The Science and Treatment of Psychological Disorders blends theory and research with practice and clinical application to provide learners with a solid foundation in psychological disorders and develop their understanding with up-to-date and relevant research, examples, and contexts.
From its first edition, the focus of this book has always been on balancing contemporary research and clinical application while involving the learner in the problem-solving engaged in by clinicians and scientists. It continues to emphasize an integrative approach, showing how psychopathology is best understood by considering multiple perspectives - genetic, neuroscientific, cognitive-behavioral, and sociocultural - and how these varying perspectives produce the clearest accounting of the causes of these disorders, as well as provide insights into the best possible treatments.
With this new sixteenth edition, “Abnormal Psychology” is dropped from the title. The importance of stigma and mental illness is discussed throughout - never is this more important than now when many social ills such as gun violence are too easily blamed on mental illness while we continue to warehouse people with psychological disorders in jails at an astonishing rate.
AN INTERACTIVE, MULTIMEDIA LEARNING EXPERIENCE
This textbook includes access to an interactive, multimedia e-text. Icons throughout the print book signal corresponding digital content in the e-text.
Case Study Videos and Pause and Ponder Activities: A collection of fourteen 7 to 10 minute Case Study Videos presents an encompassing view of a variety of psychological disorders, featuring people experiencing these disorders and their families describing symptoms from their own perspective. In addition, each video provides concise information about the available treatment options and commentary from a mental health professional. Each video is presented in the context of a Pause and Ponder activity with the following elements:
- Part I: Pause: Readers are asked to read several short examples of everyday life situations facing a person, or people, with a particular disorder and assess their own ability to empathize.
- Part II: Learn: Readers are directed to view the Case Study Video and answer a series of questions with interactive self-scoring.
- Part III: Ponder: Finally, readers are asked to respond to one or more open-ended questions and to reassess their ability to empathize.
Interactive Figures, Charts & Tables: Appearing throughout the enhanced e-text, interactive figures, process diagrams, and tables facilitate the study of complex concepts and processes and help students retain important information. Even many of the simplest figures are interactive to encourage online readers to pause and absorb the information they present before scrolling on to additional reading.
Interactive Self-Scoring Check Your Knowledge Questions and Practice Quizzes: Students can check their answers to the Check Your Knowledge questions at the end of each major chapter section instantly, and each chapter includes a self-scoring Practice Quiz to help prepare for graded assignments and exams.
Table of Contents
About the AuthorsPreface
CHAPTER 1 Introduction and Historical Overview
Psychological Disorders and Stigma
Defining Psychological Disorder
Early History of Psychological Disorders
Historical Antecedents of Contemporary Views
Have We Learned from History?
The Mental Health Professions
Summary
Key Terms
CHAPTER 2 Current Approaches in Psychological Disorders
Genetic Influences
Neuroscience Influences
Cognitive Behavioral Influences
Socioemotional Influences
Summary
Key Terms
CHAPTER 3 Diagnosis and Assessment
Cornerstones of Diagnosis and Assessment: Reliability and Validity
Diagnosis
Psychological Assessment
Neurobiological Assessment
Diversity and Assessment
Summary
Key Terms
CHAPTER 4 Research Methods in the Study of Psychological Disorders Science, Theory, and Hypotheses
Research Designs in the Study of Psychological Disorders
One Example of Experimental Research: Treatment Outcome Research
Analogues in Mental Health Research
Integrating the Findings of Multiple Studies
Summary
Key Terms
CHAPTER 5 Mood Disorders
Clinical Descriptions and Epidemiology of Depressive Disorders
Clinical Descriptions and Epidemiology of Bipolar Disorders
Influences on Mood Disorders
Treatment of Mood Disorders
Suicide
Summary
Key Terms
CHAPTER 6 Anxiety Disorders
Emotions of Anxiety and Fear
Clinical Descriptions of the Anxiety Disorders
Gender and Cultural Influences on the Anxiety Disorders
Common Influences Across the Anxiety Disorders
Influences on Specific Anxiety Disorders
Treatments of Anxiety Disorders
Summary
Key Terms
CHAPTER 7 Obsessive-Compulsive-Related and Trauma-Related Disorders
Clinical Descriptions and Epidemiology of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
Causes of the Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
Treatment of the Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
Clinical Description and Epidemiology of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Acute Stress Disorder
Etiology of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Acute Stress Disorder
Summary
Key Terms
CHAPTER 8 Dissociative Disorders and Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders
Clinical Descriptions and Epidemiology of the Dissociative Disorders
Causes of Dissociative Disorders
Treatment of Dissociative Disorders
Clinical Description of Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders
Causes of Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders
Treatment of Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders
Summary
Key Terms
CHAPTER 9 Schizophrenia
Clinical Descriptions and Epidemiology of Schizophrenia
Causes of Schizophrenia
Treatment of Schizophrenia
Summary
Key Terms
CHAPTER 10 Substance Use Disorders
Overview: Substance Use by the Numbers
Clinical Descriptions: Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Use Disorders
Clinical Descriptions: Opioid, Stimulant, and Other Drug Use Disorders
Causes of Substance Use Disorders
Treatment of Substance Use Disorders
Summary
Key Terms
CHAPTER 11 Eating Disorders
Clinical Descriptions and Epidemiology of Eating Disorders
Causes of Eating Disorders
Treatment of Eating Disorders
Summary
Key Terms
CHAPTER 12 Sexual Disorders
Sexual Norms and Behavior
Clinical Descriptions of Sexual Dysfunctions
Causes of Sexual Dysfunctions
Treatments of Sexual Dysfunctions
Clinical Descriptions of the Paraphilic Disorders
Causes of the Paraphilic Disorders
Treatments and Community Prevention for the Paraphilic Disorders
Summary
Key Terms
CHAPTER 13 Disorders of Childhood
Classification and Diagnosis of Childhood Disorders
Externalizing Disorders: ADHD and Conduct Disorder
Internalizing Disorders: Depression and Anxiety Disorders
Specific Learning Disorder and Intellectual Disability
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Summary
Key Terms
CHAPTER 14 Late Life and Neurocognitive Disorders
Aging: Myths, Problems, and Methods
Psychological Disorders in Late Life
Dementia
Delirium
Summary
Key Terms
CHAPTER 15 Personality Disorders
The DSM-5-TR Approach to Classification
Alternative DSM-5-TR Model for Personality Disorders
Common Risk Factors Across the Personality Disorders
Clinical Description and Causes of the Specific Personality Disorders
Treatment of Personality Disorders
Summary
Key Terms
CHAPTER 16 Legal and Ethical Issues
Criminal Commitment
Competency to Stand Trial
Insanity, Intellectual Disability, and Capital Punishment
Civil Commitment
Ethical Dilemmas in Therapy and Research
Summary
Key Terms
APPENDIX DSM-5-TR Diagnoses
Glossary
References
Name Index
Subject Index
