Full Description
Carter's Psychopathology is an accessible, engaging, and well-organized text covering the study, understanding, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of psychological disorders. Fully integrating gender and culture in the presentation of mental disorders, and using a sensitive and inclusive language to encourage an empathic approach to psychopathology, this introductory textbook offers students a strong foundation of the socio-cultural factors influencing how we treat mental disorders. Featuring: boxes such as 'the power of words', promoting the use of respectful, empathic language, and 'the power of evidence', demonstrating that scientific evidence can answer questions about psychopathology treatments; real-world case studies and examples; 'concept checks' questions to test the student's mastery of the material covered in each section; chapter summaries listing the 'take-home' points discussed; and key terms and glossary highlighting terms that students will need to understand and become familiar with, this textbook provides a hands-on approach to the study of psychopathology.
Contents
Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Overview of psychopathology and psychological disorders; 2. Psychopathology perspectives: theories and treatments; 3. Research, assessment, diagnosis, and treatment; 4. Anxiety, obsessive-compulsive, and related disorders; 5. Trauma and stressor-related and dissociative disorders; 6. Mood disorders; 7. Somatic symptom, sleep, and psychological factors affecting health; 8. Gender variation, sexual dysfunctions, and paraphilic disorders; 9. Eating disorders; 10. Disruptive impulse control and conduct disorders; 11. Substance-related and addictive disorders; 12. Personality disorders; 13. Schizophrenia and psychotic disorders; 14. Neurodevelopmental and neurocognitive disorders; 15. Legal and ethical issues; Glossary; References; Index.
