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Abnormal Psychology: The Core Concepts | |
Case Vignette | |
The Core Concepts | |
The Importance of Context in Defining and Understanding Abnormality | |
The Continuum Between Normal and Abnormal Behavior | |
Cultural and Historical Relativism in Defining and Classifying Abnormality | |
The Advantages and Limitations of Diagnosis | |
The Principle of Multiple Causality | |
The Connection Between Mind and Body | |
The Core Concepts: A View From the Past | |
Chapter Summary | |
Defining Abnormality: What Is Psychopathology? | |
Case Vignette | |
Commonly Used Criteria for Defining Abnormality | |
Help Seeking | |
Irrationality/Dangerousness | |
Deviance | |
Emotional Distress | |
Significant Impairment | |
Core Concepts in Defining Abnormality | |
Cultural and Historical Relativism | |
The Continuum Between Normal and Abnormal Behavior | |
Defining Abnormality: Practical Solutions | |
Working Definitions of Psychopathology | |
Chapter Summary | |
Explaining Abnormality: What Causes Psychopathology? | |
Case Vignette | |
Explaining Abnormality: The Core Concepts | |
Cultural and Historical Relativism | |
The Principle of Multiple Causality | |
The Connection Between Mind and Body | |
The Theoretical Perspectives | |
Psychodynamic Perspectives | |
Humanistic and Existential Perspectives | |
Behavioral Perspectives | |
Cognitive Perspectives | |
Sociocultural and Family Systems Perspectives | |
Biological Perspectives | |
Case Vignette-Explanation and Treatment | |
Chapter Summary | |
Classifying Abnormality: Diagnosis and Assessment | |
The Advantages and Limitations of Diagnosis | |
Reliability | |
Validity | |
The History of Diagnostic Systems for Psychopathology | |
The DSM-III Revolution and Controversy | |
Advantages of the Modern DSM Approach | |
Limitations of the Modern DSM Approach | |
Using the DSM-IV-TR: Making a Multiaxial Diagnosis | |
Axis I and Axis II | |
Axes III, IV, and V | |
A Complete DSM-IV-TR Diagnosis | |
Assessment | |
Interviews | |
Tests | |
Behavioral Observation | |
Diagnosis and Assessment in Perspective: Classifying and Understanding Dave | |
Interview with Dave | |
Dave's Test Results | |
Behavioral Observations of Dave | |
The Advantages and Limitations of the Diagnosis of Dave | |
Chapter Summary | |
Anxiety and the Anxiety Disorders | |
Case Vignettes | |
Defining Anxiety and Anxiety Disorders | |
The Importance of Context in Defining Anxiety Disorders | |
The Continuum Between Normal and Abnormal Anxiety | |
Classifying Anxiety Disorders | |
The DSM-IV-TR Categories | |
The Advantages and Limitations of the DSM-IV-TR Anxiety Disorder Diagnoses | |
Classification in Demographic Context | |
Cultural and Historical Relativism in Defining and Classify | |
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