Casebook in Abnormal Psychology

by Timothy A. Brown, David H. Barlow

See disorders in real life with CASEBOOK IN ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY! Using authentic cases that illustrate every major DSM-IV category, this psychology text portrays the nature of disorders as they manifest in real people. Each case is followed by a therapy outcome section which gives you the rest of the story of what happened to the client. Two complex cases are included without a diagnosis to give you an opportunity to come up with diagnoses on your own.

Genres: Psychology, Science, Nonfiction, Textbooks, Mental Health

352 pages, Paperback

First published September 24, 1996

Reviews

[Mark · Rating 4 out of 5]

A warning to this text. The DSM used in the book is the 4th revised edition. As of writing this now, there is a new DSM edition published.

This book covers the more popular seen mental illnesses. It also tends to follow stereotypical layout ie, the highest percentage of people with BPD are women, therefore, we will depict a woman case (when it could have been interesting to see a male aspect) or an autistic case featuring a young boy cause more boys are struck with the condition. Not to say that this didn't make it a good reference its just I've read multiple case study books and although this included different races and variety of ages some things were followed a stereotypical line of things.

Positives of this book are that the layout of each case is well defined and shows that more than just one thing may affect each person in their case study ie bulimia with depression too. A nice touch since a few books that involved case studies focused on one diagnosis mainly. The case studies are also interesting and easy to read.

A downside to the book is that two case studies are provided for you to decide but the authors don't provide an answer t the case study nor a treatment outcome for the featured person.

[Arushi · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very good reference book. It outlines the integrative approach and provides lots of statistics to understand disorders better. I learnt a lot of things from reading it.

However, this book is not without its flaws. It follows the DSM IV TR which is no longer in use, and the multiaxial model has been discarded by the DSM V. Also, I wish there had been more variety in the cases.

[Meaghan · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thought this book was interesting and valuable for the extensive details it gives on treatment regimens for mental illness, and also for the fact that it profiles some less commonly covered problems including erectile dysfunction, domestic violence and pedophila. The pedophila entry in particular was enlightening. I knew there was such a thing as sex offender treatment but before reading this I had no idea what the treatment entailed. I do wish the book had gone more into the medication aspects of treatment, however.

I would recommend this for mental health clinicians and anyone interested in psychology and mental illness.

[Angela · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great case studies.

[Kathy]

Read this for my Abnormal Psych class. Interesting

[Eliyahu (Marc) · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's been many years but I was obssessed with this book Awesome