Abnormal Psychology
Second Edition
To those with the courage to share their experience of mental illness and the willingness to help others lead a meaningful life.
Abnormal Psychology
Second Edition
William J. Ray
Pennsylvania State University
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Ray, William J., 1945– author.
Title: Abnormal psychology / William J. Ray, Pennsylvania State University.
Description: 2nd edition. | Thousand Oaks, CA : SAGE, [2018] | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016039320 | ISBN 9781506333359 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Psychology, Pathological.
Classification: LCC RC435 .R39 2018 | DDC 616.89—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016039320
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Brief Contents
1 Preface
3 Chapter 1 • An Overview of Psychopathology and Changing Conceptualizations of Mental Illness
4 Chapter 2 • Neuroscience Approaches to Understanding Psychopathology
5 Chapter 3 • Research Methods
6 Chapter 4 • Assessment and Classification of Psychological Disorders
7 Chapter 5 • Disorders of Childhood
8 Chapter 6 • Mood Disorders and Suicide
9 Chapter 7 • Stress, Trauma, and Psychopathology
10 Chapter 8 • Anxiety Disorders and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders
11 Chapter 9 • Dissociative Disorders and Somatic Symptom Disorders
12 Chapter 10 • Eating Disorders
13 Chapter 11 • Sexuality Disorders and Gender Dysphoria
