Case Studies in Abnormal Psychology

"Most textbooks on abnormal psychology include short descriptions of actual clinical cases. However, those presentations are necessarily brief and too fragmented for students to gain a clear understanding of the unique complexities of a person's troubledlife. Case Studies in Abnormal Psychology, Ninth Edition takes mental disorders from the realm of theory into the complex reality of human lives. This casebook presents comprehensive coverage of 23 high interest cases that include topics such as eating disorders, gender identity disorder, borderline personality, and posttraumatic stress disorder. Each study (1) provides detailed descriptions of a range of clinical problems, (2) illustrates some of the ways in which these problems can be viewed and treated, and (3) discusses some of the evidence that is available concerning the prevalence and causes of the disorders in question"--

Thomas Oltmanns is a professor of Abnormal Psychology at Washington University of St Louis. He has worked on all 8 previous editions of this text and also publishes an Abnormal Psychology textbook with Robert Emery with Cengage. He has authored over 50 journal articles.

Michelle Martin is an assistant professor psychology at Wesleyan College and had Robert Emery as her mentor. She joined the author team in the 7th edition and also authored the first test bank to accompany the case book for the 8th edition. She is a practicing clinician and has authored the instructor's manual for Emery/Oltmanns Abnormal Psychology main text book.