder
256(7)
Types of Alters
257(2)
Gender, Historical, and Cultural Differences in Dissociative Identity Disorder
259(3)
Theories of Dissociative Identity Disorder
262(1)
Treatment of Dissociative Identity Disorder
262(1)
Dissociative Fugue
263(1)
Dissociative Amnesia
264(3)
Depersonalization Disorder
267(1)
Somatoform Disorders
267(2)
Conversion Disorder
269(2)
Theories of Conversion Disorder
269(2)
Treatment of Conversion Disorder
271(1)
Somatization and Pain Disorder
271(3)
Theories of Somatization and Pain Disorder
273(1)
Treatment of Somatization and Pain Disorder
273(1)
Hypochondriasis
274(1)
Body Dysmorphic Disorder
275(2)
Bio-Psycho-Social Integration
277(1)
Chapter Summary
277(2)
Key Terms
279(1)
Application: It Just Doesn't Add Up
279(1)
Personality Disorders
280(36)
Defining Personality Disorders
282(1)
The Odd-Eccentric Personality Disorders
283(7)
Paranoid Personality Disorder
283(1)
Theories of Paranoid Personality Disorder
284(1)
Treatment for Paranoid Personality Disorder
285(1)
Schizoid Personality Disorder
286(1)
Theories of Schizoid Personality Disorder
287(1)
Treatment for Schizoid Personality Disorder
287(1)
Schizotypal Personality Disorder
288(1)
Theories of Schizotypal Personality Disorder
289(1)
Treatment for Schizotypal Personality Disorder
290(1)
The Dramatic-Emotional Personality Disorders
290(13)
Antisocial Personality Disorder
290(3)
Theories of Antisocial Personality Disorder
293(1)
Treatments for Antisocial Personality Disorder
294(1)
Borderline Personality Disorder
295(1)
Theories of Borderline Personality Disorder
296(2)
Treatment for Borderline Personality Disorder
298(1)
Histrionic Personality Disorder
299(1)
Theories of Histrionic Personality Disorder
300(1)
Treatment for Histrionic Personality Disorder
300(1)
Narcissistic Personality Disorder
301(1)
Theories of Narcissistic Personality Disorder
302(1)
Treatment for Narcissistic Personality Disorder
303(1)
The Anxious-Fearful Personality Disorders
303(6)
Avoidant Personality Disorder
303(1)
Theories of Avoidant Personality Disorder
304(1)
Treatment for Avoidant Personality Disorder
305(1)
Dependent Personality Disorder
305(1)
Causes of Dependent Personality Disorder
306(1)
Treatment for Dependent Personality Disorder
306(1)
Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder
307(1)
Theories of Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder
308(1)
Treatment for Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder
309(1)
Gender and Cultural Biases in Personality Disorder Diagnoses
309(1)
Bio-Psycho-Social Integration
310(1)
Chapter Summary
311(1)
Key Terms
312(1)
Application: Seeing Oneself in the Personality Disorders
313(3)
Part Three Developmental and Health-Related Disorders
Childhood Disorders
316(36)
Behavior Disorders
320(13)
Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
320(4)
Conduct Disorder and Oppositional Defiant Disorder
324(9)
Emotional Disorders
333(3)
Biological Contributors to Separation Anxiety
334(1)
Psychosocial Contributors to Separation Anxiety
334(1)
Treatments for Separation Anxiety
335(1)
Elimination Disorders
336(1)
Developmental Disorders
337(11)
Mental Retardation
337(6)
Autism
343(5)
Gender Differences in Childhood Psychopathology
348(1)
Bio-Psycho-Social Integration
348(1)
Chapter Summary
349(2)
Key Terms
351(1)
Application: If Your Parent Has a Psychological Disorder
351(1)
Eating Disorders
352(32)
Anorexia Nervosa
356(4)
Epidemiology of Anorexia Nervosa
358(1)
Historical Perspectives on Anorexia Nervosa
359(1)
Bulimia Nervosa
360(3)
Epidemiology of Bulimia Nervosa
362(1)
Binge-Eating Disorder
363(1)
Dieting and the Eating Disorders
364(1)
Eating Disorders in Athletes
365(3)
Gender Similarities and Differences in the Eating Disorders
368(1)
Cultural Factors in Eating Disorders
369(1)
The Families and Personalities of People with Eating Disorders
370(4)
Sexual Abuse and the Eating Disorders
374(1)
Biological Theories of the Eating Disorders
374(2)
Psychotherapy for Anorexia Nervosa
376(2)
Psychotherapy for Bulimia Nervosa
378(1)
Biological Therapies
379(1)
Bio-Psycho-Social Integration
380(1)
Chapter Summary
380(1)
Key Terms
381(1)
Application: What Is So Bad About Being Overweight?
