Table of Contents

PART I: ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY IN SCIENCE AND CLINICAL PRACTICE Abnormal Psychology: Past and Present Models of Abnormality Clinical Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment PART II: PROBLEMS OF ANXIETY AND MOOD Anxiety Disorders Stress Disorders Somatoform and Dissociative Disorders Mood Disorders Suicide PART III: PROBLEMS OF THE MIND AND BODY Eating Disorders Substance-Related Disorders Sexual Disorders and Gender Identity Disorder PART IV: PROBLEMS OF PSYCHOSIS AND THE COGNITIVE FUNCTION Schizophrenia PART V: LIFE-SPAN PROBLEMS Personality Disorders Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence Disorders of Aging and Cognition PART VI: CONCLUSION Law, Society, and the Mental Health Profession

About the Author

RONALD J. COMER is Professor of Psychology at Princeton University, USA. He is also a practicing clinical psychologist and serves as a consultant to hospitals, individual families and the Eden Institute for Persons with Autism, USA