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This is an introductory abnormal psychology text based on DSM IIIR, with up-to-date coverage of controversial topics. Classification is introduced early on in the text and research methods and historical background are presented along with each topic rather than in separate chapters. Offers more thorough coverage of cross-cultural and biological topics than other texts and includes two chapters on substance abuse. Clinical case studies are augmented with examples from literature, law, biology, political science, and anthropology, resulting in an integrated, humanistic approach.

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• Basic Characteristics of Abnormality
• Mental Disorders: Diagnosis, Classification, and Assessment
• Biomedical and Psychodynamic Viewpoints
• Social Learning, Cultural, and Humanistic Viewpoints
• Anxiety Disorders
• Dissociative and Somatoform Disorders
• Psychosomatic Disorders: Interaction of Psychosocial and Biophysical Conditions
• Gender Identity Disorders and Paraphilias
• Unconventional Sexual Preference and Sexual Dysfunctions
• Disorders of Mood
• Schizophrenic and Delusional (Paranoid) Disorders
• Personality Disorders and Disorders of Impulse Control
• Organic Mental Disorders: Syndromes, Biophysical Pathology, and Problems of Aging
• Psychoactive Substance Use Disorders: Drugs Other Than Alcohol
• Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence
• Mental Retardation
• Biomedical Therapy
• Psychodynamic, Humanistic, and Existentialist Therapy
• Behavior and Cognitive Therapy, Group Methods, and Effectiveness of Psychotherapy
• Legal Intervention and Problems of Community Mental Health