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Abnormal Psychology

by Alan Carr. 230 pgs.

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Contributors:

   Alan Carr

Publisher:

   Psychology Press

Place of Publication:

  Philadelphia  

Publication Year:

  2001
Subjects:   Psychology, Pathological, Depression, Mental, Anxiety Disorders
Table of contents
List of illustrations vii
Series preface ix
Preface xi
1 Childhood behaviour disorders 1
2 Anxiety disorders 37
3 Depression 77
4 Schizophrenia 107
5 Personality disorders 135
6 Models of abnormal behaviour 177
Glossary 199
References 205
Index 225
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books on: (Psychology Pathological) OR (Depression Mental) OR (Anxiety Disorders)  - 40064 results

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Abnormal Psychology
Book by Alan Carr; Psychology Press, 2001
Subjects: Anxiety Disorders, Depression, Mental, Psychology, Pathological
...bibloographical references p. and index. 1. Psychology, Pathological. I. Title. II. Series. RC454.C2745 2001 616.89-dc21...schizophrenia in US and UK 182 Series preface The Psychology Focus series provides short, up-to-date accounts of...
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Anxiety Disorders
Book by Bruce M. Hyman, Cherry Pedrick; Twenty-First Century Books, 2006
Subjects: Anxiety Disorders--Juvenile Literature, Neuroses--Juvenile Literature
...withdrawal is also a symptom of depression, which is common among...obsessive thoughts of OCD. depression: an emotional state characterized...thoughts. distress: mental or physical strain brought...stress: a state of mental, emotional, and/or phys...
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Anxiety Disorders Comorbid with Depression: Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia
Book by David Nutt, Adrian Feeney, Spilios Argyropolous; Martin Dunitz, 2002
Subjects: Agoraphobia, Panic Disorders
...experience, they become more vigilant about their own bodily sensations and are therefore more at risk of responding in a pathological fashion to the next experience of similar bodily sensations. They may also avoid precipitants that have already been...
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Understanding Panic and Other Anxiety Disorders
Book by Benjamin A. Root; University Press of Mississippi, 2000
Subjects: Anxiety, Panic Disorders
...may try to avoid socializing entirely. Its important to distinguish social phobia from simple shyness, which is not pathological and does not interfere with patients lives. (Perhaps pathological shyness should be an alternative diagnostic label...
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Mood and Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents: A Psychopharmacological Approach
Book by David Nutt, Caroline Bell, Christine Masterson, Clare Short; Martin Dunitz, 2001
Subjects: Affective Disorders In Children, Anxiety In Children, Pediatric Psychopharmacology
...psychopharmacology of anxiety and depression. This has involved...biological aspects of mental illness together...assessment of the parents mental state, their own...attachment or maternal depression or anxiety may come...such as the Beck Depression Inventory and the...Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 3...
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Testing the Utility of the Anxiety Sensitivity Construct in Children and Adolescents Referred for Anxiety Disorders
Journal article by Carl F. Weems, Kelly Hammond, Laurence, Wendy K. Silverman, Golda S. Ginsburg; Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, Vol. 27, 1998
Subjects: Child Psychiatry, Child Psychology
...children". Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology , 16, 275-287. Chorpita, B...hyperventilation." Journal of Abnormal Psychology , 98, 100-102. Maller, R. G...index". Journal of Clinical Child Psychology , 20, 162-168. Silverman, W...
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Child Anxiety Sensitivity Index: Considerations for Children with Anxiety Disorders
Journal article by Bruce F. Chorpita, Anne Marie Albano, David H. Barlow; Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, Vol. 25, 1996
Subjects: Child Psychiatry, Child Psychology
...Association. ( 1987 ). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (3rd ed., rev.). Washington, DC: Author...Taylor, J. A. ( 1953 ). "A personality scale of manifest anxiety". Journal of Abnormal Social Psychology , 48, 285-290...
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Theoretical Foundations of Cognitive-Behavior Therapy for Anxiety and Depression
Journal article by Chris R. Brewin; Annual Review of Psychology, Vol. 47, 1996
Subjects: Anxiety--Care and treatment, Cognitive therapy--Analysis, Depression, Mental--Care and treatment
...disorder (PTSD), OCD, or pathological grief reactions. Cognitive...research and theory in psychology. As is often the case...theorists about how CBT for depression works, there is disagreement...support, self-esteem and depression. Psychol. Med. 16:813-31...
