Case studies in abnormal behavior /

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Concepts of abnormality -- The DSMs -- Rates of mental disorders -- A presumably normal person potentially viewed as pathological -- Theories and techniques -- Multiple theoretical views on moderate anxiety, depression, and simple phobias -- The various mental health professionals -- An overall perspective on treatment change -- The anxiety disorders -- The three little boys : Hans, Albert, and Peter -- Agoraphobia -- Obsessive-compulsive disorder -- Post-traumatic stress disorder -- The dissociative and sleep disorders -- Multiple personality disorder -- Sleep disorders -- Somatoform disorders -- Somatoform disorder subcategories -- Pain disorder -- The schizophrenic and delusional (or paranoid) disorders -- Undifferentiated schizophrenia -- Paranoid schizophrenia.

The affective (or mood) disorders and suicide -- Major depressive disorder associated with a suicide attempt -- Bipolar disorder (manic-depressive psychosis) -- The psychosexual disorders -- Sexual addiction -- Paraphilias -- Pedophilia -- Transvestism -- Gender identity disorder -- Sexual dysfunctions (Impotence) -- Female psychosexual dysfunction -- The substance use disorders -- Alcohol dependence and abuse -- Prescription drug abuse -- Polysubstance dependence -- Nicotine dependence -- The eating disorders : anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa -- Anorexia nervosa -- Bulimia nervosa -- The personality disorders -- Personality types and their potential disorders -- The histrionic personality disorder -- The antisocial personality disorder -- The schizoid personality disorder.

Disorders of impulse control -- Pathological gambling -- Kleptomania -- Disorders with violence -- Causes of violence -- Family violence : physical and sexual abuse of children and spouse abuse -- Disorders of childhood and adolescence -- Developmental language disorder -- Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder -- Autistic disorder -- Separation anxiety disorder associated with school refusal -- Oppositional defiant disorder -- School violence -- Identity development crisis or disorder -- Organic mental disorders and mental retardation -- Recovery of functions following removal of dominant brain hemisphere -- Alzheimer's disease -- Mental retardation -- Legal issues and psychological practice -- Malingering, factitious disorder, or true disorder? -- Criminal responsibility, competency to stand trial, and dangerousness, and a case of borderline personality disorder.