style="font-size:15px;"> Updated scatter plots have been included for better student understanding of concepts related to correlation.
A new LENS has been added: Treatment and Clinical Perspectives—Failure to Publish the Results of All Clinical Trials Is Hurting Medical Science.
A new Cultural LENS was added: Randomized Controlled Trials of Global Mental Health Treatments in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.
Chapter 4: Assessment and Classification of Psychological Disorders
A new Cultural LENS was added: Empirically Supported Research Approaches and Cultural Competence.
Another new LENS was included: Assessment, Classification, and Clinical Practice—The RDoC Alternative to the DSM.
An extended discussion of the NIMH RDoC approach to classification of psychopathology was added.
Chapter 5: Disorders of Childhood
A new Cultural LENS was added: Romania Adoption Study. This study examines the effects of foster care as opposed to being placed in an institution on attachment and mental health.
A new Research Terms to Know feature has been included, focusing on prospective studies.
Another new LENS was added: Do Adults With ADHD Have a Different Disorder From That Seen in Children?
A new feature box, Understanding Changes in DSM–5, describes the considerations and development of the autism spectrum disorder criteria in the latest version of the DSM.
Information was updated concerning the relationship between the genetics of autism spectrum disorder, ADHD, and schizophrenia.
Information was updated on cortical networks related to autism spectrum disorder.
Information was updated on medications used to treat autism spectrum disorder.
Information was updated on psychosocial treatments for ADHD.
New information has been included on the use of neurofeedback for the treatment of ADHD.
Updated information was added on critical periods of development that can be associated with developmental disorders.
Chapter 6: Mood Disorders and Suicide
A new LENS was added: Everyday Social Behavior During a Major Depressive Episode.
Another new LENS was included: Suicide Among College Students.
A new Cultural LENS was added: Mood Disorders Around the World.
A new feature box, Understanding Changes in DSM–5, describes the grief exception in the criteria for a major depressive disorder.
New Research Terms to Know features focus on meta-analysis and on standard error.
Updated information on the relationship between stress and depression is included.
Updated information on suicide rates in the United States has been added.
Additional information on suicide in the military including length of service and battlefield experiences is included.
Updated information on comparing treatment approaches of PTSD has been added.
Information has been updated on preventing suicide.
New information relating Beck’s cognitive model of depression with underlying neural mechanisms has been added.
Additional information has been included on use of mindfulness-based therapies and ACT for the treatment of depression.
Chapter 7: Stress, Trauma, and Psychopathology
A new LENS was added: Does Debriefing Help Prevent PTSD?
A new feature box, Understanding Changes in DSM–5, describes PTSD Definitions in DSM–IV and DSM–5.
Updated information concerning brain responses associated with the stress response has been included.
New information was added on glucocorticoid pathways involved in stress.
Updated information on gender differences in stress has been incorporated.
New information on using narrative exposure therapy (NET) to treat individuals with trauma has also been added.
Chapter 8: Anxiety Disorder and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders
A new LENS was added: Anxiety and the Prescribing of Benzodiazepines.
A new Cultural LENS was added: Global Mental Health: Anxiety Disorders.
New research on cognitive bias responses to threat in anxiety disorders has been incorporated.
Additional information on treatment of anxiety disorders using mindfulness, ACT, and acceptance-based behavioral therapy has been included.
New information on theories of anxiety development, including David Barlow’s triple vulnerability perspective and Susan Mineka’s learning perspective, has been added.
A new feature box, Understanding Changes in DSM–5, describes considerations and changes in criteria to Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders in DSM–5.
Additional brain imaging research focused on OCD has been included.
Chapter 9: Dissociative Disorders and Somatic Symptom Disorders
A new LENS was added: Multiple Personality and the Media.
A new Cultural LENS was included: Culture and Somatic Symptoms.
A new feature box, Understanding Changes in DSM–5, describes considerations and changes to dissociative disorders criteria in the latest DSM.
Chapter 10: Eating Disorders
A new LENS, Eating Disorders and Your Gut, describes gut bacteria’s relationship to disordered eating.
Another new LENS has been added: Eating Disorders and Sports.
A new Cultural LENS was added: Reducing Obesity Worldwide.
A new feature box, Understanding Changes in DSM–5, describes considerations and changes in criteria for eating disorders.
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