This chapter has been a long journey. We started with the question of how to define psychological disorders, traversed through strategies for diagnosing and treating them, and then took a detailed tour of disorders involving depression, anxiety, obsessions and compulsions, and trauma.

Our trip is not over. In the next chapter, we’ll visit a different realm of disorders—those in which people’s normal ability to perceive the world of reality is lost.

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Chapter Review Now that you have completed this chapter, be sure to turn to Appendix B, where you will find a Chapter Summary that is useful for reviewing what you have learned about psychological disorders.