Abnormal Psychology 11th Edition by Ronald J. Comer, ISBN-13: 978-1319190729

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Abnormal Psychology 11th Edition by Ronald J. Comer, ISBN-13: 978-1319190729

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• Publisher: ‎ Worth Publishers; Eleventh edition (February 12, 2021)
• Language: ‎ English
• 752 pages
• ISBN-10: ‎ 1319190723
• ISBN-13: ‎ 978-1319190729

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. Portraying the real human impact of psychological disorders, Abnormal Psychology breaks down the intricacies of psychological dysfunction in order to speak directly to your concerns. Interweaving theory, diagnosis, and treatment content, this text presents a cross-cultural perspective to give you a deeper understanding of this science.

Table of Contents:

About this Book

Cover Page

Inside Front Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

About the Authors

Brief Contents

Contents

Preface

Chapter 1 Abnormal Psychology: Past and Present

What Is Psychological Abnormality?

Deviance

Distress

Dysfunction

Danger

The Elusive Nature of Abnormality

What Is Treatment?

How Was Abnormality Viewed and Treated in the Past?

Ancient Views and Treatments

Greek and Roman Views and Treatments

Europe in the Middle Ages: Demonology Returns

The Renaissance and the Rise of Asylums

The Nineteenth Century: Reform and Moral Treatment

The Early Twentieth Century: The Somatogenic and Psychogenic Perspectives

Recent Decades and Current Trends

How Are People with Severe Disturbances Cared For?

How Are People with Less Severe Disturbances Treated?

A Growing Emphasis on Preventing Disorders and Promoting Mental Health

Multicultural Psychology

The Increasing Influence of Insurance Coverage

What Are Today’s Leading Theories and Professions?

Technology and Mental Health

Moving Forward

Summing Up

Chapter 2 Research in Abnormal Psychology

What Do Clinical Researchers Do?

The Case Study

How Are Case Studies Helpful?

What Are the Limitations of Case Studies?

The Correlational Method

Describing a Correlation

When Can Correlations Be Trusted?

What Are the Merits of the Correlational Method?

The Experimental Method

The Control Group

Random Assignment

Masked Design

Alternative Research Designs

Matched Designs

Natural Experiments

Analogue Experiments

Single-Case Experiments

Longitudinal Studies

Epidemiological Studies

Protecting Human Participants

Keeping an Eye on Research Methods

Summing Up

Chapter 3 Models of Abnormality

The Biological Model

How Do Biological Theorists Explain Abnormal Behavior?

Biological Treatments

Assessing the Biological Model

The Psychodynamic Model

How Did Freud Explain Normal and Abnormal Functioning?

How Do Other Psychodynamic Explanations Differ from Freud’s?

Psychodynamic Therapies

Assessing the Psychodynamic Model

The Cognitive-Behavioral Model

The Behavioral Dimension

The Cognitive Dimension

The Cognitive-Behavioral Interplay

New Wave Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies

Assessing the Cognitive-Behavioral Model

The Humanistic-Existential Model

Rogers’ Humanistic Theory and Therapy

Gestalt Theory and Therapy

Spiritual Views and Interventions

Existential Theories and Therapy

Assessing the Humanistic-Existential Model

The Sociocultural Model: Family-Social and Multicultural Perspectives

How Do Family-Social Theorists Explain Abnormal Functioning?

Family-Social Treatments

How Do Multicultural Theorists Explain Abnormal Functioning?

Multicultural Treatments

Assessing the Sociocultural Model

Integrating the Models: The Developmental Psychopathology Perspective

Summing Up

Chapter 4 Clinical Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment

Clinical Assessment: How and Why Does the Client Behave Abnormally?

Characteristics of Assessment Tools

Clinical Interviews

Clinical Tests

Clinical Observations

Diagnosis: Does the Client’s Syndrome Match a Known Disorder?

Classification Systems

DSM-5 and DSM-5-TR

Is DSM-5-TR an Effective Classification System?

Can Diagnosis and Labeling Cause Harm?

Treatment: How Might the Client Be Helped?

Treatment Decisions

The Effectiveness of Treatment

What Lies Ahead?

