Sources for Further Study

Alloy, Lauren B., Neil S. Jacobson, and Joan Acocella. Abnormal Psychology:
Current Perspectives. 8th ed. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 1999. This comprehensive
textbook discusses the medical (biological), psychodynamic (psychoanalytic),
and cognitive models of abnormality.

American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Disorders: DSM-IV-TR. Rev. 4th ed. Washington, D.C.: Author, 2000. This
listing of all psychological disorders includes for each a description, associated
features and disorders, prevalence, course, and differential diagnosis.
It is revised every five to ten years as new information becomes
available.

Gotlib, I. H., and C. L. Hammen. Psychological Aspects of Depression: Toward a
Cognitive-Interpersonal Integration. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1992.
This book provides a summary of the symptoms of depression as well as
theoretical explanations.

Gottesman, Irving I. Schizophrenia Genesis: The Origins of Madness. New York:
W. H. Freeman, 1991. Gottesman, an active researcher in the field of
schizophrenia, wrote this book for nonprofessionals interested in schizophrenia
and included first-person accounts written by people diagnosed
with schizophrenia.

Kesey, Ken. One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest. New York: Viking, 1962. This
novel, and the 1975 film on which it is based, made the point that psychiatric
diagnosis and treatment can be used to control behavior considered
undesirable in a hospital and yet healthy from other perspectives.
Rosenhan, David L. “On Being Sane in Insane Places.” Science 179 (1973):
250-258. The original report of a classic study of the effect that context
has on perceptions of behavior.
Lillian M. Range
See also: Psychoanalytic Psychology.
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