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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
John D Stirling; Jonathan S E Hellewell |
| ISBN: | 0415192706 9780415192705 0415192714 9780415192712 |
| OCLC Number: | 40359273 |
| Notes: | "Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--T.p. verso. |
| Description: | xv, 174 p. ; 21 cm. |
| Contents: | 1. A framework for scientific psychopathology -- Historical background -- Mental derangement or mental illness? -- Moral treatment -- The modern era: brain or mind? -- The twentieth century and science -- The stress-diathesis model -- What is abnormal? -- Statistical infrequencies -- Violation of norms -- Maladaptive behaviour -- Personal distress -- 2. Classification and paradigms of abnormal behaviour -- The ICD and DSM -- The DSM axes -- Criticisms of ICD and DSM -- Reliability -- Validity -- Categorical versus dimensional approaches -- Paradigms of scientific psychopathology -- Crossing boundaries in psychopathology -- 3. The nature of schizophrenia -- Clinical picture -- Onset -- Course -- Factors associated with good outcome -- Factors associated with poor outcome -- Epidemiology -- Subtypes of schizophrenia -- Four subtypes -- Positive and negative symptoms -- The three syndrome model -- Two phases of illness -- Treatment -- 4. Aetiology of schizophrenia -- Biological approaches -- Genetic factors -- Brain structure and schizophrenia -- Brain function and schizophrenia -- Psychological approaches -- Psychodynamic explanations -- Family theories -- Expressed emotion (EE) -- The cognitive-neuropsychological approach -- 5. The nature of affective disorders -- Depression -- Major depressive illness: the clinical picture -- Minor depressive states: the clinical picture -- Mood disorders associated with childbirth -- Mania: the clinical picture -- Hypomania -- Bipolar affective disorder -- Epidemiology of the affective disorders -- Treatment -- Prognosis -- 6. Aetiology of the affective disorders -- Psychological approaches -- Early childhood experiences -- Psychosocial stress factors -- Learned helplessness/hopelessness -- Cognitive factors -- Biological approaches -- Genetic research -- Neurotransmitter abnormalities -- 7. The anxiety disorders and obsessional states -- The experience of anxiety -- Phobias -- Specific phobias -- Social phobia -- Agoraphobia and panic disorder -- Generalised anxiety -- Adjustment reaction -- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) -- Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) -- Treatment -- 8. Aetiology of anxiety disorders -- Psychological theories -- Psychodynamic approaches -- Conditioning theories -- Two-process theory -- Preparedness -- Cognitive approaches -- Biological mechanisms -- The evolutionary basis of anxiety -- Genetic mechanisms -- Neurotransmitter dysfunction -- A stress-diathesis model -- 9. Eating disorders -- Anorexia nervosa -- Clinical features -- Treatment -- Prognosis -- Bulimia nervosa -- Clinical features -- Treatment -- Prognosis -- 10. Vulnerability and perpetuating factors in eating disorders -- Vulnerability factors -- Perpetuating factors -- 11. Criticisms of psychopathology -- Mental illness does not exist -- Szasz's 'myth of mental illness' -- Mental illness as a deliberate response -- Early psycho-social models -- Disease, syndrome or symptoms? -- The right level of enquiry -- Categorical versus dimensional classification -- A mental health continuum? -- Too much or too little science? -- 12. The future of psychopathology -- Unravelling brain-behaviour interactions -- More eclecticism -- Genetic mechanisms and testing -- New treatments -- Greater use of imaging techniques -- Care for people with a mental illness -- 13. Three research reviews -- International pilot study of schizophrenia -- Treatment of depression collaborative research programme -- Effect of 'apparent control' on panic attacks -- 14. Study aids -- Improving your essay writing skills -- Final points. |
| Series Title: | Routledge modular psychology. |
| Responsibility: | John D. Stirling and Jonathan S.E. Hellewell. |
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