Abnormal Psychology in a Changing World, 7th Edition

Chapter 1: Introduction and Methods of Research

Chapter 2: Contemporary Perspectives on Abnormal Behavior

Chapter 3: Classification and Assessment of Abnormal Behavior

Chapter 4:  Methods of Treatment

Chapter 5:  Stress, Psychological Factors, and Health

Chapter 6:  Anxiety Disorders

Chapter 7:  Dissociative and Somatoform Disorders

Chapter 8:  Mood Disorders and Suicide

Chapter 9:  Substance Abuse and Dependence

Chapter 10:  Eating Disorders and Sleep Disorders

Chapter 11:  Disorders Involving Gender and Sexuality

Chapter 12:  Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders

Chapter 13:  Personality Disorders and Impulse Control Disorders

Chapter 14:  Abnormal Behavior in Childhood and Adolescence

Chapter 15:  Cognitive Disorders and Disorders Related to Aging

Chapter 16: Abnormal Psychology and the Law

"I" Feature first-person narratives include:

• NEW! “Just Checking” (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder; Ch. 6)
• NEW! “Walking on Eggshells” (Borderline Personality Disorder; Ch. 13)
• NEW!“Rubbing Salt into a Wound” (Narcissistic Personality Disorder; Ch. 13)
• NEW! “Living in the Labyrinth” (Alzheimer’s Disease; Ch. 13).
• “Cowering Under the Covers” (Bipolar Disorder; Ch. 1)
• “Thomas Hears Voices” (Schizophrenia; Ch. 1)
• “Pretty Grisly Stuff” (Claustrophobia; Ch. 1)
• “Jessica’s Little Secret” (Bulimia; Ch. 2)
• “Jerry Has a Panic Attack on the Interstate” (Panic Disorder; Ch. 3)
• “Susanna–‘A Girl, Interrupted’” (Suicide attempt; Ch.4)
• “Go! Go! It’s Coming Down!” (Traumatic stress; Ch. 5)
• “I Felt Like I Was Going To Die Right Then And There” (Panic attack; Ch. 6)
• “We Share a Single Body” (Dissociative Identity Disorder; Ch. 7)
• “Sickened” (Münchausen Syndrome; Ch. 7)
• “Darkness Visible” (Major depression; Ch. 8)
• “An Unquiet Mind” (Bipolar Disorder; Ch. 8)
• “Electroboy” (Manic Episode; Ch. 8)
• “Leading a Normal Life” (Bipolar Disorder; Ch. 8)
• “Nothing and Nobody Comes Before My Coke” (Substance Dependence; Ch.9)
• “Taking Away the Hurt I Feel” (Substance Dependence; Ch.9)
• “Surely They Can’t Mean Beer!” (Alcohol Dependence; Ch.9)
• “What’s Up with That?” (Bulimia; Ch.10)
• “He’s Only Sleepwalking” (Sleepwalking Disorder; Ch.10)
• “I Know Something None of You Will Ever Know” and “Everybody Is Born Unique, But Most of Us Die Copies” (Gender Identity Disorder; Ch.11)
• “Paralyzed with Anxiety” (Male Erectile Disorder; Ch.11)
• “I Never Thought It Would Happen to Me” and “Why Did She Put Up Such A Big Struggle?” (Date Rape; Ch. 11)
• “I Hear Something You Can’t Hear” (Schizophrenia; Ch.12)
• “I and I, Dancing Fool, Challenge You the World to a Duel” (Schizophrenia; Ch.12)
• “The Poverties” (Schizophrenia; Ch.12)
• “The Voices Grow Softer” (Schizophrenia; Ch. 12)
• “My Dark Place” (Borderline Personality Disorder; Ch. 13)
• “A World of My Own Creation” (Autistic Disorder; Ch.14)
• “I Didn’t Know What They (People) Were For” (Autistic Disorder; Ch.14)
• “Now is the Last Best Time” (Alzheimer’s Disease; Ch.15)
• “A Daughter’s Dilemma” (Alzheimer’s Disease; Ch. 15)
• “Please Look Into Your Heart” (John Hinckley’s diary; Ch. 16)

Controversies in Abnormal Psychology feature includes:

• NEW! John Norcross and Gerrald Koocher on discredited treatments:  “Psychoquackery And Discredited Psychological Treatments In Mental Health”
• NEW! Thomas Widiger on the DSM: “The Bible of Psychiatry”
• NEW! William Sanderson on EBP:  “The Controversy Over Evidence-Based Practice:  Repairing the Rift”
• NEW! Charles Negy on acculturation and mental health: “Coming to America:  The Case of Latinos”
• NEW! William Iacono on genetic bases of antisocial behavior: “Bad Genes, Bad Behavior?”
• NEW! Wendy Slutske on pathological gambling:  “Losing $10 Million:  A Case of Pathological Gambling?”
• Mark and Linda Sobell on the controlled drinking controversy: “In the Eye of the Storm: The Controlled Drinking Controversy”
• Online Therapy: A New Therapeutic Tool or Pandora’s Box?
• Is It All in the Genes?
• EMDR: Fad or Find?
• Are Recovered Memories Credible?
• Why Are More Women Depressed?
• Should Barbie Be Banned?
• “Cybersex Addiction”–A New Psychological Disorder?
• Is Mental Illness A Myth?
• Are We Overmedicating Our Kids?
• The Danger Lurking Within:  Would You Want to Know?  (Genetic testing)
• What Should We Do About the “Wild Man of West 96th Street”?