(WCS)Abnormal Psychology for Delgado Community College
, by James H. Hansell (University of Michigan)Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780470102725 | 0470102721
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 8/1/2006
Abnormal Psychology: The Core Concepts | p. 2 |
Case Vignette | p. 3 |
The Core Concepts | p. 5 |
The Importance of Context in Defining and Understanding Abnormality | p. 5 |
The Continuum Between Normal and Abnormal Behavior | p. 5 |
Cultural and Historical Relativism in Defining and Classifying Abnormality | p. 6 |
The Advantages and Limitations of Diagnosis | p. 6 |
The Principle of Multiple Causality | p. 6 |
The Connection Between Mind and Body | p. 7 |
The Core Concepts: A View From the Past | p. 7 |
Chapter Summary | p. 9 |
Defining Abnormality: What Is Psychopathology? | p. 10 |
Case Vignette | p. 11 |
Commonly Used Criteria for Defining Abnormality | p. 12 |
Help Seeking | p. 12 |
Irrationality/Dangerousness | p. 13 |
Deviance | p. 15 |
Emotional Distress | p. 16 |
Significant Impairment | p. 18 |
Core Concepts in Defining Abnormality | p. 19 |
Cultural and Historical Relativism | p. 19 |
The Continuum Between Normal and Abnormal Behavior | p. 20 |
Defining Abnormality: Practical Solutions | p. 22 |
Working Definitions of Psychopathology | p. 23 |
Chapter Summary | p. 26 |
Explaining Abnormality: What Causes Psychopathology? | p. 28 |
Case Vignette | p. 29 |
Explaining Abnormality: The Core Concepts | p. 30 |
Cultural and Historical Relativism | p. 30 |
The Principle of Multiple Causality | p. 36 |
The Connection Between Mind and Body | p. 37 |
The Theoretical Perspectives | p. 40 |
Psychodynamic Perspectives | p. 40 |
Humanistic and Existential Perspectives | p. 46 |
Behavioral Perspectives | p. 49 |
Cognitive Perspectives | p. 53 |
Sociocultural and Family Systems Perspectives | p. 59 |
Biological Perspectives | p. 63 |
Case Vignette - Explanation and Treatment | p. 70 |
Chapter Summary | p. 71 |
Classifying Abnormality: Diagnosis and Assessment | p. 72 |
The Advantages and Limitations of Diagnosis | p. 73 |
Reliability | p. 75 |
Validity | p. 76 |
The History of Diagnostic Systems for Psychopathology | p. 77 |
The DSM-III Revolution and Controversy | p. 78 |
Advantages of the Modern DSM Approach | p. 82 |
Limitations of the Modern DSM Approach | p. 83 |
Using the DSM-IV-TR: Making a Multiaxial Diagnosis | p. 85 |
Axis I and Axis II | p. 85 |
Axes III, IV, and V | p. 87 |
A Complete DSM-IV-TR Diagnosis | p. 90 |
Assessment | p. 91 |
Interviews | p. 91 |
Tests | p. 92 |
Behavioral Observation | p. 101 |
Diagnosis and Assessment in Perspective: Classifying and Understanding Dave | p. 104 |
Interview with Dave | p. 104 |
Dave's Test Results | p. 106 |
Behavioral Observations of Dave | p. 108 |
The Advantages and Limitations of the Diagnosis of Dave | p. 104 |
Chapter Summary | p. 109 |
Anxiety and the Anxiety Disorders | p. 110 |
Case Vignettes | p. 111 |
Defining Anxiety and Anxiety Disorders | p. 111 |
The Importance of Context in Defining Anxiety Disorders | p. 112 |
The Continuum Between Normal and Abnormal Anxiety | p. 113 |
Classifying Anxiety Disorders | p. 113 |
The DSM-IV-TR Categories | p. 115 |
The Advantages and Limitations of the DSM-IV-TR Anxiety Disorder Diagnoses | p. 125 |
Classification in Demographic Context | p. 126 |
Cultural and Historical Relativism in Defining and Classifying Anxiety Disorders | p. 128 |
Explaining and Treating Anxiety and Anxiety Disorders | p. 131 |
Behavioral Components | p. 131 |
Cognitive Components | p. 135 |
Biological Components | p. 141 |
Psychodynamic Components | p. 144 |
The Multiple Causality of Anxiety Disorders | p. 147 |
The Connection Between Mind and Body in Anxiety Disorders | p. 148 |
Case Vignettes - Treatment | p. 149 |
Chapter Summary | p. 151 |
Mood and the Mood Disorders | p. 152 |
Case Vignettes | p. 153 |
Defining Mood and Mood Disorders | p. 154 |
The Importance of Context in Defining Mood Disorders | p. 155 |
The Continuum Between Normal and Abnormal Mood | p. 155 |
Classifying Mood Disorders | p. 156 |
Historical Relativism in Classifying Mood Disorders | p. 156 |
The DSM-IV-TR Categories | p. 157 |
Classification in Demographic Context | p. 169 |
Explaining and Treating Mood Disorders | p. 172 |
Biological Components | p. 172 |
Cognitive Components | p. 178 |
Behavioral Components | p. 182 |
