Contents
- Chapter 1 - ABNORMALITY: PAST AND PRESENT
- Early Approaches to Abnormalit
- Abnormality Today
- Prognosis for Change
- Models of Abnormality
- Summary
- Questions for Critical Thinking
- Chapter 2 - THE BIOMEDICAL MODEL
- Biological Causes of Abnormality
- Treatment
- Evaluating the Biomedical Model
- Summary
- Questions for Critical Thinking
- Chapter 3 - PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACHES
- The Psychodynamic Approach
- The Existential Approach
- The Behavioral Model
- The Cognitive Model
- Summary
- Questions for Critical Thinking
- Chapter 4 - ASSESSMENT, DIAGNOSIS, AND METHODOLOGY
- Psychological Assessment
- Diagnosis
- Evaluating Psychological Diagnoses
- Discovering Causes and Cures
- Summary
- Questions for Critical Thinking
- Chapter 5 - PHOBIA, PANIC, AND THE ANXIETY DISORDERS
- Fear and Anxiety
- Phobia
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Disorders of Anxiety
- Coping with Everyday Anxiety
- Summary
- Questions for Critical Thinking
- Chapter 6 - OBSESSIONS, CONVERSION, AND DISSOCIATION
- Obsessions and Compulsions
- Somatoform Disorders
- Dissociative Disorders
- The Neuroses and Anxiety
- Summary
- Questions for Critical Thinking
- Chapter 7 - PERSONALITY DISORDERS
- The Antisocial Personality Disorder
- Other Personality Disorders
- The Personality Disorders: An Evaluation
- Summary
- Questions for Critical Thinking
- Chapter 8 - DEPRESSION AND SUICI
- Classifying the Affective Disorders
- Depressive Disorders
- Theories and Therapies of the Depressive Disorders
- Bipolar Disorder (Manic-Depression)
- Suicide
- Summary
- Questions for Critical Thinking
- Chapter 9 - THE SCHIZOPHRENIAS
- Diagnosing Schizophrenia
- Symptoms of Schizophrenia
- Dimensions of Schizophrenia
- The Causes of the Schizophrenias
- The Treatment of Schizophrenia
- Summary
- Questions for Critical Thinking
- Chapter 10 - CHILDHOOD DISORDERS
- Classifying Children’s Disorders
- Disruptive Behavior Disorders
- Emotional Disorders
- Habit Disorders and Eating Disorders
- Developmental Disorders
- Areas for Further Consideration
- Summary
- Questions for Critical Thinking
- Chapter 11 - PSYCHOSOMATIC AND ORGANIC DISORDERS: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF HEALTH
- Psychosomatic Disorders
- Psychoneuroimmunology (PNI)
- Theories of Psychosomatic Illness
- Organic Disorders
- The Treatment of Organic Disorder
- Summary
- Questions for Critical Thinking
- Chapter 12 - PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS
- Drug Use and Dependence
- Alcohol
- Stimulants
- Opiates
- Hallucinogens
- Marijuana
- Nicotine and Cigarette Smoking
- Sedative-Hypnotics and Tranquilizers (Barbiturates, Benzodiazepines)
- Future Directions in Treatment and Prevention of Substance Abuse
- Summary
- Questions for Critical Thinking
- Chapter 13 - SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION AND SEXUAL DISORDER
- Five Layers of Erotic Life: Sexual Order and Sexual Disorder
- Sexual Identity and Transsexualism: Layer I
- Sexual Orientation: Layer II
- Sexual Interest: Layer III
- Sex Role: Layer IV
- Sexual Performance: Layer V
- Conclusion
- Summary
- Questions for Critical Thinking
- Chapter 14 - LAW AND ABNORMALITY
- Involuntary Commitment and Treatment
- Criminal Commitment
- Psychological Issues and the Law
- Summary
- Questions for Critical Thinking
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