Case Studies in Abnormal Psychology, 7th Edition

by Thomas F. Oltmanns (Univ. of Virginia); Michele T. Martin (Wesleyan College); John M. Neale (State Univ. of New York at Stonybrook); Gerald C. Davison (Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles)

• ISBN13: 9780471731122
• ISBN10: 0471731129
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-01-01
• Publisher: WILEY

Summary

Now completely up-to-date, this in-depth casebook takes mental disorders from the realm of theory into the complex reality of human lives. The new seventh edition explores the full range of psychopathologies and types of patients. The 23 cases focus on symptoms, the client's history, treatment, and the outcome to provide detailed descriptions of a wide range of clinical problems that readers may face in the field. These problems span from childhood disorders to psychotic and personality disorders.

Table of 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.  Somatization Disorder

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 Frotteurism

15.  Gender Identity Disorder:  Transexualism

16.  Eating Disorder:  Anorexia Nervosa

17.  Eating Disorder:  Bulimia Nervosa

18.  Paranoid Personality Disorder

19.  Borderline Personality Disoder

20.  Antisocial Personality Disorder:  Psychopathy

21.  Autistic Disorder

22.  Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

23.  Separation Anxiety Disorder:  School Phobia

References

Index