Psychodynamic Components | p. 184 |
Sociocultural and Family Systems Components | p. 187 |
Multiple Causality of Mood Disorders | p. 188 |
Case Vignettes - Treatment | p. 190 |
Chapter Summary | p. 192 |
Dissociation and the Dissociative Disorders | p. 194 |
Case Vignettes | p. 195 |
Defining Dissociation and the Dissociative Disorders | p. 196 |
The Continuum Between Normal and Abnormal Dissociation | p. 197 |
The Importance of Context in Defining Dissociative Disorders | p. 197 |
Classifying Dissociative Disorders | p. 198 |
The DSM-IV-TR Categories | p. 198 |
Classification in Demographic Context | p. 206 |
Cultural and Historical Relativism in Defining and Classifying Dissociative Disorders | p. 207 |
The Advantages and Limitations of the DSM-IV-TR Dissociative Disorder Diagnoses | p. 208 |
Explaining and Treating Dissociation and the Dissociative Disorders | p. 213 |
Psychodynamic Components | p. 214 |
Behavioral Components | p. 215 |
Cognitive Components | p. 216 |
Biological Components | p. 218 |
The Multiple Causality of Dissociative Disorders | p. 219 |
Case Vignettes - Treatment | p. 221 |
Chapter Summary | p. 223 |
Eating, Weight, and the Eating Disorders | p. 224 |
Case Vignettes | p. 225 |
Defining Eating Disorders | p. 226 |
The Continuum Between Normal and Abnormal Eating | p. 227 |
The Importance of Context in Defining Abnormal Eating | p. 227 |
Classifying Eating Disorders | p. 228 |
The DSM-IV-TR Categories | p. 228 |
Classification in Demographic Context | p. 234 |
Cultural Relativism in Defining and Classifying Eating Disorders | p. 237 |
The Advantages and Limitations of the DSM-IV-TR Eating Disorder Diagnoses | p. 237 |
Explaining and Treating Eating Disorders | p. 239 |
Psychodynamic Components | p. 239 |
Family Systems Components | p. 241 |
Cognitive-Behavioral Components | p. 243 |
Sociocultural Components | p. 247 |
Biological Components | p. 249 |
The Connection Between Mind and Body in Eating Disorders | p. 250 |
The Multiple Causality of Eating Disorders | p. 250 |
Case Vignettes - Treatment | p. 251 |
Chapter Summary | p. 253 |
Drug Use and the Substance Use Disorders | p. 254 |
Case Vignettes | p. 255 |
Defining Substance Use Disorders | p. 256 |
The Importance of Context in Defining Substance Use Disorders | p. 257 |
The Continuum Between Normal and Abnormal Substance Use | p. 259 |
Classifying Substance Use Disorders | p. 260 |
The DSM-IV-TR Substance Use Disorders | p. 260 |
The Advantages and Limitations of the DSM-IV-TR Diagnoses | p. 264 |
Commonly Abused Substances | p. 264 |
Classification in Demographic Context | p. 285 |
Explaining and Treating Substance Use Disorders | p. 287 |
Biological Components | p. 289 |
Sociocultural and Family Systems Components | p. 292 |
Behavioral Components | p. 293 |
Cognitive Components | p. 294 |
Psychodynamic Components | p. 295 |
The Twelve-Step Approach | p. 297 |
Multiple Causality and the Connection Between Mind and Body in Substance Use Disorders | p. 299 |
Case Vignettes - Treatment | p. 300 |
Chapter Summary | p. 301 |
Histories of Some Commonly Abused Substances | p. 302 |
Sex, Gender, and the Sexual Disorders | p. 306 |
Case Vignettes | p. 307 |
Defining Sexual Disorders | p. 309 |
The Continuum Between Normal and Abnormal Sexuality and the Importance of Context in Defining Abnormality | p. 309 |
Cultural and Historical Relativism in Defining and Classifying Sexual Disorders | p. 309 |
Classifying Sexual Disorders | p. 313 |
The DSM-IV-TR Categories | p. 314 |
Explaining and Treating Sexual Disorders: The Paraphilias | p. 330 |
Psychodynamic Components | p. 332 |
Cognitive-Behavioral Components | p. 333 |
Biological Components | p. 335 |
Gender Identity Disorders | p. 336 |
Explaining Gender Identity Disorders | p. 341 |
Biological Components | p. 342 |
Psychodynamic Components | p. 342 |
Behavioral Components | p. 343 |
Sociocultural and Family Systems Components | p. 343 |
The Principle of Multiple Causality in Gender Identity Disorders | p. 343 |
Treating Gender Identity Disorders | p. 344 |
Case Vignettes - Treatment | p. 346 |
Chapter Summary | p. 349 |
Personality and the Personality Disorders | p. 350 |
Case Vignettes | p. 351 |
Defining Personality and the Personality Disorders | p. 351 |
The Continuum Between Normal and Abnormal Personality | p. 352 |
Classifying, Explaining, and Treating Personality Disorders | p. 353 |
