Cover -- Psychopathology -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of tables -- Acknowledgements -- 1 A framework for scientific psychopathology -- Introduction -- Historical background -- Mental derangement or mental illness? -- Moral treatment -- The modern era: brain or mind? -- The twentieth century and science -- The stress-diathesis model -- What is abnormal? -- Statistical infrequencies -- Violation of norms -- Maladaptive behaviour -- Personal distress -- Comment -- Summary -- 2 Classification and paradigms of abnormal behaviour -- Introduction -- The ICD and DSM -- The DSM axes -- Criticisms of ICD and DSM -- Reliability -- Validity -- Categorical versus dimensional approaches -- Paradigms of scientific psychopathology -- Crossing boundaries in psychopathology -- Summary -- 3 The nature of schizophrenia -- Introduction -- Clinical picture -- Onset -- Course -- Factors associated with good outcome -- Factors associated with poor outcome -- Epidemiology -- Subtypes of schizophrenia -- Four subtypes -- Positive and negative symptoms -- The three syndrome model -- Two phases of illness -- Treatment -- Summary -- 4 Aetiology of schizophrenia -- Introduction -- Biological approaches -- Genetic factors -- Brain structure and schizophrenia -- Brain function and schizophrenia -- Psychological approaches -- Psychodynamic explanations -- Family theories -- Expressed emotion (EE) -- The cognitive-neuropsychological approach -- Summary -- 5 The nature of affective disorders -- Introduction -- Depression -- Major depressive illness: the clinical picture -- Minor depressive states: the clinical picture -- Mood disorders associated with childbirth -- Mania: the clinical picture -- Hypomania -- Bipolar affective disorder -- Epidemiology of the affective disorders -- Treatment -- Prognosis -- Summary -- 6 Aetiology of the affective disorders -- Introduction.

Psychological approaches -- Early childhood experiences -- Psychosocial stress factors -- Learned helplessness/hopelessness -- Cognitive factors -- Biological approaches -- Genetic research -- Neurotransmitter abnormalities -- Summary -- 7 The anxiety disorders and obsessional states -- Introduction -- The experience of anxiety -- Phobias -- Specific phobias -- Social phobia -- Agoraphobia and panic disorder -- Generalised anxiety -- Adjustment reaction -- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) -- Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) -- Treatment -- Summary -- 8 Aetiology of anxiety disorders -- Introduction -- Psychological theories -- Psychodynamic approaches -- Conditioning theories -- Two-process theory -- Preparedness -- Cognitive approaches -- Biological mechanisms -- The evolutionary basis of anxiety -- Genetic mechanisms -- Neurotransmitter dysfunction -- A stress-diathesis model -- Summary -- 9 Eating disorders -- Introduction -- Anorexia nervosa -- Clinical features -- Treatment -- Prognosis -- Bulimia nervosa -- Clinical fetaures -- Treatment -- Prognosis -- Summary -- 10 Vulnerability and perpetuating factors in eating disorders -- Introduction -- Vulnerability factors -- Perpetuating factors -- Summary -- 11 Criticisms of psychopathology -- Introduction -- Mental illness does not exist -- Szasz's 'myth of mental illness' -- Comment -- Mental illness as a deliberate response -- Early psycho-social models -- Comment -- Disease, syndrome or symptoms? -- The right level of enquiry -- Comment -- Categorical versus dimensional classification -- A mental health continuum? -- Too much or too little science? -- Summary -- 12 The future of psychopathology -- Introduction -- Unravelling brain-behaviour interactions -- More eclecticism -- Genetic mechanisms and testing -- New treatments -- Greater use of imaging techniques.

Care for people with a mental illness -- Summary -- 13 Three research reviews -- Introduction -- International pilot study of schizophrenia -- Treatment of depression collaborative research programme -- Effect of 'apparent control' on panic attacks -- 14 Study aids -- Improving your essay writing skills -- Practice essay 1 -- Practice essay 2 -- Final points -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.

Psychopathology is a psychologically based account of the major mental illnesses, including schizophrenia, personality disorders, anxiety and mood disorders as well as eating disorders.

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