Psychopathology 2e - Features New to the Second Edition
Chapter 1 - An Introduction to Psychopathology: Concepts, Paradigms & Stigma
Chapter 2 – Classification & Assessment in Clinical Psychology
Chapter 3 – Research Methods in Clinical Psychology
Chapter 4 – Treating Psychopathology
Chapter 5 – Clinical Practice
Chapter 6 – Anxiety & Stressor-Related Problems
Chapter 7 – Depression & Mood Disorders
Chapter 8 – Experiencing Psychosis: Schizophrenia Spectrum Problems
Chapter 9 – Substance Use Disorders
Chapter 10 – Eating Disorders
Chapter 11 – Sexual & Gender Problems
Chapter 12 – Personality Disorders
Chapter 13 – Somatic Symptom Disorders
Chapter 14 – Dissociative Experiences
Chapter 15 – Neurocognitive Disorders
Chapter 16 – Childhood & Adolescent Psychological Problems
Chapter 17 – Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Contains a new section dedicated to Mental Health & Stigma, and includes discussion of who holds stigmatizing beliefs, what causes stigma, why stigma matters, and how we might eliminate it.
- Begins with a new section covering the history of psychopathology, including demonic possession, the medical and disease models, and developments from asylums to community care.
- Expanded sections on Explanatory Approaches to Psychopathology, with new basic material on biological approaches, including genetics and neuroscience.
- Revised with newly featured material, including sociocultural factors and psychopathology, and a new, updated mental health quiz.
Chapter 2 – Classification & Assessment in Clinical Psychology
- This chapter has been expanded to include both classification and assessment.
- The newly revised classification system, DSM-5, is fully described, including the main changes from DSM-IV-TR, the controversies and criticisms of the new system, and a discussion of issues involved in the development of classification systems.
- All sections of the chapter have been updated with the most recent research and with developments in assessment techniques, including neuroimaging techniques and the WAIS-IV
Chapter 3 – Research Methods in Clinical Psychology
- Information on and examples of Research Designs have been updated.
- Section on Meta-analyses expanded to include Systematic Reviews, with examples of how meta-analyses and systematic reviews should be reported.
- Updated information on ethical issues, including informed consent, together with examples of contemporary consent forms.
- New focus points on scientific methods as a model for clinical psychology research
- Discussion of recent developments in the reporting of research findings, including the shift in importance from statistical significance to effect sizes.
Chapter 4 – Treating Psychopathology
- The Section on Cognitive Therapies has been expanded to include description and examples of new ‘waves’ of CBT, including Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MCBT) and Acceptance& Commitment Therapy (ACT).
- Sections on Drug Treatments have been updated with the most recent research.
- Gestalt Therapy is now briefly described in a Focus Point Box.
- Modes of Treatment Delivery have been expanded to now include “Telepsychiatry” and a discussion of the “Improving Access to Psychological Therapies” (IAPT) programme and the role of psychological wellbeing practitioners.
- The section on Evaluating Treatment now includes a fuller discussion of the types of ways in which treatments can be measured and evaluated, and what RCTs tell us about the efficacy of a treatment.
- A full discussion of the “Dodo Bird Verdict” is included, examining the ways in which different types of interventions might be more or less effective as each other, and the factors that contribute to effective psychological treatment generally.
Chapter 5 – Clinical Practice
- This is an entirely new chapter covering aspects of clinical practice and service provision.
- The chapter begins by looking at the scale of mental health problems and what might be required to help people deal with these problems.
- There is a full discussion of the range of mental health professionals involved in service provision for mental health, and their roles in that delivery.
- The range and structure of mental health services is described.
- The latter part of the chapter focuses on the role of Clinical Psychologists, their key capabilities and competences, and how they are trained.
- The chapter also contains examples of how Clinical Psychologists work, and what their weekly routines might be like.
Chapter 6 – Anxiety & Stressor-Related Problems
- This chapter now includes all the new DSM-5 diagnostic criteria – and covers the distinctions between anxiety disorders, the inclusion of OCD as a separate diagnostic category, and the development of a Stressor-Related Category.
- All aetiology discussions have been updated with the most recent research.
- Specific phobias now includes a discussion of the contribution of neuroimaging studies to understanding phobias
- Genetic factors are included in the coverage of Social Anxiety Disorder, including the role of Behavioural Inhibition.
- The section on Panic Disorder includes fuller discussion of Agoraphobia as a separate disorder category, and includes a discussion of the role of Safety Behaviours.
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder includes discussion of some newer theories of GAD and worrying, including a revamped discussion of information processing biases, and the role of meta-beliefs in pathological worrying.
- A new Focus Point describes the development of Attention-Bias Modification (ABM) techniques for the treatment of anxiety.
- Included in the section on OCD are some newly defined OCD-Related Disorders, including Hoarding Disorder and Hair-Pulling Disorder (Trichotillomania).
- The aetiology of OCD now includes new discussion on Mental Contamination and a discussion of the role of clinical constructs in the explanation of OCD.
- Finally a new overarching section entitled Trauma & Stress-Related Disorders discusses the definitions of PTSD and Acute Stress Disorder, provides a description of the new diagnostic criteria for these disorders, and updates research relevant to the understanding and explanation of stress-related disorders.
Chapter 7 – Depression & Mood Disorders
- This chapter has been restructured to include separate main sections on Major Depression and Bipolar Disorder.
- All mood disorders have been updated with the latest diagnostic criteria from DSM-5 as well as more recent prevalence data.
- The sections on the aetiology and explanation of Bipolar Disorder have been expanded to include recent research, a fuller description of genetic factors, and a discussion of the triggers for Depression and Mania in Bipolar Disorder.
