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Psychology in a Changing Worldputs a human face on the study of Abnormal Psychology.#xA0; For courses in#xA0;Abnormal Psychology and Psychopathology. #xA0;#xA0; Within the field of abnormal psychology, research developments continue to sharpen#xA0;the understanding of abnormal behavior. In#xA0; Abnormal Psychology in a Changing World, Nevid, Rathus, and Greene#xA0;endeavor to bring these advances to students in a way that both stimulates interest and makes complex material understandable.#xA0;More importantly, however,#xA0;they#xA0;recognize there is a basic human dimension to the study of abnormal psychology.#xA0; The approach#xA0;the authors#xA0;take is to help students enter the world of people suffering from the range of disorders#xA0;they encounter in the text.#xA0;#xA0;By including many illustrative case examples drawn from#xA0;the authors'#xA0;own case experiences and those of other practitioners,#xA0;as well as through supplementary video cases, featuring interviews with real people diagnosed with different disorders, and#xA0;a landmark pedagogical feature#xA0;of first-person narratives from people struggling with#xA0;psychological disorders, Abnormal Psychology in a Changing World, 8th edition#xA0;helps put a human face on the study of abnormal psychology.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction and Methods of Research

Chapter 2: Contemporary Perspectives on Abnormal Behavior

Chapter 3: Classification and Assessment of Abnormal Behavior

Chapter 4: Methods of Treatment

Chapter 5: Stress, Psychological Factors, and Health

Chapter 6: Anxiety Disorders

Chapter 7: Dissociative and Somatoform Disorders

Chapter 8: Mood Disorders and Suicide

Chapter 9: Substance Abuse and Dependence

Chapter 10: Eating Disorders and Sleep Disorders

Chapter 11: Disorders Involving Gender and Sexuality

Chapter 12: Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders

Chapter 13: Personality Disorders and Impulse Control Disorders

Chapter 14: Abnormal Behavior in Childhood and Adolescence

Chapter 15: Cognitive Disorders and Disorders Related to Aging

Chapter 16: Abnormal Psychology and the Law

Cases within the Text

At the beginning of every chapter and then integrated in the text, the student will find the following personal stories:

“Cowering Under the Covers” (Bipolar Disorder; Chapter 1)“Thomas Hears Voices” (Schizophrenia; Chapter 1)

“Pretty Grisly Stuff” (Claustrophobia; Chapter 1)

“Jessica’s Little Secret” (Bulimia; Chapter 2)

“Jerry Has a Panic Attack on the Interstate” (Panic Disorder; Chapter 3)

“Susanna—‘A Girl, Interrupted’” (Suicide attempt; Chapter 4)

“Go! Go! It’s Coming Down!” (Traumatic stress; Chapter 5)

“I Felt Like I Was Going to Die Right Then and There” (Panic attack; Chapter 6)

“Just Checking” (Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder; Chapter 6)

“We Share a Single Body” (Dissociative Identity Disorder; Chapter 7)

“Sickened” (Münchausen Syndrome; Chapter 7)

“Darkness Visible” (Major depression; Chapter 8)

“An Unquiet Mind” (Bipolar Disorder; Chapter 8)

“Electroboy” (Manic Episode; Chapter 8)

“Leading a Normal Life” (Bipolar Disorder; Chapter 8)

“Nothing and Nobody Comes Before My Coke” (Substance Dependence; Chapter 9)

“Taking Away the Hurt I Feel” (Substance Dependence; Chapter 9)

“Surely They Can’t Mean Beer!” (Alcohol Dependence; Chapter 9)

“What’s Up with That?” (Bulimia; Chapter 10)

“He’s Only Sleepwalking” (Sleepwalking Disorder; Chapter 10)

“I Know Something None of You Will Ever Know” and “Everybody Is Born Unique, but Most of Us Die Copies” (Gender Identity Disorder; Chapter 11)

“Paralyzed with Anxiety” (Male Erectile Disorder; Chapter 11)

“I Never Thought It Would Happen to Me” and “Why Did She Put Up Such a Big Struggle?” (Date Rape; Chapter 11)

“I Hear Something You Can’t Hear” (Schizophrenia; Chapter 12)

“I and I, Dancing Fool, Challenge You the World to a Duel” (Schizophrenia; Chapter 12)

“The Poverties” (Schizophrenia; Chapter 12)

“The Voices Grow Softer” (Schizophrenia; Chapter 12)

"Walking on Eggshells” (Borderline Personality Disorder; Chapter 13)

“Rubbing Salt into a Wound” (Narcissistic Personality Disorder; Chapter 13)

“Living in the Labyrinth” (Alzheimer’s Disease; Chapter 13)

“My Dark Place” (Borderline Personality Disorder; Chapter 13)

“A World of My Own Creation” (Autistic Disorder; Chapter 14)

“I Didn’t Know What They (People) Were For” (Autistic Disorder; Chapter 14)

“Now Is the Last Best Time” (Alzheimer’s Disease; Chapter 15)

“A Daughter’s Dilemma” (Alzheimer’s Disease; Chapter 15)

“Please Look into Your Heart” (John Hinckley’s diary; Chapter 16)

" Controversies in Abnormal Psychology" Features within the Text

Jerry Deffenbacher of the University of Colorado, entitled “Anger Disorders and the DSM: Where Has All the Anger Gone?”

John Norcross and Gerald Koocher on discredited treatments: “Psychoquackery and Discredited Psychological Treatments in Mental Health”

Thomas Widiger on the DSM: “The Bible of Psychiatry”

William Sanderson on EBP: “The Controversy over Evidence-Based Practice: Repairing the Rift”

Charles Negy on acculturation and mental health: “Coming to America: The Case of Latinos”

Mark and Linda Sobell reflect on their personal perspectives on the controlled drinking controversy: “In the Eye of the Storm: The Controlled Drinking Controversy”

Wendy Slutske on pathological gambling: “Losing $10 Million: A Case of Pathological Gambling?”

Online Therapy: A New Therapeutic Tool or Pandora’s Box?

Is It All in the Genes?

EMDR: Fad or Find?

Are Recovered Memories Credible?

Why Are More Women Depressed?

Should Barbie Be Banned?

Gender Identity Disorder: Pathology or Cultural Creation (NEW)

“Cybersex Addiction”—A New Psychological Disorder?

Is Mental Illness a Myth?

Personality Disorders: Categories or Dimensions? (NEW)

Are We Overmedicating Our Kids?

The Bipolar Kid (NEW)

The Danger Lurking Within: Would You Want to Know? (Genetic testing)

Falling Through the Cracks: What Should We Do About the “Wild Man of West 96th Street?”

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