PSYCHOPATHOLOGY Explore a full range of mental health problems complete with clinical guidance with this new resource from a leader in clinical and abnormal psychology The newly revised Third Edition of Psychopathology: Research, Assessment, and Treatment in Clinical Psychology delivers comprehensive coverage of both psychopathology and clinical practice, including extensive descriptions of treatment techniques for a range of mental health issues. Accessibly written and appropriate for students at different learning levels, as well as post-graduate researchers and clinical trainees, the book emphasizes the provision of real insight into the nature and experience of mental health problems. The Third Edition includes fully updated research findings and completely new Focus Points that discuss contentious or topical issues in detail. It also includes Research Methods boxes showing how clinical psychologists do research on psychopathology, as well as Case Histories on a variety of mental health problems. The book covers third generation cognitive behavioral therapy approaches to reflect recent changes in service delivery. Finally, an updated supplements package includes new videos to assist readers in understanding the mental health problems described within. Students and trainees will also benefit from: O A thorough introduction to psychopathological concepts, procedures, and practices, including classification and assessment, stigma, dominant paradigms, research methods, and treatment O An exploration of a wide variety of psychopathologies and psychological disorders, including anxiety, depression and mood disorders, psychosis, substance use disorders, and eating disorders O Fulsome discussions of personality disorders, including antisocial personality disorder (APD) and narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) O A treatment of childhood and adolescent psychological problems Perfect for undergraduate students taking courses in clinical or abnormal psychology in a variety of post-secondary institutions in the United Kingdom and Europe, Psychopathology: Research, Assessment, and Treatment in Clinical Psychology also belongs on the bookshelves of professionals and researchers whoOs work brings them into contact with people suffering mental health problems.
Acknowledgements Preface to Third Edition Accompanying Online Resources for Instructors and Students PART I: INTRODUCING PSYCHOPATHOLOGY: CONCEPTS, PROCEDURES & PRACTICES Chapter 1: An Introduction to Psychopathology: Concepts, Paradigms & Stigma 1.1 A BRIEF HISTORY OF PSYCHOPATHOLOGY 1.2 DEFINING PSYCHOPATHOLOGY 1.3 EXPLANATORY APPROACHES TO PSYCHOPATHOLOGY 1.4 MENTAL HEALTH & STIGMA 1.5 CONCEPTS, PARADIGMS & STIGMA REVISITED Chapter 2: Classification & Assessment in Clinical Psychology 2.1 CLASSIFYING PSYCHOPATHOLOGY 2.2 METHODS OF ASSESSMENT 2.3 CASE FORMULATION 2.4 CLASSIFICATION & ASSESSMENT IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY REVISITED Chapter 3: Research Methods in Clinical Psychology 3.1 RESEARCH AND SCIENCE 3.2 CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH: WHAT DO WE WANT TO FIND OUT? 3.3 RESEARCH DESIGNS IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY 3.4 ETHICAL ISSUES IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH 3.5 RESEARCH METHODS IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY REVISITED Chapter 4: Treating Psychopathology 4.1 THE NATURE AND FUNCTION OF TREATMENTS FOR PSYCHOPATHOLOGY 4.2 EVALUATING TREATMENT 4.3 TREATING PSYCHOPATHOLOGY REVIEWED Chapter 5: Clinical Practice 5.1 THE ECONOMIC COST OF MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS 5.2 WHO ARE MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS? 5.3 PROVIDING MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES 5.4 THE ROLE OF THE CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST 5.5 CLINICAL PRACTICE REVIEWED PART II: PSYCHOPATHOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS Chapter 6: Anxiety & Stressor-Related Problems 6.1 SPECIFIC PHOBIAS 6.2 SOCIAL ANXIETY DISORDER 6.3 PANIC DISORDER & AGORAPHOBIA 6.4 GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER (GAD) 6.5 OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER (OCD) 6.6 TRAUMA & STRESS-RELATED DISORDERS 6.7 ANXIETY-BASED PROBLEMS REVIEWED Chapter 7: Depression & Mood Disorders 7.1 MAJOR DEPRESSION 7.2 BIPOLAR DISORDER 7.3 THE TREATMENT OF DEPRESSION 7.4 NON-SUICIDAL SELF INJURY (NSSI) 7.5 SUICIDE 7.6 DEPRESSON & MOOD DISORDERS REVIEWED Chapter 8: Experiencing Psychosis: Schizophrenia Spectrum Problems 8.1 THE NATURE OF PSYCHOTIC SYMPTOMS 8.2 THE DIAGNOSIS OF SCHIZOPHRENIA SPECTRUM DISORDERS 8.3 THE PREVALENCE OF SCHIZOPHRENIA SPECTRUM DISORDERS 8.4 THE COURSE OF PSYCHOTIC SYMPTOMS 8.5 THE AETIOLOGY OF PSYCHOTIC SYMPTOMS 8.6 THE TREATMENT OF PSYCHOSIS 8.7 EXPERIENCING PSYCHOSIS REVIEWED Chapter 9: Substance Use Disorders 9.1 DEFINING AND DIAGNOSING SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS 9.2 THE PREVALENCE AND COMORBIDITY OF SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS 9.3 CHARACTERISTICS OF SPECIFIC SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDERS 9.4 THE AETIOLOGY OF SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS 9.5 THE TREATMENT OF SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS 9.6 SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS REVIEWED Chapter 10: Eating Disorders 10.1 DIAGNOSIS AND PREVALENCE 10.2 CULTURAL & DEMOGRAPHIC DIFFERENCES IN EATING DISORDERS 10.3 THE AETIOLOGY OF EATING DISORDERS 10.4 THE TREATMENT OF EATING DISORDERS 10.5 EATING DISORDERS REVIEWED Chapter 11: Sexual Problems 11.1 DEFINING PATHOLOGICAL SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR 11.2 SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS 11.3 PARAPHILIC DISORDERS 11.4 SEXUAL PROBLEMS REVIEWED Chapter 12: Personality Disorders 12.1 CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF PERSONALITY DISORDERS 12.2 PERSONALITY DISORDERS & THEIR DIAGNOSIS 12.3 THE PREVALENCE OF PERSONALITY DISORDERS 12.4 THE AETIOLOGY OF PERSONALITY DISORDERS 12.5 TREATING PEOPLE WITH A DIAGNOSIS OF PERSONALITY DISORDER 12.6 PERSONALITY DISORDERS REVIEWED Chapter 13: Somatic Symptom Disorders 13.1 THE DIAGNOSIS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF SOMATIC SYMPTOM DISORDERS 13.2 THE AETIOLOGY OF SOMATIC SYMPTOM DISORDERS 13.3 THE TREATMENT OF SOMATIC SYMPTOM DISORDERS 13. 4 SOMATIC SYMPTOM DISORDERS REVIEWED Chapter 14: Dissociative Experiences 14.1 THE DIAGNOSIS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS. 14.2 THE AETIOLOGY OF DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS 14.3 THE TREATMENT OF DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS 14.4 DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS REVIEWED Chapter 15: Neurocognitive Disorders 15.1 THE DIAGNOSIS AND ASSESSMENT OF NEUROCOGNITIVE DISORDERS 15.2 TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION FOR NEUROCOGNTIVE DISORDERS 15.3 NEUROCOGNITIVE DISORDERS REVIEWED Chapter 16: Childhood & Adolescent Psychological Problems 16.1 THE DIAGNOSIS & PREVALENCE OF CHILDHOOD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS: SOME GENERAL ISSUES 16.2 DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOUR PROBLEMS 16.3 CHILDHOOD & ADOLESCENT ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION 16.4 THE TREATMENT OF CHILDHOOD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS 16.5 CHILDHOOD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS REVIEWED Chapter 17: Neurodevelopmental Disability & Diversity 17.1 THE HISTORY OF CATERGORIZING AND LABELLING NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES & DIVERSITIES 17.2 SPECIFIC LEARNING PROBLEMS 17.3 INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES 17.4 AUTISTIC SPECTRUM DISORDER (ASD) 17.5 NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY & DIVERSITY REVIEWED Index
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