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245 _aAbnormal Psychology : The Problem of Maladaptive Behavior
250 _aEleventh Edition
260 _aNOIDA, UP
_bPearson
_c2005
300 _a695p
520 _aContents: - Special Features Preface Prelude 1. Introduction -What This Chapter is About -The Range of Abnormal Behavior -What is Abnormal Psychology? -Triggers of Mental Health Problems -The Stigma of Abnormal Behavior -Adaptive and Maladaptive Behavior Historical Background of Modern Abnormal Psychology -The Ancient Western World -The Middle Ages -The Renaissance -The Age of Reason and the Enlightenment -The Reform Movement Recent Concepts of Abnormal Behavior -The Psychological Approach -The Organic Approach -The Approaches Converge -Vulnerability, Resilience, and Coping The Epidemiology of Maladaptive Behavior -Incidence. Prevalence, and Risk Factors -Seeking Help for Abnormal Behavior -Reasons for Clinical Contacts -Sources of Help Research in Abnormal Psychology -Observing Behavior - The Role of Theory -The Research Journey -Types of Research -Research Design Statistical Analyses, and Inference -Ethical Aspects of Research Our Take-Away Message Chapter Summary 2. Theoretical Perspectives on Maladaptive Behavior What This Chapter Is About The Role of Theory in Abnormal Psychology -The Orientation of This Book The Biological Perspective -Genetic Factors -The Nervous System and the Brain -The Endoctines -The Neuroscience Revolution -Integration of Biological and Psychological Systems The Psychodynamic Perspective -Freud and Psychoanalysis -More Recent Approaches to Psychoanalysis -Evaluating Psychoanalytic Theory The Behavioral Perspective -Classical Conditioning -Operant Conditioning -Social Cognitive Theories The Cognitive Perspective -Maladaptive Behavior and Cognition -Cognitive Therapies The Humanistic-Existential Perspective -The Humanistic View -The Existental View The Community-Cultural Perspective. -Social Roles and Labeling -Contributions of the Community Cultural Perspective An Interactional Approach Our Take-Away Message Chapter Summary 3. The Therapeutic Enterprise: Choices, Techniques, Evaluation What This Chapter Is About Psychotherapy -Psychodynamic Therapy and Psychoanalysis -Humanistic and Existential Therapies -Cognitive Psychotherapy -Brief Psychotherapies -How Effective is Psychotherapy? Cognitive-Behavioral Approaches -Behavior Therapy -Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy -How Effective Are Cognitive and Behavioral Approaches? Integration and Extension of Psychological Therapies -Integrative Approaches to Treatment -Group Approaches – -How Effective Are Group Approaches? Research on the Psychological Therapies -Common and Unique Features of Therapies -Therapeutic Outcomes 116 Comparing Therapies -Recognizing Cultural and Ethnic Diversity Integration of Psychologically Based Therapeutic Approaches -Biological Therapies -Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) -Drug Therapies -How Effective Are Biological Therapies? Hospitalization Our Take-Away Message Chapter Summary 4 Classification and Assessment What This Chapter Is About Classification: Categories of Maladaptive Behavior -Advantages and Disadvantages of Classification -Vulnerability, Resilience, and Coping -The Multiaxial Approach -DSM-IV-TR -The Major Diagnostic Categories -Evaluation of the DSM Multiaxial Approach -Research on Classification Assessment: The Basis of Classification -The Interview -Intelligence Tests -Neuropsychological Tests -Personality Assessment -Behavioral Assessment -Cognitive Assessment -Relational Assessment -Bodily Assessment Our Take-Away Message Chapter Summary 5. Stress. Coping, and Maladaptive Behavior What This Chapter Is About Stress and Coping -Coping Skills -The Coping Process -Social Support Stressful Situations and Life Transitions -Stress-Arousing Situations -Life Transitions Clinical Reactions to Stress -Adjustment Disorder -Acute Stress Disorder -Dissociative Disorders Treating Stress-Related Problems -Supportive