1 Introduction and Methods of Research -- How Do We Define Abnormal Behavior? -- Criteria for Determining Abnormality -- Cultural Bases of Abnormal Behavior -- Historical Perspectives on Abnormal Behavior -- The Demonological Model -- Origins of the Medical Model: In "Ill Humor" -- Medieval Times -- Witchcraft -- Asylums -- The Reform Movement and Moral Therapy -- A Step Backward -- The Community Mental Health Movement: The Exodus from State Hospitals -- Contemporary Perspectives on Abnormal Behavior -- Research Methods in Abnormal Psychology -- Description, Explanation, Prediction, and Control: The Objectives of Science -- The Scientific Method -- Ethics in Research -- Naturalistic-Observation -- Correlation -- The Experimental Method -- Epidemiological Studies -- Kinship Studies -- Case Studies -- Summing Up -- 2 Contemporary Perspectives on Abnormal Behavior -- The Biological Perspective -- The Nervous System -- Evaluating Biological Perspectives on Abnormal Behavior --

The Psychological Perspective -- Psychodynamic Models -- Learning Models -- Humanistic Models -- Cognitive Models -- The Sociocultural Perspective -- Ethnicity and Mental Health -- Evaluating the Sociocultural Perspective -- The Biopsychosocial Perspective -- The Diathesis-Stress Model -- Evaluating the Biopsychosocial Perspective -- Summing Up -- 3 Classification and Assessment of Abnormal Behavior -- How are Abnormal Behavior Patterns Classified? -- The DSM and Models of Abnormal Behavior -- Standards of Assessment -- Reliability -- Validity -- Methods of Assessment -- The Clinical Interview -- Psychological Tests -- Neuropsychological Assessment -- Behavioral Assessment -- Cognitive Assessment -- Physiological Measurement -- Sociocultural and Ethnic Factors in Assessment -- Summing Up -- 4 Methods of Treatment -- Types of Professionals in the Helping Field -- Psychotherapy -- Psychodynamic Therapy -- Behavior Therapy -- Humanistic Therapy -- Cognitive Therapy --

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy -- Eclectic Therapy -- Group, Family, and Couple Therapy -- Evaluating Methods of Treatment -- Multicultural Issues in Psychotherapy -- Biomedical Therapies -- Drug Therapy -- Ethnic Differences in Response to Psychotropic Medication -- Electroconvulsive Therapy -- Psychosurgery -- Evaluation of Biological Approaches -- Hospitalization and Community-Based Care -- Roles for Hospitalization -- The Community Mental Health Center -- Ethnic Group Differences in Use of Mental Health Services -- Racial Stereotyping and the Mental Health System -- Evaluation of Deinstitutionalization -- Summing Up -- 5 Stress, Psychological Factors, and Health -- Adjustment Disorders -- Stress and Illness -- Stress and the Endocrine System -- Stress and the Immune System -- The General Adaptation Syndrome -- Stress and Life Changes -- Acculturative Stress: Making It in America -- Psychological Factors That Moderate Stress -- Psychological Factors and Physical Disorders --

Headaches -- Cardiovascular Disease -- Asthma -- Cancer -- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) -- Summing Up -- 6 Anxiety Disorders -- Historical Perspectives on Anxiety Disorders -- Panic Disorder -- Theoretical Perspectives -- Treatment Approaches -- Phobic Disorders -- Types of Phobias -- Theoretical Perspectives -- Treatment Approaches -- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder -- Theoretical Perspectives -- Treatment Approaches -- Generalized Anxiety Disorder -- Theoretical Perspectives -- Treatment Approaches -- Traumatic Stress Disorders -- Features of Traumatic Stress Reactions -- Theoretical Perspectives -- Treatment Approaches -- Ethnic Differences in Anxiety Disorders -- Tying It Together -- Summing Up -- 7 Dissociative and Somatoform Disorders -- Dissociative Disorders -- Dissociative Identity Disorder -- Dissociative Amnesia -- Dissociative Fugue -- Depersonalization Disorder -- Culture-Bound Dissociative Syndromes -- Theoretical Perspectives -- Tying It Together --

Treatment of Dissociative Disorders -- Somatoform Disorders -- Conversion Disorder -- Hypochondriasis -- Body Dysmorphic Disorder -- Pain Disorder -- Somatization Disorder -- Koro and Dhat Syndromes: Far Eastern Somatoform Disorders? -- Theoretical Perspectives -- Treatment of Somatoform Disorders -- Summing Up -- 8 Mood Disorders and Suicide -- Types of Mood Disorders -- Major Depressive Disorder -- Dysthymic Disorder -- Bipolar Disorder -- Cyclothymic Disorder -- Theoretical Perspectives on Mood Disorders -- Stress and Mood Disorders -- Psychodynamic Theories -- Humanistic Theories -- Learning Theories -- Cognitive Theories -- Biological Factors -- Tying It Together -- Treatment of Mood Disorders -- Psychodynamic Approaches -- Behavioral Approaches -- Cognitive Approaches -- Psychological Treatment of Other Mood Disorders -- Biological Approaches -- Clinical Practice Guidelines for Depression -- Suicide -- Who Commits Suicide? -- Why Do People Commit Suicide? --

