Each chapter starts with an outline and ends with Summary and Key Terms. 1. Abnormal Psychology Over Time. What Do We Mean by Abnormal Behavior?
Classifying Abnormal Behavior.
The Extent of Abnormal Behavior.
Historical Views of Abnormal Behavior.
Research in Abnormal Psychology.
The Beginning of the Modern Era.
2. Causal Factors and Viewpoints in Abnormal Psychology. Causes and Risk Factors for Abnormal Behavior.
Models or Viewpoints for Understanding Abnormal Behavior.
The Biological Viewpoints and Causal Factors.
The Psychosocial Viewpoints.
Psychosocial Causal Factors.
The Sociocultural Viewpoints and Causal Factors.
3. Clinical Assessment and Treatment. Clinical Assessment.
Biologically Based Therapies.
Psychologically Based Therapies.
How Does One Measure Success in Psychotherapy?
4. Stress and Adjustment Disorders. What Is Stress?
Responding to the Effects of Severe Stress.
Adjustment Disorder: Reactions to Common Life Stressors.
Acute and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Reactions to Catastrophic Events.
Treatment and Prevention of Stress Disorders.
5. Panic, Anxiety, and their Disorders. The Fear and Anxiety Response Patterns.
Overview of the Anxiety Disorders.
Specific Phobias.
Social Phobia.
Panic Disorder with and without Agoraphobia.
Generalized Anxiety Disorder.
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.
General Sociocultural Causal Factors for All Anxiety Disorders.
6. Mood Disorders and Suicide. What Are Mood Disorders?
Unipolar Mood Disorders.
Bipolar Disorders.
Treatments and Outcomes.
Suicide.
7. Somatoform and Dissociative Disorders. Somatoform Disorders.
Dissociative Disorders.
8. Psychological Compromises of Physical Health and Eating Disorders. General Psychological Factors in Health and Disease.
Psychological Factors and Cardiovascular Disease.
General Causal Factors in Physical Disease.
Treatments and Outcomes.
Eating Disorders.
9. Personality Disorders. Clinical Features of Personality Disorders.
Categories of Personality Disorders.
Causal Factors in Personality Disorders.
Treatments and Outcomes.
Antisocial Personality and Psychopathy.
Unresolved Issues: Axis II of DSM-IV.
10. Substance-Related Disorders. Alcohol Abuse and Dependence.
Drug Abuse and Dependence.
11. Sexual Variants, Abuse, and Dysfunctions. Sociocultural Influences on Sexual Practices and Standards.
Sexual and Gender Variants.
Sexual Abuse.
Sexual Dysfunctions.
12. The Schizophrenias. The Schizophrenias.
The Clinical Picture in Schizophrenia.
The Classic Subtypes of Schizophrenia.
Causal Factors in Schizophrenia.
Treatments and Outcomes.
Unresolved Issues: The Overlooked Value of Psychosocial Intervention in the Schizophrenias.
13. Brain Disorders and Other Cognitive Impairments. Neuropsychological Disorders and Brain Damage.
Mental Retardation.
14. Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence. Maladaptive Behavior in Different Life Periods.
Disorders of Childhood.
Pervasive Developmental Disorder: Autism.
Planning Better Programs to Help Children and Adolescents.
15. Contemporary Issues in Abnormal Psychology. Controversial Legal Issues and the Mentally Disordered.
Perspectives on Prevention.
Challenges for the Future.
Glossary. References. Acknowledgments. Name Index. Subject Index. 