Consists of 22 detailed case studies concerned with behavioral disorders focusing on symptoms, the client's history, treatment & outcome. Numerous cases feature vignettes from the initial therapy interviews or from the therapy itself. Describes case failures along with successes & pinpoints gaps in current knowledge. New to this edition: cases on anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa & PTSD (rape trauma), updated terminology to conform to DSM-IV, general update of the etiological discussions associated with each case & more balanced discussion of the psychodynamic approach.
"Most textbooks on abnormal psychology include short descriptions of actual clinical cases. However, those presentations are necessarily brief and too fragmented for students to gain a clear understanding of the unique complexities of a person's troubledlife. Case Studies in Abnormal Psychology, Ninth Edition takes mental disorders from the realm of theory into the complex reality of human lives. This casebook presents comprehensive coverage of 23 high interest cases that include topics such as eating disorders, gender identity disorder, borderline personality, and posttraumatic stress disorder. Each study (1) provides detailed descriptions of a range of clinical problems, (2) illustrates some of the ways in which these problems can be viewed and treated, and (3) discusses some of the evidence that is available concerning the prevalence and causes of the disorders in question"--
Most textbooks on abnormal psychology include short descriptions of actual
clinical cases. However, those presentations are necessarily brief and too
fragmented for students to gain a clear understanding of the unique complexities
of a ...
