Milestones in Abnormal Psychology
Abnormal Psychology RONALD J. COMER | JONATHAN S. COMER tenth edition
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About the Authors
RONALD J. COMER has been a professor in Princeton University’s Department of Psychology for the past 43 years, serving also as director of Clinical Psychology Studies and as chair of the university’s Institutional Review Board. He has recently transitioned to emeritus status at the university. He has received the President’s Award for Distinguished Teaching at Princeton, where his various courses in abnormal psychology have been among the university’s most popular.
Professor Comer is also Clinical Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. He is a practicing clinical psychologist and a consultant to Eden Autism Services and to hospitals and family practice residency programs throughout New Jersey.
In addition to writing the textbooks Abnormal Psychology (tenth edition), Fundamentals of Abnormal Psychology (eighth edition), Psychology Around Us (second edition), and Case Studies in Abnormal Psychology (second edition), Professor Comer has published a range of journal articles and produced numerous widely used educational video programs, including The Higher Education Video Library Series, The Video Anthology for Abnormal Psychology, Video Segments in Neuroscience, Introduction to Psychology
Video Clipboard, and Developmental Psychology Video Clipboard. Professor Comer was an undergraduate at the University of Pennsylvania
and a graduate student at Clark University. He currently lives in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, with his wife, Marlene. From there he can keep a close eye on the often-frustrating Philadelphia sports teams with whom he grew up.
JONATHAN S. COMER is a professor of psychology at Florida International University, where he also directs the Mental Health Interventions and Technology (MINT) Program. He is President-Elect of the Society of Clinical Psychology (Division 12 of the American Psychological Association) and a leader in the field of clinical child and adolescent psychology. The author of 130 scientific papers and chapters, he has received career awards from the American Psychological Association, the Association for Psychological Science, and the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies for his research on innovative treatment methods, childhood anxiety and disruptive behaviors, and the impact of traumatic stress, disasters, and terrorism on children. His current work also focuses on ties between psychopathology, neurocircuitry, and the intergenerational transmission of psychological problems.
In addition to Abnormal Psychology (tenth edition), Professor Comer has authored Childhood Disorders (second edition) and edited The Oxford Handbook of Research Strategies for Clinical Psychology, among other books. He serves as Associate Editor of the journal Behavior Therapy and is
on the Board of Directors of the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Society of Clinical Psychology, and the Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice. He is also a practicing clinical psychologist.
Professor Comer was an undergraduate at the University of Rochester and a graduate student at Temple University. He currently lives in South Florida, with his wife, Jami, and their children Delia and Emmett. He loves music— both playing and listening—and enjoys keeping an eye on the often- frustrating Philadelphia sports teams that his father taught him to love/hate.
Brief Contents Abnormal Psychology in Science and Clinical Practice
1 Abnormal Psychology: Past and Present
2 Research in Abnormal Psychology
3 Models of Abnormality
4 Clinical Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment
Problems of Anxiety and Mood 5 Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive, and Related Disorders
6 Disorders of Trauma and Stress
7 Depressive and Bipolar Disorders
8 Treatments for Depressive and Bipolar Disorders
9 Suicide
Problems of the Mind and Body 10 Disorders Featuring Somatic Symptoms
11 Eating Disorders
12 Substance Use and Addictive Disorders
13 Sexual Disorders and Gender Variations
Problems of Psychosis and the Cognitive Function 14 Schizophrenia and Related Disorders
15 Treatments for Schizophrenia and Other Severe Mental Disorders
Life-Span Problems 16 Personality Disorders
17 Disorders Common Among Children and Adolescents
18 Disorders of Aging and Cognition
Conclusion 19 Law, Society, and the Mental Health Profession
Contents Preface
CHAPTER 1
Abnormal Psychology: Past and Present What Is Psychological Abnormality?
Deviance
Distress
Dysfunction
Danger
The Elusive Nature of Abnormality
What Is Treatment?
