Full Description
With Macmillan's superior content delivered by LaunchPad (comprehensive course) or Achieve Read & Practice (e-book + online homework), Comer's widely adopted textbook shows students where the study and treatment of psychological disorders stand today. In addition to a thorough updating, the new edition employs some extraordinary interactive tools to bring students face to face with the realities of psychological dysfunction, organized for easy access and assignability.
Contents
Abnormal Psychology in Science and Clinical Practice
1 Abnormal Psychology: Past and Present
2 Research in Abnormal Psychology
3 Models of Abnormality
4 Clinical Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment
Problems of Anxiety and Mood
5 Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive, and Related Disorders
6 Disorders of Trauma and Stress
7 Depressive and Bipolar Disorders and Treatments
8 Suicide
Problems of the Mind and Body
9 Disorders Featuring Somatic Symptoms
10 Eating Disorders
11 Substance Use and Addictive Disorders
12 Sexual Disorders and Gender Variations
Problems of Psychosis and the Cognitive Function
13 Schizophrenia and Related Disorders
14 Treatments for Schizophrenia and Other Severe Mental Disorders
Life-Span Problems
15 Personality Disorders
16 Disorders Common Among Children and Adolescents
17 Disorders of Aging and Cognition
Conclusion
18 Law, Society, and the Mental Health Profession
