Psychopathology
A Social Neuropsychological Perspective

An undergraduate textbook taking a critical view of the dominant psychiatric model of psychopathology, and offering both psychosocial and neuro/biopsychological approaches.

Alison Lee (Author), Robert Irwin (Author)

9780521279024, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 5 April 2018

372 pages, 9 b/w illus. 4 tables
24.6 x 19 x 1.8 cm, 0.81 kg

In Psychopathology: A Social Neuropsychological Perspective, Lee and Irwin demonstrate that mental distress often defies traditional forms of medical classification. Integrating both psychosocial and neuropsychological frameworks, they present a unique and balanced perspective on psychopathology, emphasising the importance of context, relationships and neuroplasticity. Written to support teaching and learning at the undergraduate level, Psychopathology: A Social Neuropsychological Perspective encourages students to explore alternatives to traditional diagnostic models. Pedagogical features such as reflection points in each chapter encourage critical engagement and classroom debate. The result is an original examination of mental distress and a stand-alone resource for students in this area.

1. Introduction
2. Madness: a history of ideas
3. Emotions and normal life
4. Control, stress and coping
5. Distress
6. Psychosocial perspectives on distress
7. Psychosis: symptoms and causes
8. Psychosocial perspectives of psychosis
9. Recovery
10. Psychological therapies
11. The treatment of mental distress with psychiatric medication
12. Conclusions.

Subject Areas: Critical care surgery [MNL], Clinical psychology [MMJ], Psychiatry [MMH], Mental health services [MBPK], Psychology [JM]