Table of Contents

• 1. Abnormal Psychology: History, Theories, and Research Methods

  • Why Science
  • Research Designs
  • History of Mental Illness

• 2. Assessment and Classification of Psychological Disorders

  • Classification of Mental Disorders
  • Psychological Disorders

• 3. Psychological DIsorders

  • ADHD and Behavioral Disorders in Children
  • Autism: Insights from the Study of the Social Brain
  • Anxiety and Related Disorders
  • Social Anxiety
  • Dissociative Disorders
  • Mood Disorders
  • Personality Disorders
  • Psychopathy
  • Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders

• 4. Treatment of Psychological Disorders

  • Therapeutic Orientations
  • Psychotherapy
  • Psychopharmacology

• 5. Self Analysis (or pseudo self-analysis)

  • Instructions for your Clinical Case Study assignment

• Course Syllabus Documents

• Detailed Instructions and Grading Rubrics

• Case Studies of Fictional Characters

  • Major Depressive Disorder
  • Alzheimer's Dementia
  • Mental Retardation
  • Tourette's Disorder
  • Specific Phobia
  • Conduct Disorder
  • Delusional Disorder
  • Cyclothymic Disorder
  • Transvestic Fetishisim
  • Gender Identity Disorder
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
  • Schizophrenia
  • Pathological Gambling
  • Antisocial Personality Disorder
  • Social Phobia (Social Anxiety Disorder)
  • Borderline Personality Disorder
  • Intermittent Explosive Disorder
  • Narcissistic Personality Disorder
  • Anorexia Nervosa
  • Alcohol Abuse
  • Panic Disorder without Agoraphobia
  • Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
  • Bipolar II Disorder
  • Oppositional Defiant Disorder
  • Autistic Disorder
  • Dysthymic Disorder
  • Bulimia Nervosa
  • Histrionic Personality Disorder
  • Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Anorexia Nervosa