Case Studies in Abnormal Behavior

Case Studies in Abnormal Psychology is a rich collection of contemporary and classic cases that uses a unique combination of readability, humor, and strong scholarship to bring abnormal psychology to life for students. To help students better understand the nature of each disorder, cases include full background material relevant to etiological, diagnostic, and therapeutic considerations.

In addition to updated research, references, and commentary throughout, the Eighth Edition offers a number of fascinating, informative, and culturally diverse new cases:

• A Case of Post-Partum Depression:  Brooke Shields
• A Case of Anorexia Nervosa: Christina Ricci
• A Case of School Shooters: Seung-Hui Cho
• A Case of Sexual Deviation: Alfred Kinsey
• A Case of Female Psychosexual Dysfunction: Marilyn Monroe
• A Case of Pseudo-Parkinsons Disease: Muhammad Ali

Robert G. Meyer is joined in this edition by two new co-authors:

L. Kevin Chapman is Assistant Professor at the University of Louisville, Co-Director of the Healthy Parents-Healthy Kids Research Lab at the University of Louisville, Chair of the Diversity Committee of the Kentucky Psychological Association, and faculty advisor for the Black Students in Psychology organization at the University of Louisville. 

Christopher M. Weaver is a Research Fellow with the Center for Health Care Evaluation and National Center for PTSD of the U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs in Palo Alto, CA, as well as with the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Stanford University.