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Prevalence and Co-occurrence of Substance Use Disorders and Independent Mood and Anxiety Disorders: Results from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions
Journal article by Bridget F. Grant, Frederick S. Stinson, Deborah A. Dawson, S. Patricia Chou, Mary C. Dufour, Wilson Compton, Roger P. Pickering, Kenneth Kaplan; Alcohol Research & Health, Vol. 29, 2006
Subjects: Alcohols--Surveys, American Psychiatric Association--Surveys, Comorbidity--Surveys, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Book), Prevalence studies (Epidemiology)--Surveys
...phobia to kappa = 0.64 for major depression. (28,30) The validity of current...disorder and Short-Form-12v2 (54) mental disability scores, controlling...Substance Abuse and Comorbid Mental and Psychiatric Disorders...HASIN DS, GRANT BF. Major depression in 6,050 former drinkers. Arch...
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Empirically Supported Treatments for Children with Phobic and Anxiety Disorders: Current Status
Journal article by Thomas H. Ollendick, Neville J. King; Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, Vol. 27, 1998
Subjects: Child Psychiatry, Child Psychology
...Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology , 64, 724-730. King, N...Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology , 62, 918-927. Ollendick...issues in treating children with anxiety and phobic disorders. Cognitive and Behavioral...
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Up to One Fifth of the World's Children Have Mental or Behavioural Problems
Magazine article by Katrin Eun-Myo Park; UN Chronicle, Vol. 39, June 2002
Subjects: Behavior disorders in children--Care and treatment, Depression, Mental--Statistics, Mentally ill--Care and treatment, World Health Organization--Reports, World Health Report 2001, Mental Health: New Understanding, New Hope, (Report)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...to be available at the community level. As large custodial mental hospitals are being replaced by community care facilities...and epilepsy fall into four categories: antidepressants for depression; antipsychotics for psychotic symptoms; anti-epileptics for...
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Poverty and Mental Health in the Developing World
Magazine article by Keya Acharya; Contemporary Review, Vol. 279, September 2001
Subjects: Anxiety--Statistics, Depression, Mental--Statistics, India--Psychological aspects, Indians--Psychology and mental health, Mental health--International aspects, Mental illness--Risk factors, Poverty--Health aspects, World Health Organization--Reports
...care clinics had a common mental disorder (CMD) such as anxiety or clinical depression. Women were two to three...Importantly, not all mental disorders are increasing...of anxiety and clinical depression to rising inequality, as...
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The Facts about Depression
Magazine article; Public Management, Vol. 76, November 1994
Subjects: American Psychiatric Association--Reports, Depression, Mental--Evaluation
...said to have had an episode of clinical depression. More severe symptoms mark the period as an episode of major depression. Many mental health experts say that the key to judging this gradation lies in the amount of change a person undergoes in...
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Are We Becoming a Nation of Depressives? by Many Estimates Depression Has Become the Scourge of Westerners. Already the Fourth Leading Cause of Disability in the Workforce, It Is Projected to Reach Number Two by the Year 2020 (after Respiratory Infections)
Magazine article by Kevin Turnquist; The Humanist, Vol. 62, September 2002
Subjects: Americans--Psychological aspects, Antidepressants--Finance, Chimpanzees--Genetic aspects, Depression (Mood disorder)--Diagnosis, Depression, Mental--Diagnosis, Hippocampus (Brain)--Physiological aspects, Mental health services--Finance, Psychiatric services--Finance
...led to them being prescribed for a host of new maladies: mild depression, phobias, obsessions, posttraumatic stress symptoms, anxiety...with emotion. Perhaps SSRIs decrease the emotional response to mental events so that chronic worries, obsessions, sad thoughts, and...
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The Age of Depression
Magazine article by Allan V. Horwitz, Jerome C. Wakefield; Public Interest, Winter 2005
Subjects: Americans--Health aspects, Americans--Psychological aspects, Depression (Mood disorder)--Care and treatment, Depression (Mood disorder)--Causes of, Depression (Mood disorder)--Diagnosis, Depression (Mood disorder)--Forecasts and trends, Depression, Mental--Care and treatment, Depression, Mental--Causes of, Depression, Mental--Diagnosis, Depression, Mental--Forecasts and trends, Mentally ill persons--Care and treatment, Mentally ill persons--Growth, Mentally ill persons--Social aspects, Mentally ill--Care and treatment, Mentally ill--Growth, Mentally ill--Social aspects
...symptoms over an abnormally long duration do. A century later, Aristotle elaborated the distinction between normal and pathological mood states. He separated melancholic states that arose from the conditions of everyday life from disorders that involved...
