Description
Book SynopsisThis volume contains a collection of 43 primary sources, ranging from newspaper articles to scholarly journals, which aim to provide a supplement to any course in abnormal or clinical psychology. The articles represent current psychopathology and indicate the direction of new research.
Table of ContentsPartial table of contents:
INVESTIGATION AND DIAGNOSIS OF PSYCHOPATHOLOGY.
Debating Mental Illness: Implications for Science, Medicine, andSocial Policy (E. Gorenstein).
The Reliability of Psychiatric and Psychological Diagnosis (J.Matarazzo).
SCHIZOPHRENIA.
Clues to the Genetics and Neurobiology of Schizophrenia (S. Nicol& I. Gottesman).
Expressed Emotion: A Review of the Critical Literature (J.Hooley).
MOOD DISORDERS.
Antidepressants and Biochemical Theories of Depression (E. McNeal& P. Cimbolic).
Depressive Self-Schemas, Life Stress, and Vulnerability toDepression (C. Hammen, et al.).
ANXIETY DISORDERS AND REACTIONS TO STRESS.
A Cognitive Approach to Panic (D. Clark).
Confronting a Traumatic Event: Toward an Understanding ofInhibition and Disease (J. Pennebaker & S. Beall).
SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND INTERPERSONAL DISORDERS.
Portrait of a Con Artist (T. Sandler).
Epidemiology of Drug Abuse: An Overview (M. Schuckit).
PSYCHOPATHOLOGY IN CHILDREN.
Comparative Analysis of Attentional Deficits in Hyperactive andLearning Disabled Children (K. Tarnowski, et al.).
Toward an Understanding of Risk Factors for Bulimia (R.Striegel-Moore, et al.).
INTERVENTION.
Differential Aspects of Experiential and Problem-SolvingInterventions in Resolving Marital Conflict (S. Johnson, etal.).
Understanding and Preventing Relapse (K. Brownell).
