Most textbooks on abnormal psychology include short descriptions of actual clinical cases. However, those presentations are necessarily brief and too fragmented for students to gain a clear understanding of the unique complexities of a person's troubled life. Case Studies in Abnormal Psychology, Ninth Edition takes mental disorders from the realm of theory into the complex reality of human lives. This casebook presents comprehensive coverage of 23 high interest cases that include topics such as eating disorders, gender identity disorder, borderline personality, and posttraumatic stress disorder. Each study (1) provides detailed descriptions of a range of clinical problems, (2) illustrates some of the ways in which these problems can be viewed and treated, and (3) discusses some of the evidence that is available concerning the prevalence and causes of the disorders in question.

InhaltsangabePreface Chapter 1: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Chapter 2: Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia Chapter 3: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Rape Trauma Chapter 4: Hypertension in an African American Man Chapter 5: Dissociative Identity Disorder: Multiple Personality Chapter 6: Major Depressive Disorder Chapter 7: Bipolar Mood Disorder Chapter 8: Somatization Disorder Chapter 9: Schizophrenia: Paranoid Type Chapter 10: Psychotic Disorder (NOS), Substance Dependence, and Violence Chapter 11: Alcohol Dependence Chapter 12: Sexual Dysfunction: Female Orgasmic Disorder and Premature Ejaculation Chapter 13: Paraphilias: Exhibitionism and Frotteurism Chapter 14: Gender Identity Disorder: Transsexualism Chapter 15: Eating Disorder: Anorexia Nervosa Chapter 16: Eating Disorder: Bulimia Nervosa Chapter 17: Parasomnia: Nightmare Disorder and Isolated Sleep Paralysis Chapter 18: Paranoid Personality Disorder Chapter 19: Borderline Personality Disorder Chapter 20: Antisocial Personality Disorder: Psychopathy Chapter 21: Autistic Disorder Chapter 22: Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder Chapter 23: Oppositional Defiant Disorder References Index