This is a summary of Abnormal Psychology by Kring, Davison, Neale & Johnson. This summary focuses on clincal psychology and mental health. Discussed are etliolgies of disorders and treatments.
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Chapter 1
Introduction and historical overview
Introduction
Psychopathology: the field concerned with the nature, development, and treatment of mental disorders.
Continually developing and adding new findings.
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Chapter 2
Current paradigms in psychopathology
Introduction
Science is a human enterprise that is bound by scientists’ human limitations.
Paradigm: a
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Chapter 3
Diagnosis and assessment
Introduction
Diagnosis can be the first major step in good clinical care.
Having a correct diagnosis will allow the clinician to
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Chapter 4
Research methods in psychopathology
Introduction
Theory: a set of propositions meant to explain a class observations.
Hypotheses: expectations about what should occur if a theory is true.
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Chapter 5
Mood disorders
Mood disorders involve disabling disturbances in emotion.
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Chapter 6
Anxiety disorders
Introduction
Anxiety: apprehension over an anticipated problem
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Chapter 7
Obsessive-compulsive-related and trauma-related disorders
OCD is defined by repetitive thoughts and urges (obsessions) as well
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Chapter 8
Dissociative disorders and somatic symptom- related disorders
Introduction
Both types of disorders are hypothesized to be associated with stressful experiences, yet symptoms do not involve direct expressions of anxiety.
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Chapter 9
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia: a disorder characterized by disturbances in thought, emotion and behavior.
>1% prevalence
Slightly more men than women.
Sometimes develops in childhood, but usually appears in late adolescence
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Chapter 11
Eating disorders
Anorexia nervousa
DSM-5
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Chapter 12
Sexual disorders
Sexual dysfunctions are defined by persistent disruptions in the ability to experience sexual arousal, desire, orgasm, or by pain associated with intercourse.
Paraphilias are defined by persistent and troubling attractions to unusual
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Chapter 13
Disorders of childhood
Most theories of childhood disorder, consider childhood experience and development
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Chapter 14
Late life and neurocognitive disorders
As we
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Chapter 15
Personality disorders
The personality disorders are a heterogeneous group of disorders defined by problems in forming a stably positive sense of self and with sustaining close
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This is a magazine about clinical psychology
This bundle describes a summary of the book "Abnormal Psychology, the science and treatment of psychological disorders by A. M. Kring, S. L. Johnson, G. C. Davison and J. M. Neale (thirteenth edition)". The following chapters are used:
- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,
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