Therapy -Medications -Relaxation Training -Systematic Desensitization -Cognitive Modification -Social Intervention -Challenges in Treating Stress Related Problems Our Take-Away Message 185 Chapter Summary 6. Bodily Maladaptations: Eating Sleeping, and Psychophysiological Disorders What This Chapter Is About Psychological, Social, and Bodily Interactions -The Biopsychosocial Model -Behavioral Medicine and Health Psychology -Stress and Illness Eating Disorders -Anorexia Nervosa -Bulimia Nervosa -Binge Eating -Can Eating Disorders be Prevented? Sleep Disorders -Sleep Processes -Dyssomnias -Parasomnias Psychophysiological Disorders -Cardiovascular Disorders -Cancer Diagnostic Dilemmas -Chronic Fatigue Syndrome -Headaches -Irritable Bowel Syndrome Our Take-Away Message Chapter Summary 7. Disorders of Bodily Preoccupation What This Chapter Is About Somatoform Disorders -Pain Disorders -Somatization Disorders -Conversion Disorders -Hypochondriasis -Body Dysmorphic Disorders Factitious Disorders and Malingering Our Take-Away Message Chapter Summary 8 Anxiety Disorders What This Chapter Is About The Experience of Anxiety Generalized Anxiety Disorder Panic Disorder Phobias -Specific Phobias -Social Phobias -Agoraphobia Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Posttraumatic Stress Disorder -Vulnerability Factors -The Posttraumatic Experience Interpreting and Treating Anxiety Disorders -The Psychodynamic Perspective -The Behavioral Perspective -The Cognitive Perspective -The Biological Perspective Our Take-Away Message Chapter Summary 9. Sexual Variants and Disorders What This Chapter Is About 279 Changing Views of Sexual Behavior -Surveys of Sexual Behavior -Homosexuality: An Example of Changing Views of Sexual Behavior -Bisexuality: An Understudied Sexual Variant -Origins of Sexual Orientation Sexual Dysfunction -Types of Sexual Dysfunction -Treatment of Sexual Dysfunction Gender Identity Disorder -Gender Identity Problems in Children -Gender Identity Disorder in Adults -Possible Causes of Gender Identity Disorder The Paraphilias -Fetishism -Transvestic Fetishism -Sexual Sadism and Masochism -Voyeurism -Frotteurism -Exhibitionism -Pedophilia -Perspectives on the Paraphilias Sexual Victimization -Sexual Victimizers -Sexual Harassment Our Take-Away Message Chapter Summary 307 10. Personality Disorders What This Chapter Is About Classifying Personality Disorders Odd or Eccentric Behavior -Paranoid Personality Disorder -Schizoid Personality Disorder -Schizotypal Personality Disorder Dramatic, Emotional, or Erratic Behavior -Histrionic Personality Disorder -Narcissistic Personality Disorder -Borderline Personality Disorder -Antisocial Personality Disorder Anxious or Fearful Behavior -Avoidant Personality Disorder -Dependent Personality Disorder -Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder Treatment of Personality Disorders The Outlook for Personality Disorder Classification Our Take-Away Message Chapter Summary 11. Mood Disorders and Suicide What This Chapter Is About Depressed Mood Mood Disorders Depression -Vulnerability Factors for Depression Depressive Disorders -Dysthymic Disorder -Major Depressive Disorder Causes and Treatment of Depression -Biological Factors in Depression -Biologically Based Treatment -Psychologically Based Treatment -The Humanistic-Existential View -The Behavioral Perspective -Behavioral Treatment for Depression -The Cognitive Perspective -Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy -The Vulnerability-Resilience Perspective -Combined Treatment of Depression The Bipolar Disorders -Bipolar Disorder -Bipolar II Disorder -Cyclothymic Disorder Causes and Treatment of Bipolar Disorder -Genetic Factors -Biologically Based Treatment of Bipolar Disorder -Psychosocial Factors and Bipolar Episodes -Psychological Approaches for Bipolar Patients and Their Families Suicide -Mental Illness and Suicide -Risk Factors for Suicide -Life Events and Suicide -Suicide Contagion Prevention of Suicide Our Take-Away Message Chapter Summary 12. Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders What This Chapter Is About Psychotic Disorders Schizophrenia -DSM-IV-TR Subtypes of Schizophrenia -Positive and Negative Symptoms Schizophrenic Spectrum Disorders The Development of Schizophrenia -Genetic Factors -Prenatal Factors Studying Vulnerability in Schizophrenia -Family Studies -Twin Studies -Adoption Studies -Vulnerability and Adoptive Family Characteristics -High-Risk Studies and the Search for Markers Therapeutic Approaches -Antipsychotic Drugs -Psychosocial Approaches -Family Programs -Community Support -Combined Treatment Approaches Other Psychotic Disorders -Schizoaffective Disorder -Delusional Disorder -Shared Psychotic Disorder Our Take-Away Message Chapter Summary 13. Cognitive Impairment Disorders What This Chapter Is About The Brain: An Interactional Perspective -Vulnerability to Brain Disorders -Assessing Brain Damage Delirium -Delinum Tiemens Dementia -Alzheimer's Disease -Pick's Disease -Huntington's Disease -Parkinson's Disease -Brain Trauma: Injuries. Tumors, and Infections Amnestic Disorders The Diversity of Cognitive Impairment Disorders -Cerebrovascular Disorders -Vascular Dementia -Korsakoff's Syndrome -Epilepsy An Integrative Approach to Brain Disorders Our Take-Away Message Chapter Summary 14. Substance-Related Disorders What This Chapter Is About Substance-Use Disorders -Substance Dependence -Substance Abuse Substance-Induced Disorders Alcohol-Related Disorders -Excessive Alcohol Use -Theories and Treatment -Preventing Alcohol-Related Disorders Other Drugs -Barbiturates and Tranquilizer -The Opialds -Cocaine -Amphetamines -Hallucinogens -Phencyclidine (PCP) -Inhalants -Cannabis -Nicotine -Caffeine Is There a Final Common Pathway? Substance Dependence and Public Policy Are There Behavioral Addictions? The Dilemma of Pathological Gambling Our Take-Away Message Chapter Summary 15. Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence What This Chapter Is About Externalizing Disorders -Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder -Oppositional Defiant Disorder -Conduct Disorder Infernalizing Disorders -Separation Anxiety Disorder -Other Anxiety Disorders found in Childhood -Treatment of Anxiety Disorders in Children -Depression Other Childhood Disorders Therapy for Children and Adolescents -Play Therapy -Behavioral and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy -Family Therapy -Effectiveness of Therapy With Children Our Take-Away Message Chapter Summary 16. Pervasive Developmental Disorders and Mental Retardation What This Chapter Is About Pervasive Developmental Disorders -Autistic Disorder - Asperger's Disorder -Childhood Disintegrative Disorder -Rett's Disorder -Is There an Autistic Spectrum? Mental Retardation -Causes of Mental Retardation -Historical Views of Mental Retardation -Genetically Based Disorders -Fragile X Syndrome -Down Syndrome -The Fetal Environment and Mental Retardation - Fetal Alcohol Syndrome -Problems During and After Birth -Psychosocial Disadvantage -Types of Prevention and Intervention in Mental Retardation -Early Intervention Programs -Vocational and Social Skills Training Programs -Recognition and Treatment of Psychological Problems -The Families of Mentally Retarded Children Our Take-Away Message Chapter Summary 17. Society's Response to Maladaptive Behavior What This Chapter Is About Types of Prevention -Levels of Prevention -Situation-Focused and Competency-Focused Prevention Sites of Prevention -The Family -The School -The Community The Diverse Paths to Prevention -Community Psychology -Paraprofessionals -Self-Help Groups Treatment in the Community -Problems With Community Programs -Improving Treatment in the Community Legal Aspects of Treatment and Prevention -Institutionalization -The Rights of Patients -Confidentiality and the Duty to Warn A Final Word Our Take-Away Message Chapter Summary -Glossary -References -Credits -Author Index -Subject Index
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