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Author:   Sheri L. Johnson (University of Miami) ,  Ann M. Kring (University of California at Berkeley)
Publisher:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 21.60cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 27.40cm
Weight:   0.975kg
ISBN:  

9781394222032

ISBN 10:   1394222033
Pages:   480
Publication Date:   15 December 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1 Introduction and Historical Overview 1 Psychological Disorders and Stigma 2 Defining Psychological Disorder 4 Personal Distress 5 Disability 5 Dysfunction 6 Early History of Psychological Disorders 6 Supernatural Explanations 7 Early Biological Explanations 7 The Dark Ages: Back to the Supernatural 7 Development of Asylums 8 Historical Antecedents of Contemporary Views 10 Biological Approaches 10 Psychological Approaches 12 Have We Learned from History? 16 The Mental Health Professions 17 Summary 18 2 Current Approaches in Psychological Disorders 20 Genetic Influences 20 Behavior Genetics 22 Molecular Genetics 22 Gene–Environment Interactions 24 Neuroscience Influences 26 Neurons and Neurotransmitters 26 Structure and Function of the Human Brain 27 The Immune System 28 Neuroscience Approaches to Treatment 30 Cognitive Behavioral Influences 31 Influences from Behaviorism 31 Cognitive Science 31 The Role of the Unconscious 32 Cognitive Behavior Therapy 33 Socioemotional Influences 35 The Importance of Emotion 35 Sociocultural Influences 36 Interpersonal Influences and the Role of Stress 37 Summary 39 3 Assessment, Diagnosis, and Research Methods 41 Assessment 42 Clinical Interviews 42 Personality Tests 44 Self-Report Questionnaivres 44 Cognitive and Neuropsychological Tests 44 Intelligence Tests 44 Neuropsychological Tests 45 Neurobiological Assessment 45 Diagnosis 48 The Diagnostic System of the American Psychiatric Association: DSM-5-TR 48 General Criticisms of Diagnosing Psychological Disorders 53 Ethnic and Cultural Considerations in Assessment and Diagnosis 54 Cultural and Racial Bias in Assessment 54 Strategies for Avoiding Cultural and Racial Bias in Assessment 54 Cultural Considerations in Diagnosis 55 Research Methods 58 Choosing a Sample 58 Research Designs in the Study of Psychological Disorders 58 One Example of Experimental Research: Treatment Outcome Research 63 Integrating the Findings of Multiple Studies 67 Summary 70 4 Mood Disorders 73 Clinical Descriptions and Epidemiology of Depressive Disorders 74 Major Depressive Disorder 75 Persistent Depressive Disorder 75 Epidemiology and Consequences of Depressive Disorders 76 Clinical Descriptions and Epidemiology of Bipolar Disorders 78 Bipolar I Disorder 78 Bipolar II Disorder 79 Cyclothymic Disorder 79 Epidemiology and Consequences of Bipolar Disorders 80 Influences on Mood Disorders 81 Genetic Influences 81 Neural Regions Involved in Emotion and Reward Processing 81 Cytokines 83 Circadian Rhythms and Sleep 84 Social Influences on Depression: Childhood Adversity, Life Events, and Interpersonal Difficulties 85 Psychological Influences on Depression 86 Putting It All Together: Integrating Biological and Social Influences on Depression 88 Social and Psychological Influences on the Course of Bipolar Disorder 88 Treatment of Mood Disorders 90 Psychological Treatment of Depression 90 Psychological Treatment of Bipolar Disorder 93 Biological Treatment of Mood Disorders 94 Suicide 96 Epidemiology of Suicide and Suicide Attempts 97 Risk Factors for Suicide 98 Preventing Suicide 99 Summary 102   5 Anxiety Disorders 104 Emotions of Anxiety and Fear 105 Clinical Descriptions of the Anxiety Disorders 106 Specific Phobias 107 Social Anxiety Disorder 108 Panic Disorder 110 Agoraphobia 111 Generalized Anxiety Disorder 111 Comorbidity in Anxiety Disorders 111 Gender and Cultural Influences on the Anxiety Disorders 113 Gender 113 Culture 113 Common Influences Across the Anxiety Disorders 114 Fear Conditioning 115 Genetic Vulnerability 116 Neurobiological Correlates: Brain Regions and Activity of Neurotransmitters 117 Personality: Neuroticism and Behavioral Inhibition 118 Cognitive Influences 118 Influences on Specific Anxiety Disorders 121 Specific Phobias 121 Social Anxiety Disorder 121 Panic Disorder 123 Generalized Anxiety Disorder 125 