Abnormal Psychology

Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders 559 to take traditional antipsychotics; Myra was on a low dose of an atypical antips ...

560 CHAPTER 12 is designed to strengthen cognitive abilities through extensive and focused practice (Wexler et al., 1997). Resea ...

Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders 561 Family therapy can also help high EE families change their pattern of interac- t ...

562 CHAPTER 12 established the social policy of deinstitutionalization—trying to help those with severe mental illness live in t ...

Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders 563 FEEDBACK LOOPS IN TREATMENT: Schizophrenia To be effective, treatment for people ...

564 CHAPTER 12 step 4: improving the patient’s overall functioning and quality of life. As family and social interactions become ...

Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders 565 Summary of Understanding Schizophrenia A variety of neurological factors are ass ...

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Personality Disorders R achel Reiland wrote a memoir called Get Me Out of Here, about living with a personality disorder. In the ...

568 CHAPTER 13 Diagnosing Personality Disorders Unfortunately, Rachel Reiland’s troublesome behavior continued as she grew older ...

Personality Disorders 569 Reiland’s behavior seems extreme, but is it so extreme that it indicates a person- ality disorder, or ...

570 CHAPTER 13 typically should date back at least to early adulthood and should not primarily arise from a substance-related or ...

Personality Disorders 571 Moreover, as just noted, personality disorders can fl uctuate over time. Thus, the reasons for putting ...

572 CHAPTER 13 feature (see Table 13.2). Cluster A personality disorders are characterized by odd or eccentric behaviors that ha ...

Personality Disorders 573 (Blais & Norman, 1997; Kupfer, First, & Regier, 2002). For instance, schizoid and schizotypal ...

574 CHAPTER 13 Understanding Personality Disorders in General At one point, Reiland became impatient with her 4-year-old son Jef ...

Personality Disorders 575 in those situations. The consequences of their behaviors (operant conditioning) will infl uence the li ...

576 CHAPTER 13 controlling. Each particular personality disorder within a cluster is associated with a combination of the temper ...

Personality Disorders 577 The attachment style established during childhood often continues into adulthood, affecting how the in ...

578 CHAPTER 13 and traits so that they subsequently form the foundation for a personality disorder (Caspi et al., 2002; Paris, 1 ...