Psychopathology: Foundations for a Contemporary Understanding is a comprehensive textbook about the etiology and treatment of the most important psychological disorders.

The chapters are written by leading experts in the field of psychopathology who provide up-to-date information on theory, research, and clinical practice. The book is unique in its strong emphasis on critical thinking about psychopathology as represented by chapters on topics such as culture, race, gender, class, clinical judgment, decision-making, and alternatives to traditional categorical approaches to understanding psychopathology. The contributors have incorporated information from the latest DSM-5-TR update, as well as information from the World Health Organization’s International Classification of Diseases. This sixth edition has been updated throughout and includes the most up-date-research on each topic.

This book is the go-to textbook on psychopathology for graduate students in clinical and counseling psychology programs and related programs such as social work. It can also be used as a useful reference source for practitioners and researchers.

Part I: Thinking about Psychopathology

1. Conceptions of Psychopathology: A Social Constructionist Perspective

James E. Maddux, Barbara A. Winstead, and Jennifer T. Gosselin

2. Psychopathology: A Neurobiological Perspective

Brendan M. Whitney, Molly A. Nikolas, and Daniel Tranel

3. A Developmental Perspective on Psychopathology

Janice Zeman, Cynthia Suveg, and Kara West

4. Cultural Perspectives on Psychopathology Junko Tanaka-Matsumi 5. Gender, Race, Ethnicity and Class and Their Role in Psychopathology

Barbara A. Winstead and Janis Sanchez-Hucles

6. Classification and Diagnosis: Historical Development and Contemporary Issues

Thomas A. Widiger and Alexandra Hines

7. Psychological Assessment and Clinical Judgment

Howard N. Garb, Eric A. Youngstrom, James M. Wood, and Scott O. Lilienfeld

Part II: Common Problems of Childhood and Adolescence

8. Learning Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence

Rebecca S. Martínez and Leah M. Nellis

9. Autism Spectrum Disorder

Caitlin M., Conner, Anna-Lisa Pflaum and Susan W. White

10. Externalizing Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence

Eva R. Kimonis, Paul J. Frick, and Georgette E. Fleming

11. Internalizing Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence.

Janay B. Sander, Deidra L. Bibbs and Ann M. Lagges

12. Eating Disorders

Danielle E. MacDonald, Shauna Solomon-Krakus, Sarah McComb, and Kathryn Trottier

13. Gender Dysphoria and Gender Incongruence

Diana Schellenberg and Michael Bombardier

Part III: Common Problems of Adulthood

14. Anxiety Disorders and Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders

Shari A. Steinman, Amber L. Billingsley, Cierra B. Edwards, Mira D. Snider, and Lauren S. Hallion

15. Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders

Lori A. Zoellner, Belinda Graham, Elizabeth Lehinger, Michele A. Bedard-Gilligan

16. Depressive Disorders and Bipolar and Related Disorders

Lauren Alloy, Auburn R. Stephenson, Logan T. Smith, Rachel F.L. Walsh, Mackenzie A. Maddox, Zoe V. Adogli, Mora M. Grehl, Iris K.Y. Chat

17. Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders

Danielle N. Pratt, Katrina Aberizk, Ryan M. Guest, Trevor F. Williams, Zarina Bilgrami, Erica L. Karp, Elaine F. Walker, and Vijay A. Mittal

18. Personality Disorders

Thomas A. Widiger and Cristina Crego

19. Sexual Dysfunctions and Paraphilic Disorders

Michael Bombardier and Jennifer T. Gosselin

20. Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders

Lorra Garey, Cameron T. Matoska, Michael J. Zvolensky, and Georg H. Eifert

21. Dissociative Disorders

Steven Jay Lynn, Damla Aksen, Scott Lilienfeld, Fiona Sleight, Charlie McDonald and, Harald Merckelbach

22. Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders

Keith Klostermann and Frederick Dombrowski

23. Mental Health and Aging:

Amy Fiske and Jeongwi An