Case studies in abnormal psychology
by
Oltmanns, Thomas F.
Title
:
Case studies in abnormal psychology
Author
:
Oltmanns, Thomas F.
ISBN
:
9780471415626
Personal Author
:
Oltmanns, Thomas F.
Edition
:
6th ed.
Publication Information
:
Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, 2003.
Physical Description
:
xi, 404 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents
:
1. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder -- 2. Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia -- 3. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Rape Trauma -- 4. Social Phobia -- 5. Hypertension in an African American Man -- 6. Dissociative Identity Disorder: Multiple Personality -- 7. Major Depressive Disorder -- 8. Bipolar Mood Disorder -- 9. Depression, Delirium, and Suicidality in an Older Woman Caring for an Alzheimer's Patient -- 10. Schizophrenia: Paranoid Type -- 11. Psychotic Disorder (NOS), Substance Dependence, and Violence -- 12. Alcohol Dependence -- 13. Sexual Dysfunction: Female Orgasmic Disorder -- 14. Paraphilias: Exhibitionism and Frotterism -- 15. Gender Identity Disorder: Transsexualism -- 16. Eating Disorder: Anorexia Nervosa -- 17. Eating Disorder: Bulimia Nervosa -- 18. Paranoid Personality Disorder -- 19. Borderline Personality Disorder -- 20. Antisocial Personality Disorder: Psychopathy -- 21. Autistic Disorder -- 22. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
23. Separation Anxiety Disorder: School Phobia.
Abstract
:
"This Sixth Edition of Case Studies in Abnormal Psychology conveys the subtleties of the therapeutic process in an engaging and vivid way. Based on actual clinical experiences, these 23 in-depth cases take mental disorders from the realm of theory into the reality of human lives. These cases illustrate the different ways clinicians think about their work, the challenging issues they often face, and how they can help clients cope with life problems ranging from psychotic disorders to various disorders of childhood and aging."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject Term
:
Psychology, Pathological -- Case studies.
Psychiatry -- Case studies.
Mental Disorders -- Case Report.
Added Author
:
Davison, Gerald C.
Neale, John M., 1943-
| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Copy |
|---|
| IIEMSA | General Books | 33168015719459 | 616.8909 O.52C 2003 | 1 |
| IIEMSA | General Books | 33168015719418 | 616.8909 O.52C 2003 | 2 |
| IIEMSA | General Books | 33168015719376 | 616.8909 O.52C 2003 | 3 |