- The section on Deliberate Self-Harm has been updated with recent DSM-5 diagnostic criteria.
- New Focus Points discuss a range of depression-related problems as well as new research linking depression with inflammation.
- The section on Suicide has been expanded to include discussion of the role of contemporary living problems, such as the effect of the economic recession on mood disorders.
- The research on Media Contagion and suicide among young people is also a new discussion feature.
Chapter 8 – Experiencing Psychosis: Schizophrenia Spectrum Problems
- Updated with the most recent DSM-5 diagnostic criteria – including new disorder categories Delusional Disorder and Brief Psychotic Disorder
- Updated data on prevalence rates
- Discussion of Attenuated Psychotic Symptoms Syndrome
- Updated with the latest research on the genetics of schizophrenia
- Sections on brain neurotransmitters and the neuroscience of schizophrenia include most recent research
- Significantly expanded section on cognitive theories of psychosis, including sections on cognitive biases, “jumping to conclusions”, and cognitive factors involved in “hearing voices”
- Updated discussion of the latest trials data on antipsychotic drugs as treatment for psychotic symptoms
- A new separate section discussing Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Psychosis (CBTp)
- Section devoted to Cognitive Remediation Training (CRT)
- New Focus Point on the role of Early Intervention Strategies for dealing with psychosis
- Discussion of the relationship between schizophrenia and violence, including recent data and psychological models
- Focus Points on (1) schizophrenia and influenza and (2) cannabis use and psychotic symptoms updated with most recent research
Chapter 9 – Substance Use Disorders
- Includes updated statistics on prevalence rates and drug usage rates – both worldwide and in the UK
- Updated with the latest diagnostic criteria for substance use disorders in DSM-5
- New detailed sections on (1) Reward pathways in the brain, and (2) the nature and role of drug ‘craving’.
- Discussion of new and controversial treatment programmes for substance use disorder, including supervised drug injections and monetary rewards for abstinence
- Detailed descriptions of the characteristics of drugs of abuse on the book’s website
- Newly structured sections dedicated to Alcohol Use Disorder, Tobacco Use Disorder and Cannabis Use Disorder
- Discussion of the aetiology of substance use disorders updated with the most recent research findings.
Chapter 10 – Eating Disorders
- Fuller discussion of CBT and transdiagnostic approaches to eating disorders and their treatment.
- Inclusion of the tripartite model and how peer, media and parental influences may lead to eating disorders
- Updated with the latest diagnostic criteria for eating disorders in DSM-5, plus description of other feeding and eating disorders.
- Focus Point on Historical examples of eating disorders
- Describes and discusses each of the main eating disorders in separate sections – namely Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa and Binge Eating Disorder.
- Updated with all the latest statistics on eating disorders and obesity from both the UK and WHO
- All aetiology sections updated with the most recent research on the causes of eating disorders – especially genetic neurobiological explanations
Chapter 11 – Sexual & Gender Problems
- Updated with the latest DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for sexual dysfunctions, paraphilic disorders and gender dysphoria.
- All aetiology and treatment sections updated with the latest research
Chapter 12 – Personality Disorders
- Extensive discussion of the issues raised by DSM-5 around the diagnosis of personality disorders
- Description of DSM-5 diagnostic criteria and the alternative model for diagnosis proposed for research in DSM-5
- Sections on aetiology of personality disorders updated with the most recent research
- New discussion on the problems associated with estimating the prevalence rates of personality disorders
- New Focus Point discussing the possible relationships between ADHD and Antisocial personality Disorder
- New section on Schema Therapy for personality disorders
Chapter 13 – Somatic Symptom Disorders
- Fully updated to take account of changes to this category of disorders published in DSM-5
- Disorders covered include Somatic Symptom Disorder, Illness Anxiety Disorder (formerly Hypochondriasis), Conversion Disorder, and Factitious Disorder.
- All sections updated with the latest research on somatic symptom disorders and their aetiology
Chapter 14 – Dissociative Experiences
- All diagnostic criteria updated to be DSM-5 compliant.
- New section on the relationship between dissociative experiences and PTSD, including a description of Complex PTSD
- Updating with new research on memory processes in dissociative disorders.
Chapter 15 – Neurocognitive Disorders
- Categorization of neurocognitive disorders updated according to the new diagnostic categories in DSM-5
- Information on all neurocognitive disorders updated with the new DSM-5 diagnostic criteria
- New section describing Frontotemporal Neurocognitive Disorder
- All prevalence rates updated with more recently available data
- All aetiology sections updated with recent research published up to and including 2013
- New Focus Point discussing the pros and cons of genetic testing for degenerative neurocognitive disorders
- Treatment and Rehabilitation section updated with most recent efficacy and RCT outcome studies
Chapter 16 – Childhood & Adolescent Psychological Problems
- All diagnostic criteria updated to be DSM-5 compliant
- Greater emphasis on Developmental Psychopathology approaches
- All aetiology sections updated with recent findings from genetic and epigenetic studies
- All prevalence figures for mental health problems in children and adolescents updated with most recently available figures
- Section on drug treatments for childhood and adolescent psychological problems includes most recent evidence on the regulation of drugs for childhood conditions and the risks v benefits of certain types of medication
- Extended section on CBT as applied to childhood and adolescent problems
Chapter 17 – Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- All diagnostic criteria updated to be DSM-5 compliant, along with changes in the structure of individual sections as dictated by changes in DSM-5
- Updated research on the genetics of intellectual disorders and autistic spectrum disorders
- New section and Focus Point on the empathizing-systematizing theory of autistic spectrum disorder
- Discussion of the implications of changes to autistic spectrum disorder diagnostic criteria in DSM-5 on prevalence rates