ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY
1.1 About the Authors
1.2 Preface
The History of Abnormal Psychology
1.1 The Three Criteria for Determining Psychological Disorders
1.2 Views of Psychological Disorders Before Science
1.3 The Transition to Scientific Accounts of Psychological Disorders
1.4 Scientific Accounts of Psychological Disorders
1.5 SUMMING UP
1.6 Key Terms
Understanding Psychological Disorders: The Neuropsychosocial Approach
2.1 Neurological Factors in Psychological Disorders
2.2 Psychological Factors in Psychological Disorders
2.3 Social Factors in Psychological Disorders
2.4 A Neuropsychosocial Last Word on the Beales
2.5 SUMMING UP
2.6 Key Terms
Clinical Diagnosis and Assessment
3.1 Diagnosing Psychological Disorders
3.2 Assessing Psychological Disorders
3.3 Diagnosing and Assessing Rose Mary and Rex Walls?
3.4 SUMMING UP
3.5 Key Terms
Research Methods
4.1 Using the Scientific Method to Understand Abnormality
4.2 Research Challenges in Understanding Abnormality
4.3 Researching Treatment
4.4 SUMMING UP
4.5 Key Terms
Mood Disorders and Suicide
5.1 Depressive Disorders
5.2 Bipolar Disorders
5.3 Suicide
5.4 SUMMING UP
5.5 Key terms
Anxiety Disorders
6.1 Common Features of Anxiety Disorders
6.2 Generalized Anxiety Disorder
6.3 Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia
6.4 Social Anxiety Disorder (Social Phobia)
6.5 Specific Phobia
6.6 Separation Anxiety Disorder
6.7 Follow-up on Earl Campbell
6.8 SUMMING UP
6.9 Key Terms
Obsessive-Compulsive-Related and Trauma-Related Disorders
7.1 Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Related Disorders
7.2 Trauma-Related Disorders
7.3 Follow-up on Howard Hughes
7.4 SUMMING UP
7.5 Key Terms
Dissociative and Somatic Symptom Disorders
8.1 Dissociative Disorders
8.2 Somatic Symptom Disorders
8.3 Follow-up on Anna O.
8.4 SUMMING UP
8.5 Key Terms
Substance Use Disorders
9.1 Substance Use: When Use Becomes a Disorder
9.2 Stimulants
9.3 Depressants
9.4 Other Abused Substances
9.5 Treating Substance Use Disorders
9.6 SUMMING UP
9.7 Key Terms
Eating Disorders
10.1 Anorexia Nervosa
10.2 Bulimia Nervosa
10.3 Binge Eating Disorder and “Other” Eating Disorders
10.4 Understanding Eating Disorders
10.5 Treating Eating Disorders
10.6 Follow-up on Marya Hornbacher
10.7 SUMMING UP
10.8 Key Terms
Gender and Sexual Disorders
11.1 Gender Dysphoria
11.2 Paraphilic Disorders
11.3 Sexual Dysfunctions
11.4 SUMMING UP
11.5 Key Terms
Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders
12.1 What Are Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders?
12.2 Understanding Schizophrenia
12.3 Treating Schizophrenia
12.4 SUMMING UP
12.5 Key Terms
Personality Disorders
13.1 Diagnosing Personality Disorders
13.2 Odd/Eccentric Personality Disorders
13.3 Dramatic/Erratic Personality Disorders
13.4 Fearful/Anxious Personality Disorders
13.5 Follow-up on Rachel Reiland
13.6 SUMMING UP
13.7 Key Terms
Neurodevelopmental and Disruptive Behavior Disorders
14.1 Intellectual Disability (Intellectual Developmental Disorder)
14.2 Autism Spectrum Disorder
14.3 Specific Learning Disorder: Problems with the Three Rs
14.4 Disorders of Disruptive Behavior and Attention
14.5 SUMMING UP
14.6 Key Terms
Neurocognitive Disorders
15.1 Normal Versus Abnormal Aging and Cognitive Functioning
15.2 Delirium
15.3 Dementia (and Mild Versus Major Neurocognitive Disorders)
15.4 Diagnosing Mrs. B.’s Problems
15.5 SUMMING UP
15.6 Key Terms
Ethical and Legal Issues
16.1 Ethical Issues
16.2 Criminal Actions and Insanity
16.3 Dangerousness: Legal Consequences
16.4 Legal Issues Related to Treatment
16.5 The Wheels of Justice: Follow-up on Andrew Goldstein
16.6 SUMMING UP
16.7 Key Terms
Glossary
References