Treatments of Anxiety Disorders 126 Psychological Treatments 126 Medications That Reduce Anxiety 129 Summary 129 6 Obsessive-Compulsive-Related and Trauma-Related Disorders 132 Clinical Descriptions and Epidemiology of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders 133 Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder 133 Body Dysmorphic Disorder 136 Hoarding Disorder 137 Prevalence and Comorbidity of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders 139 Causes of the Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders 140 Causes of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder 140 Causes of Body Dysmorphic Disorder 141 Causes of Hoarding Disorder 142 Treatment of the Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders 143 Medications 143 Psychological Treatment 144 Clinical Description and Epidemiology of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Acute Stress Disorder 147 Causes of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder 150 Nature of the Trauma: The Severity and Type of Trauma Matter 151 Neurobiology: The Hippocampus 151 Coping 152 Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder 153 Medication Treatment 153 Psychological Treatment 154 Summary 156 7 Dissociative Disorders and Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders 158 Clinical Descriptions and Epidemiology of the Dissociative Disorders 159 Depersonalization/Derealization Disorder 160 Dissociative Amnesia 162 Dissociative Identity Disorder 163 The Epidemiology of Dissociative Disorders: Increases Over Time 164 Causes of Dissociative Disorders 165 Causes of Depersonalization/Derealization Disorder 165 Causes of Dissociative Identity Disorder 166 Treatment of Dissociative Disorders 168 Clinical Description of Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders 168 Clinical Description of Somatic Symptom Disorder 170 Clinical Description of Illness Anxiety Disorder 171 Clinical Description of Functional Neurological Symptom Disorder 171 Causes of Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders 173 Neurobiological Factors That Increase Awareness of and Distress Over Somatic Symptoms 173 Cognitive Behavioral Factors That Increase Awareness of and Distress Over Somatic Symptoms 174 Causes of Functional Neurological Symptom Disorder 176 Treatment of Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders 177 Somatic Symptom Disorder and Illness Anxiety Disorder 177 Functional Neurological Symptom Disorder 179 Summary 180 8 Schizophrenia 182 Clinical Descriptions and Epidemiology of Schizophrenia 183 Positive Symptoms 184 Negative Symptoms 185 Disorganized Symptoms 186 Other Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders 187 Causes of Schizophrenia 188 Genetic Influences 188 The Role of Neurotransmitters 192 Brain Structure and Function 193 Connectivity in the Brain 194 Environmental Factors Influencing the Developing Brain 195 Psychological Influences 196 Treatment of Schizophrenia 198 Medications 198 Psychological Treatments 201 Summary 205 9 Substance Use Disorders 207 Clinical Descriptions: Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Use Disorders 209 Alcohol Use Disorder 209 Tobacco Use Disorder 210 Cannabis Use Disorder 214 Clinical Descriptions: Opioid, Stimulant, and Other Drug Use Disorders 217 Opioids 217 Stimulants 220 Hallucinogens, Ecstasy, and PCP 222 Causes of Substance Use Disorders 224 Genetic Influences 225 Neurobiological Influences 225 Psychological Influences 227 Sociocultural Influences 229 Treatment of Substance Use Disorders 230 Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder 231 Treatments for Smoking 233 Treatment of Drug Use Disorders 234 Summary 238 10 Eating Disorders 240 Clinical Descriptions and Epidemiology of Eating Disorders 241 Anorexia Nervosa 241 Bulimia Nervosa 244 Binge Eating Disorder 246 Causes of Eating Disorders 250 Genetic Influences 250 Neurobiological Influences 251 Cognitive Behavioral and Emotion Influences 252 Sociocultural Influences 254 Treatment of Eating Disorders 258 Medications 258 Psychological Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa 258 Psychological Treatment of Bulimia Nervosa 259 Psychological Treatment of Binge Eating Disorder 260 Preventive Interventions for Eating Disorders 261 