Summing Up

Chapter 5 Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive, and Related Disorders

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

The Sociocultural Perspective: Societal and Multicultural Factors

The Psychodynamic Perspective

The Humanistic Perspective

The Cognitive-Behavioral Perspective

The Biological Perspective

Phobias

Specific Phobias

Agoraphobia

What Causes Phobias?

How Are Phobias Treated?

Social Anxiety Disorder

What Causes Social Anxiety Disorder?

Treatments for Social Anxiety Disorder

Panic Disorder

The Biological Perspective

The Cognitive-Behavioral Perspective

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

What Are the Features of Obsessions and Compulsions?

The Psychodynamic Perspective

The Cognitive-Behavioral Perspective

The Biological Perspective

Obsessive-Compulsive-Related Disorders

Integrating the Models: The Developmental Psychopathology Perspective

Summing Up

Chapter 6 Disorders of Trauma and Stress

Stress and Arousal: The Fight-or-Flight Response

Acute and Posttraumatic Stress Disorders

What Triggers Acute and Posttraumatic Stress Disorders?

Why Do People Develop Acute and Posttraumatic Stress Disorders?

How Do Clinicians Treat Acute and Posttraumatic Stress Disorders?

Dissociative Disorders

Dissociative Amnesia

Dissociative Identity Disorder

How Do Theorists Explain Dissociative Amnesia and Dissociative Identity Disorder?

How Are Dissociative Amnesia and Dissociative Identity Disorder Treated?

Depersonalization-Derealization Disorder

Getting a Handle on Trauma and Stress

Summing Up

Chapter 7 Depressive and Bipolar Disorders

Unipolar Depression: The Depressive Disorders

How Common Is Unipolar Depression?

What Are the Symptoms of Depression?

Diagnosing Unipolar Depression

Stress and Unipolar Depression

The Biological Model of Unipolar Depression

The Psychological Models of Unipolar Depression

The Sociocultural Model of Unipolar Depression

Integrating the Models: The Developmental Psychopathology Perspective

Bipolar Disorders

What Are the Symptoms of Mania?

Diagnosing Bipolar Disorders

What Causes Bipolar Disorders?

What Are the Treatments for Bipolar Disorders?

Making Sense of All That Is Known

Summing Up

Chapter 8 Suicide

What Is Suicide?

How Is Suicide Studied?

Patterns and Statistics

What Triggers a Suicide?

Stressful Events and Situations

Mood and Thought Changes

Alcohol and Other Drug Use

Mental Disorders

Modeling: The Contagion of Suicide

Combination of Factors

What Are the Underlying Causes of Suicide?

The Psychodynamic View

Durkheim’s Sociocultural View

The Interpersonal View

The Biological View

Is Suicide Linked to Age?

Children

Adolescents

The Elderly

Treatment and Suicide

What Treatments Are Used After Suicide Attempts?

What Is Suicide Prevention?

Do Suicide Prevention Programs Work?

Psychological and Biological Insights Lag Behind

Summing Up

Chapter 9 Disorders Featuring Somatic Symptoms

Factitious Disorder

Conversion Disorder and Somatic Symptom Disorder

Conversion Disorder

Somatic Symptom Disorder

What Causes Conversion and Somatic Symptom Disorders?

How Are Conversion and Somatic Symptom Disorders Treated?

Illness Anxiety Disorder

Psychophysiological Disorders: Psychological Factors Affecting Other Medical Conditions

Traditional Psychophysiological Disorders

New Psychophysiological Disorders

Psychological Treatments for Physical Disorders

Relaxation Training

Biofeedback

Meditation

Hypnosis

Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions

Support Groups and Emotion Expression

Combination Approaches

Expanding the Boundaries of Abnormal Psychology

Summing Up

Chapter 10 Eating Disorders

Anorexia Nervosa

The Clinical Picture

Medical Problems

Bulimia Nervosa

Binges

Compensatory Behaviors

Bulimia Nervosa Versus Anorexia Nervosa

Binge-Eating Disorder

What Causes Eating Disorders?

