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Introduction and Methods of Research | |
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How Do We Define Abnormal Behavior? | |
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Criteria for Determining Abnormality | |
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Cultural Bases of Abnormal Behavior | |
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Historical Perspectives on Abnormal Behavior | |
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The Demonological Model | |
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Origins of the Medical Model: In ldquo;Ill Humorrdquo | |
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Medieval Times | |
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WitchcraftAsylums | |
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The Reform Movement and Moral Therapy | |
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A Step Backward | |
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The Community Mental Health Movement | |
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The Exodus from State Hospitals | |
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Contemporary Perspectives on Abnormal Behavior | |
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Research Methods in Abnormal Psychology | |
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Description, Explanation, Prediction, and Control | |
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The Objectives of Science | |
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The Scientific Method | |
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Ethics in Research | |
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Naturalistic-Observation | |
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The Correlation Method | |
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The Experimental Method | |
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Epidemiological Studies | |
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Kinship Studies | |
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Case Studies | |
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Summing Up | |
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Contemporary Perspectives on Abnormal Behavior | |
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The Biological Perspective | |
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The Nervous System | |
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Evaluating Biological Perspectives on Abnormal Behavior | |
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The Psychological Perspective | |
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Psychodynamic Models | |
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Learning Models | |
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Humanistic Models | |
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Cognitive Models | |
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The Sociocultural Perspective | |
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Ethnicity and Mental Health | |
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Evaluating the Sociocultural Perspective | |
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The Biopsychosocial Perspective | |
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The Diathesis-Stress Model | |
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Evaluating the Biopsychosocial Perspective | |
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The Case of Jessica- A Final Word | |
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Summing Up | |
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Classification and Assessment of Abnormal Behavior | |
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How are Abnormal Behavior Patterns Classified? | |
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TheDSMand Models of Abnormal Behavior | |
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Standards of Assessment | |
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Reliability | |
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Validity | |
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Methods of Assessment | |
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The Clinical Interview | |
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Psychological Tests | |
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Neuropsychological Assessment | |
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Behavioral Assessment | |
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Cognitive Assessment | |
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Physiological Measurement | |
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Sociocultural and Ethnic Factors in Assessment | |
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Summing Up | |
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Methods of Treatment | |
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Types of Professionals in the Helping Field | |
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Psychotherapy | |
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Psychodynamic Therapy | |
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Behavior Therapy | |
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Humanistic Therapy | |
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Cognitive Therapy | |
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Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy | |
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Eclectic Therapy | |
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Group, Family, and Couple Therapy | |
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Evaluating Methods of Psychotherapy | |
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Multicultural Issues in Psychotherapy | |
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Biomedical Therapies | |
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Drug Therapy | |
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Ethnic Differences in Response to Psychotropic Medication | |
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Electroconvulsive Th | |