Mental Disorders of the New Millennium [Three Volumes]

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Praeger Perspectives
Book Code: C8781
ISBN: 0-275-98781-7
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-98781-7
DOI: http://www.book4doc.com/10486 http://www.book4doc.com/10486
920 pages, tables
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 8/30/2006



Reviews:

• Kudos to editor Thomas G. Plante for attempting to help bring psychology and psychological practice into the new millennium.... The overall value of these three volumes is undisputed.... All of the chapters are well written and easily understood by any graduate student or practicing clinician. Most authors illustrate their positions with carefully selected vignettes, and most include useful references.
  PsycCRITIQUES February 28, 2007


• Prepared with the educated lay reader in mind, this three-volume set presents 37 articles brought together by Plante who sought to avoid the jargon-filled, data-driven writing found in much of the academic literature and to communicate knowledge on abnormal behavior that draws on up-to-date research and practice evidence.
  SciTech Book News December 2006

Description: Tragically, the daily news is filled with stories about hurtful and seemingly mystifying problems in human behavior. Each morning we face news stories about murder, suicide, drunken driving accidents, child molestation, drug abuse, gambling, criminal behavior, and so forth. The cover stories of news magazines from TIME and Newsweek to U.S. News and World Report often focus on abnormal psychology and behavior connected to these particular topics, as well as to autism, child hyperactivity, depression, eating disorders, and more. In these volumes, experts in their respective fields draw together compelling chapters on the abnormal psychology and resulting behaviors that are today most often and most dramatically at issue in our world, including such topics as "workaholism." Written with accessibility in mind, the set is intended to bridge the gap between research monographs and self-help books, to give layreaders and students solid and up to date information without having to translate jargon-heavy text. Most people today are impacted by abnormal behavior or mental illness in some way. Some suffer from their own mental disorders or live with someone who does. Others have been victimized by people experiencing abnormal psychology, including the 20% of American women and 15% of American men reporting they were ually abused as children. Mental illness and abnormal behavior touches all of us. This set can help us cope.
Table of Contents:

• Volume 1: Behavioral Issues


• The Psychopathy of Everyday Life by Marty Kantor


• Narcissism: Greek Tragedy, Psychological Syndrome, Cultural Norm by Jerrold Lee Shapiro, and Susan Bernadett-Shapiro


• Anger Disorders: Diagnosing an Unrecognized Mood Disorder by Heather C. Lench


• An Overview of Pathological Gambling by Mark Griffiths


• Kleptomania by Jon Grant, and Daniel Kim


• Mood Disorders in Children and Adolescents by Jarrod M. Leffler, and Mary A. Fristad


• Adult Depression: Characteristics, Burdens, Models, and Interventions by Michael J. Constantino, Anna Lembke, Candice Fischer, and Bruce A. Arnow


• The Will to Die by Viola Mecke


• Helping Adolescents with Self-Injurious Behavior: Cutting in Developmental Context by Lori Goldfarb Plante


• Reading, Writing, and Therapy: Mental Health Issues Among College Students by Julie B. Jampel


• Pedophile Priests: What Do We Know About Catholic Clergy Who ually Victimize Minors? by Thomas G. Plante


• Specific Phobia: A Common Problem, Rarely Treated by Christine D. Scher, Dana Steidtman, David Luxton, and Rick E. Ingram


• Conclusion: How Can We Prevent Abnormal Behavior from Occurring and Developing by Thomas G. Plante


• Volume 2: Public and Social Problems


• Preface


• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder among U.S. Combat Veterans by Stanley Krippner, and Daryl S. Paulson


• Family Violence: Understanding the Truth or Paying the Consequences by Christina M. Dalpiaz


• Abuse and Neglect of Older Adults: What Do We Know About It and How Can We Identify It? by Daphne Nahmiash


• Homicide-Suicide: An Overview by Julie E. Malphurs and Maria Llorente


• Mothers Who Kill Their Children: Considering Patterns, Prevention, and Intervention by Cheryl L. Meyer, and Michelle Oberman


• When the Peer Group Becomes the Parent: Social and Developmental Issues Associated with Youth Gangs by Mike Axelman, and Sara Bonnell


• Substance Abuse among Adolescents by Steve Sussman, Silvana Skara, and Susan L. Ames


• Workaholism by Ronald J. Burke


• The Remarkable Normalcy of Those Who Kill in Holy War by Rona Fields


• Culture in Psychopathology--Psychopathology in Culture: Taking a Fresh Look at an Old Problem by Juris G. Draguns


• "Unto the Following Generations...": How the Effects of Traumatic Experience Are Passed On by Judith Issroff


• Conclusion: How Can We Prevent Abnormal Behavior from Occurring and Developing? by Thomas G. Plante


• Volume 3: Biology and Function


• Postpartum Depression: More Than the "Baby Blues?" by Rudy Nydegger


• Persons with Mental Retardation: Scientific, Clinical, and Policy Advances by Robert M. Hodapp, Melissa A. Maxwell, Marisa H. Sellinger, and Elisabeth M. Dykens


• Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Crisis of Urgent Public Concern by Ruth E. Cook


• Frequently Asked Questions About Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD) by Carolyn Pender, and Bradley Smith


• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Diagnostic, Treatment, Gender, and Cultural Issues by Rudy Nydegger, and Michele Paludi


• Eating Disorders: Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, and Binge Eating Disorder by Jennifer Couturier, and James Lock


• Body Dysmorphic Disorder: When Does Concern About Appearance Become Pathological? by Shauna L. Shapiro, and Angela Gavin


• Munchausen by Proxy by Catherine C. Ayoub


• Alzheimer's Disease: New Concepts in Diagnosis, Treatment, and Management by James E. Soukup


• Gender Identity Disorders: Social-Cultural, Psychological and Clinical Perspectives by Leslie M. Lothstein


• ual Orientation and Mental Health: What the Behavioral Sciences Know About ual Orientation and Why It Matters by John C. Gonsirek


• Conclusion: How Can We Prevent Abnormal Behavior from Occurring and Developing? by Thomas G. Plante

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