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Compiles from popular and scholarly sources 40 articles that explore ongoing major debates regarding mental illness and its treatment. Selected to be accessible even to readers with little prior background in psychopathology, covers topics such as schizophrenia; mood, anxiety, eating, somatoform, personality, criminality, and substance abuse disorders; gender and culture-bound syndromes; novel or controversial psychological interventions; and somatic therapies. Each reading contains a brief introduction and a set of questions to encourage discussion and deeper thought. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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Mental health practitioners should find this reader of particular interest. It contains 40 recent articles, compiled from popular and academic sources, that explore ongoing issues and controversies regarding mental illness and its treatment. Among the topics addressed in this book are gender differences in depression, the biological bases of schizophrenia, the diagnosis of multiple personality disorder, the controversy regarding "recovered memories" of child abuse, and the use of Prozac and similar medications to treat mood disturbances. This book exposes readers to a broad sampling of the major questions and debates confronting today's psychopathology researchers.
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