Abnormal Psychology

Personality Disorders 619 Understanding Fearful/Anxious Personality Disorders Virtually nothing is known about the neurological ...

620 CHAPTER 13 cognitive restructuring of maladaptive beliefs and strategies—can also help people with avoidant personality diso ...

Personality Disorders 621 Follow-up on Rachel Reiland We can say with certainty that Rachel Reiland suffered from borderline per ...

622 CHAPTER 13 SUMMING UP Summary of Diagnosing Personality Disorders A personality disorder is characterized by mal- adaptive p ...

Personality Disorders 623 Summary of Dramatic/Erratic Personality Disorders The hallmark of antisocial personality disorder is a ...

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CHAPTER 14 L ela and Carlos Enriquez have three children: Javier, Pia, and Richie. It’s been a very challenging year for the fam ...

626 CHAPTER 14 not affect children and their families as much, although they still cause signifi cant distress and/or impair fun ...

Childhood Disorders 627 range may be able to function relatively independently with training but usually need additional help an ...

628 CHAPTER 14 verbally, which can heighten aggressive or impulsive tendencies. Unfortunately, peo- ple with mental retardation ...

Childhood Disorders 629 polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and mixtures of chemicals such as those found in pesticides. Exposure ...

630 CHAPTER 14 and body rocking (American Psychiatric Asso- ciation, 2000); and (2) self-injurious behaviors, such as hitting th ...

Childhood Disorders 631 of symptoms of mental retardation and possible comorbid disorders. In some cases, treatment is designed ...

632 CHAPTER 14 In some cases, children with mental retardation (or other disabilities) may fre- quently behave in ways that disr ...

Childhood Disorders 633 disorder usually look people in the eye, and they tend to respond when hearing their names and to smile ...

634 CHAPTER 14 He complains about strong stimuli, such as the sun, loud noises. Abnormalities of attention, including the abili ...

Childhood Disorders 635 Like children with mental retardation (but unlike other children), children who have autism (1) tend to ...

636 CHAPTER 14 like to borrow that” not as a request to borrow the object but simply as an ex- pressed wish. Table 14.6 lists th ...

Childhood Disorders 637 Josh is not aware when he is too loud, because he isn’t able to read other peo- ple’s nonverbal signals ...

638 CHAPTER 14 focus on a narrow interest is different from a normal “passion” for a hobby or activ- ity in that people with Asp ...