Summary 262 11 Sexual Disorders 263 Clinical Descriptions of Sexual Dysfunctions 264 Disorders Involving Sexual Interest, Desire, and Arousal 265 Orgasmic Disorders 267 Sexual Pain Disorder 269 Causes of Sexual Dysfunctions 270 Biological Influences 270 Psychosocial Influences 271 Putting It All Together: Integrating Biological and Psychosocial Influences on Sexual  Dysfunction 272 Treatments of Sexual Dysfunctions 272 Psychoeducation 273 Couples Therapy 273 Cognitive Interventions 274 Sensate Focus 274 Treatments for Specific Sexual Dysfunctions 274 Clinical Descriptions of the Paraphilic Disorders 276 Pedophilic Disorder 277 Voyeuristic Disorder 278 Exhibitionistic Disorder 279 Frotteuristic Disorder 279 Sexual Sadism and Masochism Disorders 279 Causes of the Paraphilic Disorders 280 Neurobiological Influences 281 Childhood Sexual Abuse 281 Psychological Influences 281 Treatment of the Paraphilic Disorders 282 Strategies to Enhance Motivation 282 Cognitive Behavioral Treatment 283 Biological Treatments 283 Summary 284 12 Neurodevelopmental and Neurocognitive Disorders 286 Classification and Diagnosis of Childhood Disorders 287 Externalizing Disorders: ADHD and Conduct Disorder 288 Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder 288 Conduct Disorder 293 Internalizing Disorders: Depression and Anxiety Disorders 299 Depression 299 Anxiety 304 Autism Spectrum Disorder 308 Clinical Descriptions, Prevalence, and Prognosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder 308 Causes of Autism Spectrum Disorder 310 Treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorder 312 Dementia 314 Alzheimer’s Disease 316 Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia 320 Vascular Dementia 321 Dementia with Lewy Bodies 321 Huntington’s Disease 321 Treatments for Dementia 322 Delirium 324 Triggers of Delirium 326 Treatment of Delirium 326 Summary 327 13 Personality Disorders 329 The DSM-5-TR Approach to Classification 330 Problems with the DSM-5-TR Approach toPerso nality Disorders 333 Alternative DSM-5-TR Model for Personality Disorders 334 Common Risk Factors Across the Personality Disorders 335 Clinical Description and Causes of the Specific Personality Disorders 336 Schizotypal Personality Disorder 336 Antisocial Personality Disorder and Psychopathy 338 Borderline Personality Disorder 340 Narcissistic Personality Disorder 342 Avoidant Personality Disorder 345 Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder 345 Treatment of Personality Disorders 348 Summary 350 14 Legal and Ethical Issues 352 Criminal Commitment 353 The Insanity Defense 353 Current Insanity Pleas 353 Competency to Stand Trial 355 Civil Commitment 358 Preventive Detention and Problems in the Prediction of Dangerousness 358 Protection of the Rights of People with Psychological Disorders 360 Ethical Dilemmas in Therapy and Research 363 Ethical Restraints on Research 364 Confidentiality and Privileged Communication 365 Summary 365 APPENDIX: DSM-5-TR DIAGNOSES A-1 GLOSSARY / REFERENCES / NAME INDEX / SUBJECT INDEX

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Sheri L. Johnson is a Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of California at Berkeley. She received her B.A. from Salem College and her Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh. She is an associate editor for Psychological Bulletin and a consulting editor for Clinical Psychological Science and Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science. She has authored more than 300 publications, and her findings have been published in leading journals. Her work focuses on bipolar disorder, emotion, emotion-related disorders, and impulsivity. Ann M. Kring is Professor of Psychology at the University of California at Berkeley. She received her B.S. from Ball State University and her M.A. and Ph.D. from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. She was elected President of the Society for Research in Psychopathology and President of the Society for Affective Science. She is also the author of more than 130 articles and book chapters. Her current research focuses on emotion and psychopathology, with a specific interest in the emotional features, negative symptoms, and social factors of schizophrenia.

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