Theoretical Perspectives on Suicide -- Predicting Suicide -- Summing Up -- 9 Substance Abuse and Dependence -- Classification of Substance-Related Disorders -- Substance Abuse and Dependence -- Addiction, Physiological Dependence, and Psychological Dependence -- Racial and Ethnic Differences in Substance Dependence -- Pathways to Drug Dependence -- Drugs of Abuse -- Depressants -- Stimulants -- Hallucinogens -- Theoretical Perspectives -- Biological Perspectives -- Learning Perspectives -- Cognitive Perspectives -- Psychodynamic Perspectives -- Sociocultural Perspectives -- Tying It Together -- Treatment of Substance Abuse and Dependence -- Biological Approaches -- Culturally Sensitive Treatment of Alcoholism -- Nonprofessional Support Groups -- Residential Approaches -- Psychodynamic Approaches -- Behavioral Approaches -- Relapse-Prevention Training -- Summing Up -- 10 Eating Disorders, Obesity, and Sleep Disorders -- Eating Disorders -- Anorexia Nervosa -- Bulimia Nervosa --

Causes of Anorexia and Bulimia -- Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia -- Binge-Eating Disorder -- Obesity: A National Epidemic -- Are You Obese? -- What Causes Obesity? -- Ethnic and Socioeconomic Differences in Obesity -- Facing the Challenge of Obesity -- Sleep Disorders -- Dyssomnias -- Parasomnias -- Treatment of Sleep Disorders -- Summing Up -- 11 Disorders Involving Gender and Sexuality -- Gender Identity Disorder -- Theoretical Perspectives -- Sexual Dysfunctions -- Types of Sexual Dysfunctions -- Theoretical Perspectives -- Treatment of Sexual Dysfunctions -- Paraphilias -- Types of Paraphilias -- Theoretical Perspectives -- Treatment of Paraphilias -- Rape -- Types of Rape -- Theoretical Perspectives -- Summing Up -- 12 Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders -- Schizophrenia -- Prevalence -- Diagnostic Features -- Subtypes -- Theoretical Perspectives -- Tying It Together: The Diathesis-Stress Model -- Treatment Approaches -- Other Forms of Psychosis --

Brief Psychotic Disorder -- Schizophreniform Disorder -- Delusional Disorder -- Schizophrenia-Spectrum Disorders -- Summing Up -- 13 Personality Disorders -- Types of Personality Disorders -- Personality Disorders Characterized by Odd or Eccentric Behavior -- Personality Disorders Characterized by Dramatic, Emotional, or Erratic Behavior -- Personality Disorders Characterized by Anxious or Fearful Behavior -- Problems with the Classification of Personality Disorders -- Theoretical Perspectives -- Psychodynamic Perspectives -- Learning Perspectives -- Family Perspectives -- Biological Perspectives -- Sociocultural Perspectives -- Tying it Together -- Treatment of Personality Disorders -- Psychodynamic Approaches -- Behavioral Approaches -- Biological Approaches -- Summing Up -- 14 Abnormal Behavior in Childhood and Adolescence -- Normal and Abnormal Behavior in Childhood and Adolescence -- Cultural Beliefs About What Is Normal and Abnormal --

Prevalence of Mental Health Problems in Children and Adolescents -- Risk Factors for Childhood Disorders -- Pervasive Developmental Disorders -- Autism -- Mental Retardation -- Causes of Mental Retardation -- Intervention -- Learning Disorders -- Types of Learning Disorders -- Understanding and Treating Learning Disorders -- Communication Disorders -- Attention-Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders -- Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder -- Conduct Disorder -- Oppositional Defiant Disorder -- Childhood Anxiety and Depression -- Separation Anxiety Disorder -- Understanding and Treating Childhood Anxiety Disorders -- Childhood Depression -- Understanding and Treating Childhood Depression -- Suicide in Children and Adolescents -- Elimination Disorders -- Enuresis -- Encopresis -- Summing Up -- 15 Cognitive Disorders and Disorders Related to Aging -- Cognitive Disorders -- Dementia -- Delirium -- Amnestic Disorders -- Psychological Disorders Related to Aging --

Anxiety Disorders and Aging -- Depression and Aging -- Sleep Problems and Aging -- Dementia of the Alzheimer's Type -- Vascular Dementia -- Dementias Due to General Medical Conditions -- Dementia Due to Pick's Disease -- Dementia Due to Parkinson's Disease -- Dementia Due to Huntington's Disease -- Dementia Due to HIV Disease -- Dementia Due to Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease -- Dementia Due to Head Trauma -- Neurosyphilis -- Summing Up -- 16 Abnormal Psychology and the Law -- Psychiatric Commitment and Patient's Rights -- Predicting Dangerousness -- Patients' Rights -- The Insanity Defense -- Legal Bases of the Insanity Defense -- Determining the Length of Criminal Commitment -- Perspectives on the Insanity Defense -- Competency to Stand Trial -- Summing Up -- Glossary -- References -- Photo Credits -- Author Index -- Subject Index