Psychodynamic Factors: Ego Deficiencies

Cognitive-Behavioral Factors

Depression

Biological Factors

Societal Pressures

Family Environment

Multicultural Factors: Racial and Ethnic Differences

Multicultural Factors: Gender Differences

How Are Eating Disorders Treated?

Treatments for Anorexia Nervosa

Treatments for Bulimia Nervosa

Treatments for Binge-Eating Disorder

Prevention of Eating Disorders: Wave of the Future

Summing Up

Chapter 11 Substance Use and Addictive Disorders

Depressants

Alcohol

Sedative-Hypnotic Drugs

Opioids

Stimulants

Cocaine

Amphetamines

Stimulant Use Disorder

Caffeine

Hallucinogens, Cannabis, and Combinations of Substances

Hallucinogens

Cannabis

Combinations of Substances

What Causes Substance Use Disorders?

Sociocultural Views

Psychodynamic Views

Cognitive-Behavioral Views

Biological Views

The Developmental Psychopathology View

How Are Substance Use Disorders Treated?

Psychodynamic Therapies

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies

Biological Treatments

Sociocultural Therapies

Other Addictive Disorders

Gambling Disorder

Internet Use Disorder and Internet Gaming Disorder

New Wrinkles to a Familiar Story

Summing Up

Chapter 12 Sexual Disorders and Gender Variations

Sexual Dysfunctions

Disorders of Desire

Disorders of Excitement

Disorders of Orgasm

Disorders of Sexual Pain

Treatments for Sexual Dysfunctions

What Are the General Features of Sex Therapy?

What Techniques Are Used to Treat Particular Dysfunctions?

What Are the Current Trends in Sex Therapy?

Paraphilic Disorders

Fetishistic Disorder

Transvestic Disorder

Exhibitionistic Disorder

Voyeuristic Disorder

Frotteuristic Disorder

Pedophilic Disorder

Sexual Masochism Disorder

Sexual Sadism Disorder

Gender Variations

Transgender Functioning

Gender Dysphoria

Personal Topics Draw Public Attention

Summing Up

Chapter 13 Schizophrenia and Related Disorders

The Clinical Picture of Schizophrenia

What Are the Symptoms of Schizophrenia?

What Is the Course of Schizophrenia?

Diagnosing Schizophrenia

How Do Theorists Explain Schizophrenia?

Biological Views

Psychological Views

Sociocultural Views

Developmental Psychopathology View

Psychological and Sociocultural Models Lag Behind

Summing Up

Chapter 14 Treatments for Schizophrenia and Other Severe Mental Disorders

Institutional Care in the Past

Institutional Care Takes a Turn for the Better

Milieu Therapy

The Token Economy

Antipsychotic Drugs

How Effective Are Antipsychotic Drugs?

The Unwanted Effects of First-Generation Antipsychotic Drugs

Second-Generation Antipsychotic Drugs

Psychotherapy

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies

Family Therapy

Coordinated Specialty Care

The Community Approach

What Are the Features of Effective Community Care?

How Has Community Treatment Failed?

The Promise of Community Treatment

An Important Lesson

Summing Up

Chapter 15 Personality Disorders

“Odd” Personality Disorders

Paranoid Personality Disorder

Schizoid Personality Disorder

Schizotypal Personality Disorder

“Dramatic” Personality Disorders

Antisocial Personality Disorder

Borderline Personality Disorder

Histrionic Personality Disorder

Narcissistic Personality Disorder

“Anxious” Personality Disorders

Avoidant Personality Disorder

Dependent Personality Disorder

Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder

Multicultural Factors: Research Neglect

Are There Better Ways to Classify Personality Disorders?

The “Big Five” Theory of Personality and Personality Disorders

“Personality Disorder – Trait Specified”: DSM-5’s Proposed Dimensional Approach

Rediscovered, Then Reconsidered

Summing Up

Chapter 16 Disorders Common Among Children and Adolescents

Childhood and Adolescence

Childhood Anxiety Disorders

Separation Anxiety Disorder and Selective Mutism

Treatments for Childhood Anxiety Disorders

Depressive and Bipolar Disorders During Childhood

Major Depressive Disorder

Bipolar Disorder and Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder

Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Conduct Disorder

What Are the Causes of Conduct Disorder?

