Authors: Ronald J. Comer
ISBN-13: 9780716773764, ISBN-10: 0716773767
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Worth Publishers, Incorporated
Date Published: February 2007
Edition: 5th Edition
Expanded multicultural coverage including new sociocultural landscape boxes
Expanded coverage of key disorders and topics such as Borderline Personality Disorder, Conduct Disorder, ADHD, Pervasive Developmental Disorders like Asperger s Disorder
Expanded coverage of prevention and of the promotion of mental health
Updated coverage of recent theories, research, and events including thousands of new references from the years 2004-2006, as well as hundreds of new photos, tables, and figures.
Abnormal Psychology in Science and Clinical Practice
1. Abnormal Psychology: Past and Present
2. Models of Abnormality
3. Clinical Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment
Problems of Stress and Anxiety
4. Anxiety Disorders
5. Stress Disorders
6. Somatoform and Dissociative Disorders
Problems of Mood
7. Mood Disorders
8. Suicide
Problems of Mind and Body
9. Eating Disorders
10. Substance-Related Disorders
11. Sexual Disorders and Gender Identity Disorder
Problems of Psychosis
12. Schizophrenia
Life-Span Disorders
13. Personality Disorders
14. Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence
15. Disorders of Aging and Cognition
Conclusion
16. Law, Society, and the Mental Health Profession