Main description:

The purpose of this text is to bring together current perspectives concerning the manner in which the human mind, behavior, and experience can be understood. In addition to the traditional psychological literature, this book draws from work in the cognitive and affective neurosciences, epidemiology, ethology, and genetics. Its focus is on a unification and integration of these understandings within a broader consideration of human culture and language as it applies to abnormal psychology.

Contents:

1. An Overview of Psychopathology2. Changing Conceptualizations of Mental Illness3. Neuroscience Approaches to Understanding Psychopathology4. Research Methods5. Classification and Assessment6. Disorders of Childhood7. Schizophrenia8. Mood Disorders9. Stress and Trauma10. Anxiety Disorders11. Dissociative Disorders and Somatic Symptom Disorders12. Feeding and Eating Disorders13. Sexuality Disorders and Gender Dysphoria14. Substance-related Disorders15. Personality Disorder16. Neurocognitive Dementia17. Law and Mental Health