Abnormal Psychology: Patterns, Issues, Interventions

Basic Characteristics of Abnormality. Mental Disorders: Diagnosis, Classification, and Assessment. Biomedical and Psychodynamic Viewpoints. Social Learning, Cultural, and Humanistic Viewpoints. Anxiety Disorders. Dissociative and Somatoform Disorders. Psychosomatic Disorders: Interaction of Psychosocial and Biophysical Conditions. Gender Identity Disorders and Paraphilias. Unconventional Sexual Preference and Sexual Dysfunctions. Disorders of Mood. Schizophrenic and Delusional (Paranoid) Disorders. Personality Disorders and Disorders of Impulse Control. Organic Mental Disorders: Syndromes, Biophysical Pathology, and Problems of Aging. Psychoactive Substance Use Disorders: Drugs Other Than Alcohol. Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence. Mental Retardation. Biomedical Therapy. Psychodynamic, Humanistic, and Existentialist Therapy. Behavior and Cognitive Therapy, Group Methods, and Effectiveness of Psychotherapy. Legal Intervention and Problems of Community Mental Health.Costin, Frank is the author of 'Abnormal Psychology: Patterns, Issues, Interventions' with ISBN 9780471606109 and ISBN 0471606103.