Abnormal Psychology (Comer)

Key differences between 9th and 8th editions

• Period between current and previous publications: 3 years (2015 vs 2012).
• Comer's Abnormal Psychology was first published in 1992.
• Ninth Edition presents 11 interactive case studies available online through LaunchPad.
• Chapter 1:
• MediaSpeak box on how immigration laws target people with mental disorders in the 21st Century.
• InfoCentral depicts facts and notions about happiness.
• Chapter 2:
• Material about the role of Institutional Review Boards in monitoring research studies involving human subjects.
• MediaSpeak box about consequences of researcher's error in the conduction and interpretation of the study.
• PsychWatch about infamous research studies involving humans (Tuskegee syphilis experiments, Project MK-ULTRA).
• Chapter 3:
• Material about correlation between spirituality and mental health
• MediaSpeak box on how mental health care and religion.
• InfoCentral describes the process of the drug development and approval.
• Chapter 4: InfoCentral describes common factors that help contribute to a positive treatment result.
• Chapter 5:
• New treapies such as Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
• MediaSpeak box about Halloween business
• InfoCentral describes mindfulness training programs
• Chapter 6 now covers trauma- and stressor-related disorders:
• Acute and Posttraumatic Stress Disorders
• Adjustment disorders
• Dissociative disorders: amnesia, dissociative identity disorder (multiple personality disorder), and depersonalization-derealization disorder
• InfoCentral describes rape trauma syndrome.
• Chapter 7:
• PsychWatch discusses inclusion of Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder in DSM-5 category.
• InfoCentral highlights defferences between sadness and depression
• Chapter 8: InfoCentral introduces dietary supplements for depression.
• New Chapter 10 "Disorders Featuring Somatic Symptoms" covers:
• Factitious disorder
• Conversion disorder
• Somatic symptom disorder
• Illness anxiety disorder (hypochondriasis)
• Psychological factors affecting other medical conditions (ulcers, insomnia, asthma, cardiovascular diseases)
• MediaSpeak box shows that people with a serious mental illness receive worse medical care than “normalâ€� people.
• InfoCentral about sleep
• Chapter 11:
• New sections on binge-eating disorder and its treatment
• InfoCentral explains association between body dissatisfaction and the development of eating disorders
• Chapter 12: InfoCentral on tobacco smoking
• Chapter 13: InfoCentral demonstrates how sexual activities differs by age and by gender.
• Chapter 14:
• MediaSpeak box about man with psychotic delusions
• InfoCentral Hallucinations
• Chapter 15: InfoCentral Psychological Care Institutions
• Chapter 16: InfoCentral describes pathological and everyday lying
• Chapter 17: InfoCentral describes types of bullying, school bullying, and cyberbullying (bullying through electronic technology).
• Chapter 18: InfoCentral about elderly population.
• Chapter 19:
• Discussion on the impact of the Affordable Care Act
• InfoCentral about personal and professional issues in clinical practice.