Abnormal psychology / Gerald C. Davison, John M. Neale.

Table of Contents

PART ONE
INTRODUCTION AND BASIC ISSUES

Chapter One Introduction: Historical and scientific considerations
The mental health professions
History of psychopathology
Science: A human enterprise

Chapter two Current paradigms in psychopathology
and therapy
The physiological paradigm
The psychoanalytical paradigm
Learning paradigms
The cognitive paradigm
The humanistic paradigm
Etc.

Chapter Three Classification and diagnosis
DSM-IIIR the diagnostic system of the American psychiatric association
Issues in the classification of abnormal behavior

Chapter Four Clinical assessment procedures
Assessment of psychopathology
Assessment of brain abnormalities seeing the brain
Behavioral assessment
The consistency and variability of behavior

Chapter Five Research methods in the study of abnormal behavior
Science and scientific methods
The research methods of abnormal psychology

PART TWO EMOTIONAL DISORDERS AND REACTIONS TO STRESS
Chapter Six Anxiety disorders
Phobia
Panic disorders
Generalized anxiety disorder
Obsessive- compulsive disorders
Behavioral theories of obsessive-compulsive
Etc.

Chapter Seven Somatoform and dissociative disorders
Somatoform disorders
Dissociative disorders

Chapter Eight Psychophysiology disorders
Stress and health
Theories of the stress-illness link
Cardiovascular disorders
Asthma
Therapies for psychophysiology disorders
Etc.

Chapter Nine Mood Disorders
General characteristics pf depression and mania
Formal diagnostics lisings
Psychological theories of depression
Psychological theories of bipolar disorders
Psychological theories of mood disorders
Etc.

PART THREE SOCIAL PROBLEMS
Chapter Ten Personality disorders
Specific personality disorders
Antisocial personality disorders (sociopathy)
Theory and research on the etiology of Etiology of sociopathy
Therapies for personality disorders
Etc.

Chapter Eleven Psychoactive substance use disorders
Alcoholism
Sedatives and stimulants
Nicotine and cigarettes smoking
Marijuana
LSD and other psychedelics

Chapter Thirteen Sexual Dysfunctions
Sexual disorders and the human sexual repose
The sexual dysfunction descriptions and causes
Theories of sexual dysfunctions
Behavioral and cognitive therapies for sexual dysfunctions

PART FOUR
THE SCHIZOPHRENIAS
Chapter Fourteen Schizophrenia
History of the Concept
Clinical symptoms of schizophrenia
Research on the etiology of schizophrenia
Therapies for schizophrenia

PART FIVE LIVE-SPAN DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS
Chapter Fifteen
Emotional and and behavioral disorders of childhood and adolescence
Classification
Disorders of under-controlled behavior
Disorders of overcontrlled behavior
Eating disorders

Chapter Sixteen Learning disabilities, mental retardation, and Autistic disorders
Learning disabilities
Mental retardation
Autistic disorders

Chapter Seventeen Aging and Psychological disorders
Concepts and methods in the study of older adults
Brain disorders of old age
Psychological disorder of old age
Etc.

PART SIX INTERVENTION
Chapter Eighteen
The placebo effect
Psychoanalytic therapy
Humanistic and existential therapy
Etc.

Chapter Nineteen Cognitive and behavior therapies
Counterconditioning
Operant conditioning
Modeling
Etc.

Chapter Twenty
Group therapy
Couples and family therapy
Community psychology
Etc.

Chapter Twenty one Legal and Ethical Issues
Criminal commitment
Civil commitment
Ethical dilemmas in therapy and research
Etc.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.