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This rich collection of case studies integrates contemporary and recognizable classic cases to illustrate a wide range of clinical and legal issues related to abnormal psychology. Case Studies in Abnormal Psychology brings the field of abnormal psychology to life for students with its rare combination of readability, humor, and strong scholarship.
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Case Studies in Abnormal Psychology is a rich collection of contemporary and classic cases that uses a unique combination of readability, humor, and strong scholarship to bring abnormal psychology to life for students. To help students better understand the nature of each disorder, cases include full background material relevant to etiological, diagnostic, and therapeutic considerations.
In addition to updated research, references, and commentary throughout, the Eighth Edition offers a number of fascinating, informative, and culturally diverse new cases:
- A Case of Post-Partum Depression: Brooke Shields
- A Case of Anorexia Nervosa: Christina Ricci
- A Case of School Shooters: Seung-Hui Cho
- A Case of Sexual Deviation: Alfred Kinsey
- A Case of Female Psychosexual Dysfunction: Marilyn Monroe
- A Case of Pseudo-Parkinson’s Disease: Muhammad Ali
Robert G. Meyer is joined in this edition by two new co-authors:
L. Kevin Chapman is Assistant Professor at the University of Louisville, Co-Director of the Healthy Parents-Healthy Kids Research Lab at the University of Louisville, Chair of the Diversity Committee of the Kentucky Psychological Association, and faculty advisor for the Black Students in Psychology organization at the University of Louisville.
Christopher M. Weaver is a Research Fellow with the Center for Health Care Evaluation and National Center for PTSD of the U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs in Palo Alto, CA, as well as with the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Stanford University.
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The book includes several case studies for each class of mental disorder, as well as descriptions of the common features of each class. It discusses differential diagnosis and treatment options for each class of disorder, although sometimes these discussions (particularly regarding treatment options) are not as thorough as one could hope. However, given that the purpose is to serve as a secondary text, it is more than adequate.
One feature of the book can be a strength or a weakness, depending on your point of view. The author includes many case studies of famous people (e.g., Karen Carpenter for anorexia). This can be considered a strength, as it is likely to engage people in learning the material. It is also a weakness, primarily because these figures typically have much more severe forms of the disorder than most people are likely to encounter in clinical practice (most people with paraphilias are not like Jeffrey Dahmer). These examples are useful for learning about the core features of a disorder, but less useful for depicting the typical presentation in a clinical context. Even given this limitation, I highly recommend this book for anyone who is taking an advanced undergraduate course in psychopathology.
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