Case Studies in Abnormal Behavior is a rich collection of contemporary and classic cases that uses a unique combination of readability, humor, and strong scholarship to bring abnormal psychology to life for students. To help students better understand the nature of each disorder, cases include full background material relevant to etiological, diagnostic, and therapeutic considerations. In addition to updated research, references, and commentary throughout, the Eighth Edition offers a number of fascinating, informative, and culturally diverse new cases: A Case of Post-Partum Depression: Brooke Shields, A Case of Anorexia Nervosa: Christina Ricci, A Case of School Shooters: Seung-Hui Cho, A Case of Sexual Deviation: Alfred Kinsey, A Case of Female Psychosexual Dysfunction: Marilyn Monroe, A Case of Pseudo-Parkinson's Disease: Muhammad Ali.

Preface
Introduction and History
1 Concepts of Abnormality 1
2 Theories and Techniques 14
3 The Anxiety Disorders 34
4 Dissociative and Sleep Disorders 61
5 The Somatoform Disorders 75
6 The Schizophrenic and Delusional (or Paranoid) Disorders 88
7 The Affective (or Mood) Disorders and Suicide 107
8 The Psychosexual Disorders 128
9 The Substance Use Disorders 156
10 The Eating Disorders 176
11 The Personality Disorders 191
12 Disorders of Impulse Control 216
13 Disorders with Violence 227
14 Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence 243
15 Organic Mental Disorders and Mental Retardation 271
16 Legal Issues and Psychological Practice 282
17 Postscript: Positive Mental Health 297
References 301
Index 309

Dr. Robert Meyer (University of Louisville)
L. Kevin Chapman(University of Louisville)
Christopher Weaver(Stanford University)

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