382(2)
Sexual Disorders
384(36)
Sexual Dysfunctions
386(8)
The Sexual Response Cycle
387(1)
Sexual Desire Disorders
388(3)
Sexual Arousal Disorders
391(1)
Orgasmic Disorders
392(1)
Sexual Pain Disorders
393(1)
Causes of Sexual Dysfunctions
394(6)
Biological Causes
394(2)
Relationship Factors
396(1)
Trauma
397(1)
Attitudes and Cognitions
397(2)
Cultural and Social Factors
399(1)
Treatment of Sexual Dysfunctions
400(5)
Biological Therapies
400(1)
Sex Therapy
400(2)
Couples Therapy
402(1)
Individual Psychotherapy
403(2)
The Role of Sexual Orientation and Values in Treatment
405(1)
Paraphilias
405(8)
Fetishism
407(1)
Sexual Sadism and Sexual Masochism
408(1)
Voyeurism, Exhibitionism, and Frotteurism
409(1)
Pedophilia
410(1)
Causes of Paraphilias
411(1)
Treatments for the Paraphilias
412(1)
Gender Identity Disorder
413(2)
Causes and Treatment of Gender Identity Disorder
414(1)
Bio-Psycho-Social Integration
415(1)
Chapter Summary
415(2)
Key Terms
417(1)
Application: Practicing Safe Sex
418(2)
Substance Use Disorders
420(46)
Intoxication, Withdrawal, Abuse, and Dependence
425(3)
Alcohol
428(9)
Alcohol Withdrawal
430(1)
Alcohol Abuse and Dependence
431(3)
Cultural Differences in Alcohol Disorders
434(1)
Gender and Age Differences in Alcohol Disorders
435(2)
Other Depressants: Benzodiazepines, Barbiturates, and Inhalants
437(1)
Stimulants: Cocaine and Amphetamines
438(3)
Cocaine
439(1)
Amphetamines
440(1)
Opioids
441(1)
Hallucinogens, PCP, and Cannabis
442(2)
Hallucinogens and PCP
442(1)
Cannabis
443(1)
Nicotine
444(2)
Theories of Substance Use, Abuse, and Dependence
446(5)
Substances and the Brain
447(1)
Biological Theories of Vulnerability to Substance Use Disorders
448(1)
Alcoholism as a Form of Depression
449(1)
Social, Behavioral, and Cognitive Theories
449(2)
Treatment for Substance Disorders
451(7)
Biological Treatments
452(1)
Alcoholics Anonymous
452(3)
Behavioral Treatments
455(1)
Cognitively Oriented Treatments
455(3)
Gender and Substance Use
458(1)
Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Substance Use and Prevention
459(1)
Bio-Psycho-Social Integration
460(1)
Chapter Summary
461(2)
Key Terms
463(1)
Application: Promoting Responsible Alcohol Use in Young Adults
464(2)
Personality, Behavior, and the Body
466(26)
Characteristics of Stressful Events
469(2)
Controllability
469(1)
Unpredictability
470(1)
Challenge or Threat to Capabilities and Self-Concept
471(1)
Direct Effects of Stress on Health
471(5)
Stress and Coronary Heart Disease
472(1)
Stress and Hypertension
473(1)
Stress and the Immune System
474(2)
Indirect Effects of Stress on Health
476(1)
Stress, Sleep, and Health
476(1)
Personality and Health
477(6)
Pessimism and Health
477(1)
Type A Pattern and Health
478(3)
Repressive Coping
481(1)
John Henryism
481(1)
Seeking Social Support
482(1)
Psychosocial Interventions to Improve Health