Paranoid Personality Disorder | p. 353 |
Schizoid Personality Disorder | p. 358 |
Schizotypal Personality Disorder | p. 360 |
Antisocial Personality Disorder | p. 362 |
Borderline Personality Disorder | p. 365 |
Histrionic Personality Disorder | p. 369 |
Narcissistic Personality Disorder | p. 371 |
Avoidant Personality Disorder | p. 373 |
Dependent Personality Disorder | p. 376 |
Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder | p. 378 |
Classification in Demographic Context | p. 384 |
Cultural and Historical Relativism in Defining and Classifying Personality Disorders | p. 386 |
The Advantages and Limitations of the DSM-IV-TR Personality Disorder Diagnoses | p. 388 |
Case Vignettes - Treatment | p. 390 |
Chapter Summary | p. 391 |
Psychosis and Schizophrenia | p. 392 |
Case Vignette | p. 393 |
Defining Psychosis and Schizophrenia | p. 393 |
Classifying Psychosis and Schizophrenia | p. 394 |
Cultural and Historical Relativism in Defining and Classifying Schizophrenia | p. 395 |
The DSM-IV-TR Categories | p. 398 |
Classification in Demographic Context | p. 408 |
Explaining and Treating Schizophrenia | p. 410 |
Biological Components | p. 411 |
Psychodynamic Components | p. 426 |
Cognitive Components | p. 427 |
Behavioral Components | p. 428 |
Family Systems Components | p. 429 |
Sociocultural Components | p. 430 |
The Multiple Causality of Schizophrenia | p. 431 |
Case Vignette - Treatment | p. 432 |
Chapter Summary | p. 433 |
Lifespan Development: Disorders of Childhood and Old Age | p. 434 |
Disorders of Childhood | p. 435 |
Case Vignettes | p. 435 |
Defining Disorders of Childhood | p. 436 |
The Importance of Context in Defining and Understanding Childhood Disorders | p. 438 |
The Continuum Between Normal and Abnormal Childhood Behavior | p. 438 |
Classifying, Explaining, and Treating Disorders of Childhood | p. 439 |
Mental Retardation | p. 441 |
Learning Disorders | p. 445 |
Pervasive Developmental Disorders | p. 448 |
Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders | p. 454 |
Separation Anxiety Disorder | p. 467 |
The Advantages and Limitations of the DSM-IV-TR Childhood Diagnoses | p. 470 |
Classification in Demographic Context | p. 472 |
Cultural and Historical Relativism in Defining and Classifying Childhood Disorders | p. 473 |
Case Vignettes - Treatment | p. 474 |
Disorders of Old Age | p. 476 |
Case Vignette | p. 476 |
Defining and Classifying Disorders of Old Age | p. 476 |
The DSM-IV-TR Categories | p. 476 |
Explaining and Treating Disorders of Old Age | p. 478 |
Delirium | p. 478 |
Dementia | p. 479 |
Classification in Demographic Context | p. 482 |
Case Vignette - Treatment | p. 484 |
Chapter Summary | p. 485 |
Psychological Stress and Physical Disorders | p. 486 |
Case Vignettes | p. 487 |
Psychophysiology: Defining Psychological Stress | p. 488 |
Cognitive Appraisal of Stress | p. 488 |
Categorizing Stressors | p. 489 |
Life Events | p. 489 |
Chronic Stress | p. 491 |
Daily Hassles | p. 492 |
Catastrophic Events | p. 492 |
Explaining Stress and Health: Psychophysiological Disorders | p. 494 |
Psychological Stress and Unhealthy Behaviors | p. 494 |
Psychological Stress and Adverse Physiological Reactions | p. 495 |
Psychological Stress, Personality Traits, and Health | p. 500 |
Reducing Stress and Treating Psychophysiological Disorders | p. 502 |
Relaxation Techniques | p. 502 |
Biofeedback | p. 502 |
Cognitive Retraining | p. 504 |
Social Support | p. 505 |
Defining the Somatoform Disorders | p. 506 |
Classifying the Somatoform Disorders | p. 506 |
The DSM-IV-TR Categories | p. 508 |
The Advantages and Limitations of the DSM-IV-TR Somatoform Diagnoses | p. 515 |
Cultural and Historical Relativism in Defining and Classifying Somatoform Disorders | p. 515 |
Classification in Demographic Context | p. 516 |
Explaining and Treating the Somatoform Disorders | p. 518 |
Psychodynamic Components | p. 518 |
Cognitive-Behavioral Components | p. 519 |
Sociocultural Components | p. 522 |
Biological Components | p. 522 |
The Connection Between Mind and Body in Somatoform Disorders | p. 523 |
Case Vignettes - Treatment | p. 524 |
Chapter Summary | p. 525 |
Glossary | p. 527 |
References | p. 541 |
Photo Credits | p. 593 |
Quotation and Illustration Credits | p. 597 |
Name Index | p. 603 |
Subject Index | p. 617 |
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