Points of View: Stories of Psychopathology

Points of View is desingned to provide students at various levels of experience and training with illustrative examples of individuals with different forms of psychopathology. The work is designed primarily for students who are studying descriptive psychopathology, including psychiatric residents, medical students on psychiatry rotations graduate students in psychology, or students in various related mental health fields, including psychiatric nursing, social work, and school counseling. The stories are written to illustrate the key elements of psychopathology for these various disorders. Each is written from two perspectives: the perspective of the individual who has the disorder, and the perspective of someone else in their environment (e.g. a family member, a friend, a doctor). The thoughts of these individuals, as opposed to their speech, are given in parentheses. This design was chosen to attempt to illustrate not only how people with these disorders think and feel themselves but also how they appear to other people around them. The emphasis, therefore, is on the difficulties, often the suffering, experienced by people with various mental illnesses, and also on the adverse impact these illnesses have on others, which is often substantial.

Table of Contents:
Part 1 Delirium, Dementia, Amnestic, and Other Cognitive Disorders; Chapter 1 Delirium; Chapter 2 Dementia of the Alzheimer’s Type; Part 2 Substance Related Disorders; Chapter 3 Alcohol Dependence; Chapter 4 Amphetamine Dependence; Part 3 Schizophrenia and other Psychotic Disorders; Chapter 5 Schizophrenia; Chapter 6 Delusional Disorder; Part 4 Mood Disorders; Chapter 7 Depression; Chapter 8 Mania; Part 5 Anxiety Disorders; Chapter 9 Specific Phobia; Chapter 10 Panic Disorder; Chapter 11 Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder; Chapter 12 Social Phobia; Chapter 13 Post-traumatic Stress Disorder; Chapter 14 Generalized Anxiety Disorder; Part 6 Somatoform Disorders; Chapter 15 Somatization Disorder; Chapter 16 Body Dysmorphic Disorder; Part 7 Factitious Disorders; Chapter 17 Factitious Disorder; Part 8 Dissociative Disorders; Chapter 18 Dissociative Identity Disorder; Part 9 Eating Disorders; Chapter 19 Anorexia Nervosa; Chapter 20 Bulimia Nervosa; Part 10 Impulse-control Disorders Not Otherwise Classified; Chapter 21 Pathological Gambling; Chapter 22 Trichotillomania; Part 11 Personality Disorders; Chapter 23 Borderline Personality Disorder; Chapter 24 Antisocial Personality; Conclusions;

About the Author :
James E. Mitchell

Review :
"This timely analysis moves beyond the stereotypes and demonstrates that the images Americans have of the two major parties reflect real differences that have changed over time as the parties themselves have changed. How Americans view the two major parties--what they like and dislike--is a primary factor that shapes voter opinion and electoral decisions. Through a careful study of decades of survey research, Brewer traces the party images that have developed over time and demonstrates that substantive differences between the parties, rather than campaign tactics, are at the root of modern elections and the nation's partisan divide." --Anthony Corrado, Colby College "Although most Americans bemoan partisanship, the overwhelming number of them are partisans and think and act as partisans. This has only become more true in recent years. In this book, Mark Brewer has done us a great service in digging behind the partisan labels into the content or, at least, perceived content of partisanship--what people think of the parties and the group differences in those perceptions." --James E. Campbell, author of The American Campaign, Professor and Chair, Department of Political Science, University at Buffalo, SUNY "Mark Brewer's Party Images in the American Electorate is an ideal supplement for courses on political parties. Not only is it clear and engaging for students, but it makes a solid contribution to the scholarship. We know a lot about the influence of parties on political behavior, but much less on how the parties are actually evaluated. Brewer goes a long way in filling this gap." --Matthew J. Streb, Northern Illinois University