Casebook in Abnormal Psychology

by John Vitkus

This casebook accompanies "Abnormal Psychology, 6/e", by Bootzin, Acocella and Alloy. By presenting case studies from actual practitioners, it illustrates how psychologists diagnose and treat various psychological disorders. Written in an accessible style, it aims to maintain a solid balance between scientific vigour and readability, and it presents a diverse selection of interesting and vivid cases from a variety of theoretical viewpoints. Seven new cases have been added, making a total of 18, and each case is organized into five presenting complaints, personal history, conceptualization and treatment, prognosis, and discussion.

Genres: Psychology

Paperback

First published October 1, 1992

Reviews

[CallMe.Tippy]

I found this at a used book store for around 75 cents. I think this was meant to used by students studying psychology and mental disorders. I picked up this book out of pure curiosity and I really enjoyed reading it. It was easy to read and follow even though I have never studied psychology formally and had a large range of case studies that were all equally interesting. I also like the format of the book and how there is dialogue to break up the monotony of information being given.

[Stefani]

This book was not intended to be amusing, but it was anyway. Attention, wanna be therapists-it might not be such a good idea to laugh at case studies of patients, at least not to their faces. My favorite case study was "Terry"(fictional or real? one never knows) who had such a phobia of visiting the dentist, that he wrenches the examining hand away from his mouth several times, which I pictured as a a struggle, punctuated by grunts and sweaty brows, that was destined to end badly. I believe there was a lot of sweet talking involved to get the dentist to see him again, and, as one can imagine, a lot of theraputic intervention involved too.

The other case studies were pretty humdrum and basic, which makes sense since this was required reading for my Abnormal Psych 101 undergraduate class.

[Angel Early]

I'm a community college psyc major. Found this book at a yard sale for $.50! If I'm not mistaken it is a college book. It is a good interesting book for anyone looking into studying up on various disorders & the approach to treating the disorders. I basically just skimmed thru this book 'cause I found it had all the info I have already learned thru college.