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Would you like to include more high interest cases in your Abnormal Psychology course?Most textbooks on abnormal psychology include short descriptions of actual clinical cases. However, those presentations are necessarily brief and too fragmented for students to gain a clear understanding of the unique complexities of a person's troubled life. Case Studies in Abnormal Psychology, Ninth Edition takes mental disorders from the realm of theory into the complex reality of human lives. This casebook presents comprehensive coverage of 23 high interest cases that include topics such as eating disorders, gender identity disorder, borderline personality, and posttraumatic stress disorder. Each study (1) provides detailed descriptions of a range of clinical problems, (2) illustrates some of the ways in which these problems can be viewed and treated, and (3) discusses some of the evidence that is available concerning the prevalence and causes of the disorders in question.Case Studies in Abnormal Psychology, Ninth Edition is available in alternate versions (eBooks and custom) for professors and students. For more information, visit the "Instructor's Resource" tab or "Student Resource" tab below.Would you like to include more high interest cases in your Abnormal Psychology course?
Most textbooks on abnormal psychology include short descriptions of actual clinical cases. However, those presentations are necessarily brief and too fragmented for students to gain a clear understanding of the unique complexities of a person's troubled life. Case Studies in Abnormal Psychology, Ninth Edition takes mental disorders from the realm of theory into the complex reality of human lives. This casebook presents comprehensive coverage of 23 high interest cases that include topics such as eating disorders, gender identity disorder, borderline personality, and posttraumatic stress disorder. Each study (1) provides detailed descriptions of a range of clinical problems, (2) illustrates some of the ways in which these problems can be viewed and treated, and (3) discusses some of the evidence that is available concerning the prevalence and causes of the disorders in question.
Case Studies in Abnormal Psychology, Ninth Edition is available in alternate versions (eBooks and custom) for professors and students. For more information, visit the "Instructor's Resource" tab or "Student Resource" tab below.
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Chapter 2: Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia
Chapter 3: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Rape Trauma
Chapter 4: Hypertension in an African American Man
Chapter 5: Dissociative Identity Disorder: Multiple Personality
Chapter 6: Major Depressive Disorder
Chapter 7: Bipolar Mood Disorder
Chapter 8: Somatization Disorder
Chapter 9: Schizophrenia: Paranoid Type
Chapter 10: Psychotic Disorder (NOS), Substance Dependence, and Violence
Chapter 11: Alcohol Dependence
Chapter 12: Sexual Dysfunction: Female Orgasmic Disorder and Premature Ejaculation
Chapter 13: Paraphilias: Exhibitionism and Frotteurism
Chapter 14: Gender Identity Disorder: Transsexualism
Chapter 15: Eating Disorder: Anorexia Nervosa
Chapter 16: Eating Disorder: Bulimia Nervosa
Chapter 17: Parasomnia: Nightmare Disorder and Isolated Sleep Paralysis
Chapter 18: Paranoid Personality Disorder
Chapter 19: Borderline Personality Disorder
Chapter 20: Antisocial Personality Disorder: Psychopathy
Chapter 21: Autistic Disorder
Chapter 22: Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder
Chapter 23: Oppositional Defiant Disorder
References
Index