Abnormal Psychology, 15/e (IE-Paperback)

本書序言

● A new feature called Read More About It, which highlights recent important books about different disorders.
● Check Your Knowledge questions have been modified and added in nearly all chapters so that students can do a quick check to see if they are learning and integrating the material.
● New photos providing illustrations of real-world applications of psychopathology, including photos of some of the highly successful and well-known people who have come forward in the past several years to discuss their own psychological disorders.
● New cases and data from regions such as Europe, South America, Africa, and Asia Pacific present a more encompassing view of the clinical context for the theories and research that occupy most of our attention in the chapters.

本書特色

● Balanced coverage throughout, with a blend of research with clinical applications.
● Comprehensive coverage of current research, theories, and applications.
● Takes a problem-solving approach, by presenting students with the investigative process used by practicing clinicians and scientists.

Dr. Ann Kring is a professor of Psychology at the University of California-Berkeley and is the director of the Emotion and Social Interaction Laboratory. She received her PhD. from State University of New York at Stony Brook. Dr.Kring's broad research interests are in emotion and psychopathology. Specific interests include the emotional features of schizophrenia, assessing negative symptoms in schizophrenia, and the linkage between cognition and emotion in schizophrenia. In addition, Dr. Kring studies emotion in healthy individuals, with a focus on individual differences in expressive behavior, gender differences in emotion, and the linkages between personality, social context, and emotion.

Sheri L. Johnson, PhD, is Associate Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of Miami. Over the past decade, she has conducted research on psychosocial facets of bipolar disorder. Her work has been funded by the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression and by the National Institute of Mental Health, and her findings have been published in a number of journals, including the Journal of Abnormal Psychology and the American Journal of Psychiatry.

PART ONE INTRODUCTION AND FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES
Chapter 1: Introduction and Historical Overview
Chapter 2: Current Approaches in Psychopathology
Chapter 3: Diagnosis and Assessment
PART TWO PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS
Chapter 4: Research Methods in Psychopathology
Chapter 5: Mood Disorders
Chapter 6: Anxiety Disorders
Chapter 7: Obsessive-Compulsive–Related and Trauma-Related Disorders
Chapter 8: Dissociative Disorders and Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders
Chapter 9: Schizophrenia
Chapter 10: Substance Use Disorders
Chapter 11: Eating Disorders
Chapter 12: Sexual Disorders
Chapter 13: Disorders of Childhood
Chapter 14: Late Life and Neurocognitive Disorders
Chapter 15: Personality Disorders
Chapter 16: Legal and Ethical Issues