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Book SynopsisWith an understanding of these fundamental methods, readers will be equipped to organize and evaluate psychiatric information and to develop a confident approach to practice and research.
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Table of ContentsForeword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Part I: Assessment and Explanation in Psychiatry
Chapter 1. The Mind-Brain Problem and a Structure for Psychiatry
Chapter 2. Factionalism: The Other Source of Disarray in Psychiatry
Chapter 3. Classification in Psychiatry and the Method of DSM-IV
Part II: The Concept of Diseases
Chapter 4. The Disease Perspective: Its Premises, History, Strengths, and Limitations for Psychiatry
Chapter 5. The Disease Concept Exemplified by Psychiatric Conditions with Known Neuropathologies
Chapter 6. The Disease Concept Applied to Psychiatric Conditions Without Known Neuropathologies
Chapter 7. Manic-Depression: A Disorder in the Affective Realm
Chapter 8. Schizophrenia
Part III: The Concept of Dimensions
Chapter 9. The Dimensional Perspective: Graded, Quantitative, Dispositional Distinctions
Chapter 10. Mental Subnormality: Distinctions Within a Dimensional Feature
Chapter 11. Temperament, Affective Dimensions, and Personality Disorders
Chapter 12. Emotions, Life Events, Traits of Temperament, and Treatment
Part IV: The Concept of Behaviors
Chapter 13. The Behavior Perspective
Chapter 14. Characteristics of Motivated Behaviors
Chapter 15. The Causes of Behavioral Disorders
Chapter 16. Treatment Principles for Behavioral Disorders
Chapter 17. Bulimia Nervosa: A Behavior Treated Through Stages of Change
Chapter 18. Hysteria
Chapter 19. Suicide
Part V: The Concept of Life Stories
Chapter 20. The Life-Story Perspective
Chapter 21. The Application of the Life-Story Perspective in Practice: Power, Process, and Pitfalls
Part VI: Practical Implications
Chapter 22. Practical Implications of the Perspectives
Chapter 23. Integrative Summary
Appendix: Reliability and Validity: The Process of Verification
Notes
Index
