Psychopathology
Understanding Psychological Disorders

Accessible and comprehensive, this textbook portrays the real people behind the DSM-5 criteria, the theories, and the research.

Kenneth Carter (Author)

9781108437516, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 22 December 2022

650 pages
25.5 x 20.3 x 3 cm, 1.35 kg

'Carter presents critical issues in psychopathology in a clear and organized fashion current with the DSM-5tr. He carefully attends to cultural variations and objectively navigates sensitive issues such as gender identity. His inclusion of `The Power of Words', which introduces the reader to word usage, its role in psychodiagnostics, and its importance for learning empathy, sets this text apart.' Gregory Moffatt, Point University

Carter's Psychopathology is an accessible, engaging, and well-organized text covering the study, understanding, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of psychological disorders. Fully integrating gender and culture in the presentation of mental disorders, and using a sensitive and inclusive language to encourage an empathic approach to psychopathology, this introductory textbook offers students a strong foundation of the socio-cultural factors influencing how we treat mental disorders. Featuring: boxes such as 'the power of words', promoting the use of respectful, empathic language, and 'the power of evidence', demonstrating that scientific evidence can answer questions about psychopathology treatments; real-world case studies and examples; 'concept checks' questions to test the student's mastery of the material covered in each section; chapter summaries listing the 'take-home' points discussed; and key terms and glossary highlighting terms that students will need to understand and become familiar with, this textbook provides a hands-on approach to the study of psychopathology.

Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Overview of psychopathology and psychological disorders
2. Psychopathology perspectives: theories and treatments
3. Research, assessment, diagnosis, and treatment
4. Anxiety, obsessive-compulsive, and related disorders
5. Trauma and stressor-related and dissociative disorders
6. Mood disorders
7. Somatic symptom, sleep, and psychological factors affecting health
8. Gender variation, sexual dysfunctions, and paraphilic disorders
9. Eating disorders
10. Disruptive impulse control and conduct disorders
11. Substance-related and addictive disorders
12. Personality disorders
13. Schizophrenia and psychotic disorders
14. Neurodevelopmental and neurocognitive disorders
15. Legal and ethical issues
Glossary
References
Index.

Subject Areas: Clinical psychology [MMJ], Mental health services [MBPK], Abnormal psychology [JMP]