Case analyses for abnormal psychology : learning to look beyond the symptoms / Randall E. Osborne and Joan Lafuze, David Perkins.
By: Osborne, Randall E
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Contributor(s): Lafuze, Joan | Perkins, David V.
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BookPublisher: Philadelphia, PA : Psychology Press, 2000Description: xxi, 200 p. ; 24 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0863775837; 0863775845 .Subject(s): Psychology, PathologicalDDC classification: 616.89 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 616.89 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00082948 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This casebook provides rich, detailed examples of the major mental illnesses. In addition, it also includes up-to-date information about the biological nature of these disorders, comprehensive approaches to treatment, and critical thinking and questioning pauses. As an added feature, this text incorporates multiple treatment providers including psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and psychiatric nurse practitioners. Before delving into the detailed cases, the text provides introductory chapters on: perspectives in abnormal psychology, diagnostic and therapeutic interviewing, classification and diagnosis, assessment procedures, introductory comments about each case, and therapeutic strategies. Readers learn about the personal history of each consumer both before and during the development of each case. Most cases also include in-depth interviews with individuals close to the consumer. Every case ends with a section on that particular disorder as viewed from a biological perspective. Treatment approaches are applied as appropriate as well as discussions centring on why other treatment techniques have been ruled out as viable options.
Bibliography: p. 195-197. - Includes index.
Introduction -- Major perspectives and the assumptions each makes about human behavior -- Diagnostic interviews: The importance of critical thinking in the clinical process -- Classification and diagnosis -- The case of Ricky G: Schizophrenia -- The case of Barbara M: Clinical depression -- The case of Sally W: Bipolar disorder -- The case of Carl V: Borderline personality disorder -- The case of Margaret H: Obsessive-compulsive disorder -- The case of Jacob T: Autism -- The case of Sarah O: Bulimia nervosa -- The case of Latisha Q: Panic disorder -- The case of Richard B: Alcohol addiction -- The case of Paula H: Post-traumatic stress disorder -- The case of Brighid C: Dissociative identity disorder -- Wrapping up the journey.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Acknowledgments (p. vii)
- About the Authors (p. ix)
- Preface (p. xi)
- Introduction (p. xv)
- Chapter 1 Major Perspectives and the Assumptions Each Makes About Human Behavior (p. 1)
- Chapter 2 Diagnostic Interviews: The Importance of Critical Thinking in the Clinical Process (p. 9)
- Chapter 3 Classification and Diagnosis (p. 15)
- Chapter 4 The Case of Ricky G: Schizophrenia (p. 25)
- Chapter 5 The Case of Barbara M: Clinical Depression (p. 43)
- Chapter 6 The Case of Sally W: Bipolar Disorder (p. 59)
- Chapter 7 The Case of Carl V: Borderline Personality Disorder (p. 73)
- Chapter 8 The Case of Margaret H: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (p. 85)
- Chapter 9 The Case of Jacob T: Autism (p. 101)
- Chapter 10 The Case of Sarah O: Bulimia Nervosa (p. 115)
- Chapter 11 The Case of Latisha Q: Panic Disorder (p. 127)
- Chapter 12 The Case of Richard B: Alcohol Addiction (p. 141)
- Chapter 13 The Case of Paula H: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (p. 159)
- Chapter 14 The Case of Brighid C: Dissociative Identity Disorder (p. 173)
- Chapter 15 Wrapping Up the Journey (p. 187)
- References (p. 195)
- Index (p. 199)
Reviews provided by Syndetics
CHOICE Review
Osborne (psychology, Texas State Univ.), Lafuze (biology, Indiana Univ. East), and Perkins (psychological science, Ball State Univ.) argue that mental illness can best be understood from multiple perspectives, and that patients are humans whose symptoms have survival value. The book includes 11 cases (ranging from schizophrenia to bulimia), discussions of case formulations, classification and diagnosis, and a very perfunctory overview of major psychological perspectives. The authors deserve credit for giving close attention to the diagnostic process, including the perspectives of family members, and to treatment rationale. Unfortunately, their approach gets in the way of their admirable goals. Although history and background information is provided for each person, including accounts of trauma and loss, there is little discussion of the significance of these events from the patient's point of view. The authors uncritically assume that mental illnesses are neurobiological disorders (thus, sidelining environmental factors), and have an oddly favorable view of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) as a treatment option. Each case includes a section summarizing biological studies related to the person's diagnosis, but given that there are no biological findings for any of the patients, this only adds to the disjointed quality of the text. Summing Up: Recommended. With the caveats above. Lower- and upper-division undergraduates. --Steen Halling, Seattle UniversityAuthor notes provided by Syndetics
He codirects the think tank "{{Project Zero" at the Harvard Graduate School of Education & has authored books on mind, intelligence, creativity & learning.(Bowker Author Biography)