483(6)
Guided Mastery Techniques
483(1)
Reducing Catastrophizing Cognitions
484(1)
Biofeedback
485(1)
Time Management
486(2)
Putting It All Together---Interventions for the Type A Behavior Pattern
488(1)
Bio-Psycho-Social Integration
489(1)
Chapter Summary
489(1)
Key Terms
490(1)
Application: Stress and the College Student
491(1)
The Cognitive Disorders: Dementia, Delirium, and Amnesia
492(24)
Dementia
495(11)
Dementia of the Alzheimer's Type
498(1)
Causes of Alzheimer's Dementia
499(4)
Vascular Dementia
503(1)
Dementia Due to Head Injury
503(1)
Dementia Associated with Other Medical Conditions
504(1)
Treatment for Dementia
505(1)
Delirium
506(3)
Causes of Delirium
507(1)
Treatment of Delirium
508(1)
Amnesia
509(1)
Causes and Treatment of Amnesic Disorders
509(1)
Gender and Cultural Issues
510(1)
Bio-Psycho-Social Integration
511(1)
Chapter Summary
512(1)
Key Terms
512(1)
Application: Tips for the Caregivers of Dementia Patients
513(3)
Part Four The Methods, Ethics, and Policy of Abnormal Psychology
The Research Endeavor
516(32)
The Hypothesis, Independent Variable, and Dependent Variable
519(1)
Defining and Operationalizing Variables
520(1)
Why Should We Care?
520(1)
Cross-Sectional Comparison of Two Groups
521(4)
Evaluating Cross-Sectional Studies
524(1)
Longitudinal Studies
525(2)
Evaluating Longitudinal Studies
526(1)
Correlational Studies
527(2)
Evaluating Correlational Studies
527(2)
Human Laboratory Studies
529(2)
Evaluating Human Laboratory Studies
530(1)
A Note on Ethics
531(1)
Therapy Outcome Studies
531(3)
Evaluating Therapy Outcome Studies
532(2)
Animal Studies
534(2)
Evaluating Animal Studies
535(1)
Single Case Studies
536(3)
Evaluating Single Case Studies
537(2)
The Multimethod Approach Revisited
539(2)
Special Issues in Cross-Cultural Research
541(2)
Bio-Psycho-Social Integration
543(1)
Chapter Summary
544(1)
Key Terms
545(1)
Application: How to Write a Report of a Study
546(2)
Society and Mental Health
548(29)
Judgments About People Accused of Crimes
551(6)
Competency to Stand Trial
551(1)
Insanity Defense
552(4)
Professional Concerns About the Insanity Defense
556(1)
Involuntary Commitment and Patients' Rights
557(5)
Civil Commitment
557(1)
Criteria for Involuntary Commitment
558(2)
Patients' Rights
560(1)
Deinstitutionalization
561(1)
Gender and Ethnicity Issues
562(1)
Clinicians' Duties to Clients and Society
563(2)
Family Law and Mental Health Professionals
565(7)
Child Custody Disputes
566(2)
Child Maltreatment Cases
568(1)
The Repressed/Recovered/False Memory Debate
569(3)
Bio-Psycho-Social Integration
572(1)
Chapter Summary
573(1)
Key Terms
574(1)
Application: Guidelines for Ethical Service to Culturally Diverse Populations
575(2)
Glossary577(12)
References589(34)
Credits623(4)
Name Index627(10)
Subject Index637

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