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Kava Might Be an Alternative for Treating Anxiety Disorders
Newspaper article by Patrick B. Massey; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), June 21, 2004
...unrealistic or excessive anxiety or worry and often is associated with other anxiety disorders and depression. Patients suffering from general anxiety disorder most commonly are treated by primary-care physicians, not psychiatrists, and misdiagnosis...
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How to Mind Mental Wellbeing; HEALTH: With the Pressures of 21st-Century Living Come the Side-Effects of Stress and Depression - but the Stigma That Went with These Issues Is Fast Disappearing
Newspaper article; Coventry Evening Telegraph (England), September 27, 2007
Subjects: Comedians--Methods, Depression (Mood disorder)--Methods, Depression, Mental--Methods, Mental health--Methods
...personality disorders and schizophrenia. "As we go through life, our mental health doesnt remain stable," Pamela adds. "We are going to...struggling with a mental health problem, the most common being depression and anxiety. "Very often people dont know that treatment is...
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North Top Spender on Depression Drugs; Mental Health Patient Numbers Rise Each Year
Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), December 3, 2007
Subjects: Depression (Mood disorder), Depression, Mental, Drugs--Statistics
...these drugs and people could have talking therapies instead. "If we were able to have ready access to a level of community psychology services that we needed, we wouldnt be prescribing as we are." According to the PPA figures, the average spending on anti-depressants...
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Bank Boss: City Must Be 'Human' over Staff Depression; Appeal: HBOS Chief Lord Stevenson Said City Firms Must Act Decently towards Staff Whose Mental Health Suffers Because of the Credit Crunch
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), July 10, 2008
Subjects: Banks (Finance), Depression (Mood disorder), Depression, Mental, Mental health
...special helplines offeringstaff counselling for anxiety and depression. The Standard revealed how calls to these services have rocketed...people fear their careers will suffer if bossesknow they are mentally ill. Lord Stevenson said attitudes among top firms had improved...
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Don't Try to Deal with Depression All on Your Own; the Recession, with Its Financial and Employment Worries, Can Lead to Depression and Other Mental Health Problems. Christine Lovell, a Consultant Psychologist and Clinical Director of Ludlow Street Healthcare Group, Explains How to Tackle Recession Worries
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), June 29, 2009
Subjects: Depression (Mood disorder), Depression, Mental, Health care industry--Economic aspects, Health care reform, Mental health
...Its Financial and Employment Worries, Can Lead to Depression and Other Mental Health Problems. Christine Lovell, a Consultant...really comes into its own. At the end of the day, anxiety is a natural emotion but there are many ways we...
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Anxiety
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...and are carefully avoided by the phobic individual. Obsessive-compulsive disorders (OCD) are characterized by obsessions (mental quandries) and compulsions (physical actions) that engage the individual excessively. Extreme anxiety may be experienced...
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Psychiatry
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...concerns the diagnosis and treatment of mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders, including major depression , schizophrenia , and anxiety . Although...recognized the significance of emotions in mental disorders, medieval thought emphasized...
3.
Neurosis
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
NEUROSIS in psychiatry, a broad category of psychological disturbance, encompassing various mild forms of mental disorder. Until fairly recently, the term neurosis was broadly employed in contrast with psychosis, which denoted much more...
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Psychopharmacology
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...of side effects, including depression, reserpine has been supplanted...first to be widely applied to mental disorders and remains one of...individuals with less serious mental disorders, but may lead to...individuals suffering from major depression or the depression phase of...
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Cocaine
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Abstinence after a cocaine binge leads to crashing (anxiety, depression, suspiciousness, sleep craving) and withdrawal (absence of...Treatment is often complicated by underlying social problems, mental illness, and the use of multiple drugs. Production and Distribution...
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