Mental Disorders of the New Millennium: [3 Volumes] (Abnormal Psychology)

Brief Description:

Tragically, the daily news is filled with stories about hurtful and seemingly mystifying problems in human behavior. Each morning we face news stories about murder, suicide, drunken driving accidents, child molestation, drug abuse, gambling, criminal behavior, and so forth. The cover stories of news magazines from Time and Newsweek to U.S. News and World Report often focus on abnormal psychology and behavior connected to these particular topics, as well as to autism, child hyperactivity, depression, eating disorders, and more. In these volumes, experts in their respective fields draw together compelling chapters on the abnormal psychology and resulting behaviors that are today most often and most dramatically at issue in our world, including such topics as workaholism. Written with accessibility in mind, the set is intended to bridge the gap between research monographs and self-help books, to give layreaders and students solid and up to date information without having to translate jargon-heavy text.

Most people today are impacted by abnormal behavior or mental illness in some way. Some suffer from their own mental disorders or live with someone who does. Others have been victimized by people experiencing abnormal psychology, including the 20% of American women and 15% of American men reporting they were sexually abused as children. Mental illness and abnormal behavior touches all of us. This set can help us cope.

Thomas G. Plante is Professor and Chair of Psychology at Santa Clara University, and Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine. He is also Series Editor for the Praeger series in Abnormal Psychology. Plante also maintains a private practice in Menlo Park, Calif. He has authored more than 100 journal articles and book chapters, as well as authored, co-authored, edited or co-edited six books, including Sin Against the Innocents: Sexual Abuse by Priests and the Role of the Catholic Church (Praeger, 2004) and Contemporary Clinical Psychology (1999, 2005).

Volume 1: Behavioral Issues

The Psychopathy of Everyday Life by Marty Kantor

Narcissism: Greek Tragedy, Psychological Syndrome, Cultural Norm by Jerrold Lee Shapiro, and Susan Bernadett-Shapiro

Anger Disorders: Diagnosing an Unrecognized Mood Disorder by Heather C. Lench

An Overview of Pathological Gambling by Mark Griffiths

Kleptomania by Jon Grant, and Daniel Kim

Mood Disorders in Children and Adolescents by Jarrod M. Leffler, and Mary A. Fristad

Adult Depression: Characteristics, Burdens, Models, and Interventions by Michael J. Constantino, Anna Lembke, Candice Fischer, and Bruce A. Arnow

The Will to Die by Viola Mecke

Helping Adolescents with Self-Injurious Behavior: Cutting in Developmental Context by Lori Goldfarb Plante

Reading, Writing, and Therapy: Mental Health Issues Among College Students by Julie B. Jampel

Pedophile Priests: What Do We Know About Catholic Clergy Who Sexually Victimize Minors? by Thomas G. Plante

Specific Phobia: A Common Problem, Rarely Treated by Christine D. Scher, Dana Steidtman, David Luxton, and Rick E. Ingram

Conclusion: How Can We Prevent Abnormal Behavior from Occurring and Developing by Thomas G. Plante

Volume 2: Public and Social Problems

Preface

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder among U.S. Combat Veterans by Stanley Krippner, and Daryl S. Paulson

Family Violence: Understanding the Truth or Paying the Consequences by Christina M. Dalpiaz

Abuse and Neglect of Older Adults: What Do We Know About It and How Can We Identify It? by Daphne Nahmiash

Homicide-Suicide: An Overview by Julie E. Malphurs and Maria Llorente

Mothers Who Kill Their Children: Considering Patterns, Prevention, and Intervention by Cheryl L. Meyer, and Michelle Oberman

When the Peer Group Becomes the Parent: Social and Developmental Issues Associated with Youth Gangs by Mike Axelman, and Sara Bonnell

Substance Abuse among Adolescents by Steve Sussman, Silvana Skara, and Susan L. Ames

Workaholism by Ronald J. Burke

The Remarkable Normalcy of Those Who Kill in Holy War by Rona Fields

Culture in Psychopathology--Psychopathology in Culture: Taking a Fresh Look at an Old Problem by Juris G. Draguns

"Unto the Following Generations..." How the Effects of Traumatic Experience Are Passed On by Judith Issroff

Conclusion: How Can We Prevent Abnormal Behavior from Occurring and Developing? by Thomas G. Plante

Volume 3: Biology and Function

Postpartum Depression: More Than the "Baby Blues?" by Rudy Nydegger

Persons with Mental Retardation: Scientific, Clinical, and Policy Advances by Robert M. Hodapp, Melissa A. Maxwell, Marisa H. Sellinger, and Elisabeth M. Dykens

Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Crisis of Urgent Public Concern by Ruth E. Cook

Frequently Asked Questions About Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD) by Carolyn Pender, and Bradley Smith

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Diagnostic, Treatment, Gender, and Cultural Issues by Rudy Nydegger, and Michele Paludi

Eating Disorders: Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, and Binge Eating Disorder by Jennifer Couturier, and James Lock

Body Dysmorphic Disorder: When Does Concern About Appearance Become Pathological? by Shauna L. Shapiro, and Angela Gavin

Munchausen by Proxy by Catherine C. Ayoub

Alzheimer's Disease: New Concepts in Diagnosis, Treatment, and Management by James E. Soukup

Gender Identity Disorders: Social-Cultural, Psychological and Clinical Perspectives by Leslie M. Lothstein

Sexual Orientation and Mental Health: What the Behavioral Sciences Know About Sexual Orientation and Why It Matters by John C. Gonsirek

Conclusion: How Can We Prevent Abnormal Behavior from Occurring and Developing? by Thomas G. Plante

"Kudos to editor Thomas G. Plante for attempting to help bring psychology and psychological practice into the new millennium.... The overall value of these three volumes is undisputed.... All of the chapters are well written and easily understood by any graduate student or practicing clinician. Most authors illustrate their positions with carefully selected vignettes, and most include useful references."

PsycCRITIQUES

"Prepared with the educated lay reader in mind, this three-volume set presents 37 articles brought together by Plante who sought to avoid the jargon-filled, data-driven writing found in much of the academic literature and to communicate knowledge on abnormal behavior that draws on up-to-date research and practice evidence."

SciTech Book News

Tragically, the daily news is filled with stories about hurtful and seemingly mystifying problems in human behavior. Each morning we face news stories about murder, suicide, drunken driving accidents, child molestation, drug abuse, gambling, criminal behavior, and so forth. The cover stories of news magazines from Time and Newsweek to U.S. News and World Report often focus on abnormal psychology and behavior connected to these particular topics, as well as to autism, child hyperactivity, depression, eating disorders, and more. In these volumes, experts in their respective fields draw together compelling chapters on the abnormal psychology and resulting behaviors that are today most often and most dramatically at issue in our world, including such topics as workaholism. Written with accessibility in mind, the set is intended to bridge the gap between research monographs and self-help books, to give layreaders and students solid and up to date information without having to translate jargon-heavy text.

Most people today are impacted by abnormal behavior or mental illness in some way. Some suffer from their own mental disorders or live with someone who does. Others have been victimized by people experiencing abnormal psychology, including the 20% of American women and 15% of American men reporting they were sexually abused as children. Mental illness and abnormal behavior touches all of us. This set can help us cope.

Review Citations:

• Scitech Book News 12/01/2006 pg. 79 (EAN 9780275987817, Hardcover)