Contents:

Psychopathology through the lifespan Chapter 1 Developmental models ofmental health

Psychopathology through the lifespan Chapter 2 Childhood influences on mental health

Psychopathology through the lifespan Chapter 3 Influences on mental health during adulthood

Psychopathology through the lifespan Chapter 4 Biological processes and interventions

Psychopathology through the lifespan Chapter 5 A psychotherapy primer

Psychopathology through the lifespan Chapter 6 Behavioural disorders in childhood and adolescence

Psychopathology through the lifespan Chapter 7 Lifelong problems?

Psychopathology through the lifespan Chapter 8 Anxiety disorders

Psychopathology through the lifespan Chapter 11 Psychosis

Psychopathology through the lifespan Chapter 12 The problem with pleasure

Psychopathology through the lifespan Chapter 13 Mind and body

Psychopathology through the lifespan Glossary

Psychopathology through the lifespan Appendix DSM5 diagnostic criteria

Psychopathology through the lifespan References

Psychopathology through the lifespan Index

Psychopathology through the lifespan Advert


Psychopathology through the lifespan Chapter 9 Disorders of mood

Psychopathology through the lifespan Chapter 10 Trauma

Psychopathology through the lifespan Back cover

In this superbly researched, accessible text, Paul Bennett delivers a novel and much sought-after approach to clinical psychology: lifespan perspective. Addressing the issues that contribute to psychopathology throughout the lifespan, he explores interventions that can be applied in each phase, before addressing the aetiology and treatment of key problems within each age range.
With a clear 3-part structure, the book explores the key factors that contribute to psychological disorders in each of three broad age groups; young people, adults, and older adults. It then covers a range of clinical approaches such as behavioural, CBT and humanistic models that are used in clinical practice. Clinical problems that are particularly relevant to each developmental stage, in particular how they present, their aetiology, and how they are treated from both psychological and pharmacological perspectives, are addressed in the final part of the book.

Each chapter includes the following features:

Chapter summaries - outline the chapter content to aid navigation through the book
Learning outcomes – highlight the key learning points
Clinical examples – bring clinical practice alive
Case histories – include family or individual accounts of the therapy process to illustrate practice
Synthesising and summary links – aid learning
'What do you think?' boxes - invite the reader to consider a key issue in the chapter
Research studies – introduce the latest research in the field
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