Table of Contents:
  • Abnormal psychology in science and clinical practice. Abnormal psychology: past and present
  • Research in abnormal psychology
  • Models of abnormality
  • Clinical assessment, diagnosis, and treatment
  • Problems of anxiety and mood. Anxiety, obsessive-compulsive, and related disorders
  • Disorders of trauma and stress-- Depressive and bipolar disorders
  • Treatments for depressive and bipolar disorders
  • Suicide
  • Problems of the mind and body. Disorders featuring somatic symptoms
  • Eating disorders
  • Substance use and addictive disorders
  • Sexual disorders and gender variations
  • Problems of psychosis. Schizophrenia and related disorders
  • Treatments for schizophrenia and other severe mental disorders
  • Life-span problems. Personality disorders
  • Disorders common among children and adolescents
  • Disorders of aging and cognition
  • Conclusion. Law, society, and the mental health profession.