How Was Abnormality Viewed and Treated in the Past?
Ancient Views and Treatments
Greek and Roman Views and Treatments
Europe in the Middle Ages: Demonology Returns
The Renaissance and the Rise of Asylums
The Nineteenth Century: Reform and Moral Treatment
The Early Twentieth Century: The Somatogenic and Psychogenic Perspectives
Recent Decades and Current Trends
How Are People with Severe Disturbances Cared For?
How Are People with Less Severe Disturbances Treated?
A Growing Emphasis on Preventing Disorders and Promoting Mental Health
Multicultural Psychology
The Increasing Influence of Insurance Coverage
What Are Today’s Leading Theories and Professions?
Technology and Mental Health
Moving Forward
• SUMMING UP
PSYCHWATCH Verbal Debuts
PSYCHWATCH Marching to a Different Drummer: Eccentrics
INFOCENTRAL Happiness
CHAPTER 2
Research in Abnormal Psychology What Do Clinical Researchers Do?
The Case Study
How Are Case Studies Helpful?
What Are the Limitations of Case Studies?
The Correlational Method
Describing a Correlation
When Can Correlations Be Trusted?
What Are the Merits of the Correlational Method?
The Experimental Method
The Control Group
Random Assignment
Masked Design
Alternative Research Designs
Matched Designs
Natural Experiments
Analogue Experiments
Single-Subject Experiments
Longitudinal Studies
Epidemiological Studies
Protecting Human Participants
Keeping an Eye on Research Methods
• SUMMING UP
PSYCHWATCH Animals Have Rights
INFOCENTRAL Researching Research
MINDTECH The Use and Misuse of Social Media
CHAPTER 3
Models of Abnormality The Biological Model
How Do Biological Theorists Explain Abnormal Behavior?
Biological Treatments
Assessing the Biological Model
The Psychodynamic Model
How Did Freud Explain Normal and Abnormal Functioning?
How Do Other Psychodynamic Explanations Differ from Freud’s?
Psychodynamic Therapies
Assessing the Psychodynamic Model
The Cognitive-Behavioral Model
The Behavioral Dimension
The Cognitive Dimension
The Cognitive-Behavioral Interplay
Assessing the Cognitive-Behavioral Model
The Humanistic-Existential Model
Rogers’ Humanistic Theory and Therapy
Gestalt Theory and Therapy
Spiritual Views and Interventions
Existential Theories and Therapy
Assessing the Humanistic-Existential Model
The Sociocultural Model: Family-Social and Multicultural Perspectives
How Do Family-Social Theorists Explain Abnormal Functioning?
Family-Social Treatments
How Do Multicultural Theorists Explain Abnormal Functioning?
Multicultural Treatments
Assessing the Sociocultural Model
Integrating the Models: The Developmental Psychopathology Perspective
• SUMMING UP
…TRENDING TV Drug Ads Come Under Attack
INFOCENTRAL Mindfulness
MINDTECH Have Your Avatar Call My Avatar
CHAPTER 4
Clinical Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment Clinical Assessment: How and Why Does the Client Behave Abnormally?
Characteristics of Assessment Tools
Clinical Interviews
Clinical Tests
Clinical Observations
Diagnosis: Does the Client’s Syndrome Match a Known Disorder?
Classification Systems
DSM-5
Is DSM-5 an Effective Classification System?
Call for Change
Can Diagnosis and Labeling Cause Harm?
Treatment: How Might the Client Be Helped?
Treatment Decisions
The Effectiveness of Treatment
What Lies Ahead for Clinical Assessment?
• SUMMING UP
MINDTECH Psychology’s WikiLeaks?
…TRENDING The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing but the Truth
INFOCENTRAL DSM: The Bigger Picture
CHAPTER 5
Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive, and Related Disorders Generalized Anxiety Disorder
The Sociocultural Perspective: Societal and Multicultural Factors
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