How Do Clinicians Treat Conduct Disorder?

Elimination Disorders

Enuresis

Encopresis

Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

Autism Spectrum Disorder

Intellectual Disability (Intellectual Developmental Disorder)

Clinicians Discover Childhood and Adolescence

Summing Up

Chapter 17 Disorders of Aging and Cognition

Old Age and Stress

Depression in Later Life

Anxiety Disorders in Later Life

Substance Misuse in Later Life

Psychotic Disorders in Later Life

Disorders of Cognition

Delirium

Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Neurocognitive Disorders

Issues Affecting the Mental Health of the Elderly

Clinicians Discover the Elderly

Summing Up

Chapter 18 Law, Society, and the Mental Health Profession

Law and Mental Health

Psychology in Law: How Do Clinicians Influence the Criminal Justice System?

Law in Psychology: How Do the Legislative and Judicial Systems Influence Mental Health Care?

In What Other Ways Do the Clinical and Legal Fields Interact?

What Ethical Principles Guide Mental Health Professionals?

Mental Health, Business, and Economics

Bringing Mental Health Services to the Workplace

The Economics of Mental Health

Technology and Mental Health

The Person Within the Profession

Within a Larger System

Summing Up

Glossary

References

Credits

Name Index

Subject Index

Back Cover

RONALD J. COMER has been a professor in Princeton University’s Department of Psychology for the past 46 years, also serving for many years as director of Clinical Psychology Studies and as chair of the university’s Institutional Review Board. In 2016 he transitioned to emeritus status at the university. He has received the President’s Award for Distinguished Teaching at Princeton, where his various courses in abnormal psychology were among the university’s most popular.

Professor Comer is also Clinical Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. He has also been a practicing clinical psychologist and served as a consultant to Eden Autism Services and to hospitals and family practice residency programs throughout New Jersey.

In addition to writing the textbooks Abnormal Psychology (eleventh edition), Fundamentals of Abnormal Psychology (ninth edition), Psychology Around Us (second edition), and Case Studies in Abnormal Psychology (second edition), Professor Comer has published a range of journal articles and produced numerous widely used educational video programs, including The Higher Education Video Library Series, The Video Anthology for Abnormal Psychology, Video Segments in Neuroscience, Introduction to Psychology Video Clipboard, and Developmental Psychology Video Clipboard.

Professor Comer was an undergraduate at the University of Pennsylvania and a graduate student at Clark University. He currently lives in Boynton Beach, Florida, with his wife, Marlene. From there he keeps a close eye on his nearby grandchildren Delia and Emmett, somehow making the same mistakes with them that he made with their father Jon and uncle Greg a generation ago. Then again, that turned out pretty well.

JONATHAN S. COMER is a professor of psychology at Florida International University, where he also directs the Mental Health Interventions and Technology (MINT) Program. He is Past President of the Society of Clinical Psychology (Division 12 of the American Psychological Association) and a leader in the field of clinical child and adolescent psychology. The author of approximately 200 scientific papers and chapters, he has received career awards from the American Psychological Association, the Association for Psychological Science, and the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies for his research on innovative treatment methods, childhood anxiety and disruptive behaviors, and the impact of traumatic stress, disasters, and terrorism on children. His current work also focuses on ties between psychopathology, neurocircuitry, and the intergenerational transmission of psychological problems.

In addition to Abnormal Psychology (eleventh edition), Professor Comer has authored Fundamentals of Abnormal Psychology (ninth edition) and Childhood Disorders (second edition) and edited The Oxford Handbook of Research Strategies for Clinical Psychology, among other books. He serves as Editor of the journal Behavior Therapy and is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Society of Clinical Psychology, the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, and the Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice. He is also a practicing clinical psychologist.

Professor Comer was an undergraduate at the University of Rochester and a graduate student at Temple University. He currently lives in South Florida with his wife, Jami, and their children Delia and Emmett. He loves music — both playing and listening — and enjoys keeping an eye on the often-frustrating Philadelphia sports teams that his father taught him to love/hate.

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