Case Studies in Abnormal Psychology
Second Edition ©2015
ISBN:9781319116736
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Fully updated for DSM-5, this exciting revision complements the abnormal psychology course by providing 17 case histories based on the authors' clinical experiences. Each case study goes beyond DSM-5 diagnosis to describe the individual's history and symptoms, a theoretical discussion of treatment, a specific treatment plan, the actual treatment conducted, and assessment questions for students. The casebook also provides three "You Decide" cases -- written without diagnosis or treatment, so students can identify disorders and suggest appropriate therapies. This new edition adds assessment questions to the end of each case and also features three brand new cases: hoarding, somatic symptom disorder, and gender dysphoria.
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Table of Contents
Case 1 Posttraumatic Stress DisorderCase 2 Panic Disorder
Case 3 Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Case 4 Major Depressive Disorder
Case 5 Bipolar Disorder
Case 6 Illness Anxiety Disorder
Case 7 Hoarding Disorder
Case 8 Somatic Symptom Disorder
Case 9 Bulimia Nervosa
Case 10 Alcohol Use Disorder and Marital Distress
Case 11 Sexual Dysfunction: Male Erectile Disorder
Case 12 Schizophrenia
Case 13 Borderline Personality Disorder
Case 14 Antisocial Personality Disorder
Case 15 Autism Spectrum Disorder
Case 16 Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Case 17 Gender Dysphoria
Case 18 You Decide: Excessive Weight Loss
Case 19 You Decide: Memory Problems
Case 20 You Decide: Hair Pulling
Authors
Ethan E. Gorenstein
Ethan E. Gorenstein is clinical director of the Behavioral Medicine Program at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center and a professor of clinical psychology in the department of psychiatry at Columbia University. He is also the author of The Science of Mental Illness (Academic Press). He has an active clinical practice devoted to the use of evidence-based psychological treatment methods for problems of both children and adults.
Ronald J. Comer
Ronald J. Comer has been a professor in Princeton University’s Department of Psychology for the past 47 years, also serving for many years as director of Clinical Psychology Studies and as chair of the university’s Institutional Review Board. In 2016 he transitioned to emeritus status at the university. He has received the President’s Award for Distinguished Teaching at Princeton, where his various courses in abnormal psychology were among the university’s most popular.
Professor Comer is also Clinical Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. He has also been a practicing clinical psychologist and served as a consultant to Eden Autism Services and to hospitals and family practice residency programs throughout New Jersey.
In addition to writing the textbooks Fundamentals of Abnormal Psychology (tenth edition), Abnormal Psychology (eleventh edition), Psychology Around Us (second edition), and Case Studies in Abnormal Psychology (third edition), Professor Comer has published a range of journal articles and produced numerous widely used educational video programs, including The Higher Education Video Library Series, The Video Anthology for Abnormal Psychology, Video Segments in Neuroscience, Introduction to Psychology Video Clipboard, and Developmental Psychology Video Clipboard.
Professor Comer was an undergraduate at the University of Pennsylvania and a graduate student at Clark University. He currently lives in Florida with his wife, Marlene. From there he keeps a close eye on his nearby grandchildren Delia and Emmett, somehow making the same mistakes with them that he made with their father Jon and their uncle Greg a generation ago. Then again, that turned out pretty well.
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