Abnormal psychology

Personality disorders are highly prevalent and cause a substantial amount of human suffering and harm-not only to the individuals and families directly affected, but also to the population at large.

Personality disorders are highly prevalent and cause a substantial amount of human suffering and harm-not only to the individuals and families directly affected, but also to the population at large.

Recent developments in the conceptualization of externalizing spectrum disorders, including attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, conduct disorder, antisocial personality disorder, and substance use disorders, suggest common genetic and neural substrates.

All human beings have spontaneous needs for happiness, self-understanding, and love.

Juvenile offending and anti-social behavior are enormous societal concerns.

This book is the first to present new medical research establishing a connection between religion and health and to examine the implications for Eastern and Western religious traditions and for society and culture.

This reference text provides an insightful and unified synthesis of cognitive neuroscience and behavioral neurology.

This is a brief but highly detailed and useful reference book for professional psychotherapists.

The Psychotherapist's Own Psychotherapy: Patient and Clinician Perspectives lifts a curtain that has long shrouded the intimate alliances between therapists and those of their patients who share the same profession.

The authenticity of memories of childhood sexual abuse has become one of the major social controversies of the 1990's.

For gay men, the demands of the AIDS epidemic are enormous and unrelenting.

What do we wish to know about psychotherapy and its effects?

Cerebral Reorganization of Function After Brain Damage integrates basic research on neuroplasticity and clinical research on reorganization of function after brain injury, with a view toward translating the findings to rehabilitation.

Recently developed psychosocial treatments for anxiety disorders reflect the systematic influence of scientifically generated knowledge, and these new treatments yield strong results.

In response to the many challenges facing mental health professionals in the era of managed care, this highly respected group of contributors from academia, managed care, and full-time clinical practice, outline the importance of personality assessment, particularly through the use of MMPI-2.

Without guiding principles, clinicians can easily get lost in the maze of problems that a brain-damaged patient presents.

Despite extensive documentation of postconcussion symptoms, the sequelae of mild head injury have not been fully appreciated until recent years.

All human beings have spontaneous needs for happiness, self-understanding, and love.

It has been said that how a society treats its least well-off members speaks volumes about its humanity.

The goal of this book is to introduce cognitive neuropsychology to a broad audience of clinicians and researchers.

This fascinating study explores the ways of establishing coherence in the discourse of a thought-disordered patient.

One of the most commonly reported emotions in people seeking psychotherapy is shame, and this emotion has become the subject of intense research and theory over the last 20 years.

Anxiety disorders are among the most prevalent forms of psychopathology across the life span.

In Jurismania, Paul Campos asserts that our legal system is beginning to exhibit symptoms of serious mental illness.

This unique volume focuses on the relationship between basic research in emotion and emotional dysfunction in depression and anxiety.

This volume presents, in an integrated framework, contemporary perspectives on the role of nonverbal behavior in psychological regulation, adaptation, and psychopathology, and includes both empirical and theoretical research that is central to our understanding of the reciprocal influences between nonverbal behavior, psychopathology, and therapeutic processes.

Suicide in prison is a growing problem across the developed world.

Structured clinical management (SCM) is a unified approach to the treatment of people with personality disorder, which is within reach of general mental health professionals without extensive additional training.

Structured clinical management (SCM) is a unified approach to the treatment of people with personality disorder, which is within reach of general mental health professionals without extensive additional training.

Psychotherapy is an indispensable approach in the treatment of mental disorders and, for some mental disorders, it is the most effective treatment.

Psychotherapy is an indispensable approach in the treatment of mental disorders and, for some mental disorders, it is the most effective treatment.

Thomas Szasz wrote over thirty books and several hundred articles, replete with mordant criticism of psychiatry, in both scientific and popular periodicals.

Thomas Szasz wrote over thirty books and several hundred articles, replete with mordant criticism of psychiatry, in both scientific and popular periodicals.

Psychopathy is a personality disorder that has long captured the public imagination.

Psychopathy is a personality disorder that has long captured the public imagination.

The revisions of both DSM-IV and ICD-10 have again focused the interest of the field of psychiatry and clinical psychology on the issue of nosology.

The revisions of both DSM-IV and ICD-10 have again focused the interest of the field of psychiatry and clinical psychology on the issue of nosology.

Over the past few decades, the use of the arts in health has blossomed.

Over the past few decades, the use of the arts in health has blossomed.

Recent evidence has shown that the successful setting of goals brings about positive outcomes in psychological therapy.

Recent evidence has shown that the successful setting of goals brings about positive outcomes in psychological therapy.

The field of psychiatry has long struggled with developing models of practice; most underemphasize the interpersonal aspects of clinical practice.

The field of psychiatry has long struggled with developing models of practice; most underemphasize the interpersonal aspects of clinical practice.

Mentalizing - the ability to understand oneself and others by inferring mental states that lie behind overt behaviour - develops within the context of attachment relationships.

Mentalizing - the ability to understand oneself and others by inferring mental states that lie behind overt behaviour - develops within the context of attachment relationships.

This book comprises 26 exciting chapters by internationally renowned scholars, addressing the central psychological process separating humans from other animals: the ability to imagine the thoughts and feelings of others, and to reflect on the contents of our own mindsa theory of mind (ToM).

This book comprises 26 exciting chapters by internationally renowned scholars, addressing the central psychological process separating humans from other animals: the ability to imagine the thoughts and feelings of others, and to reflect on the contents of our own mindsa theory of mind (ToM).

Philosophy has much to offer psychiatry, not least regarding ethical issues, but also issues regarding the mind, identity, values, and volition.

Philosophy has much to offer psychiatry, not least regarding ethical issues, but also issues regarding the mind, identity, values, and volition.

It is well recognized that those who go through a major trauma can go on to experience psychological problems.