6th Edition

Psychopathology Foundations for a Contemporary Understanding

Edited By James E Maddux, Barbara A Winstead Copyright 2025
    704 Pages 16 Color Illustrations
    by Routledge

    704 Pages 16 Color Illustrations
    by Routledge

    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

    Biography

    James E. Maddux is University Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychology and Senior Scholar in the Center for the Advancement of Well-Being at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.  He is the former Director of the Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program at George Mason University.

    Barbara A. Winstead is Professor Emeritus of Psychology in the Department of Psychology at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA. She is the former Chair of Psychology and former Director of the Virginia Consortium Program in Clinical Psychology.

     

    “The editors have graced us with a reprise of their outstanding 5th edition of this textbook with chapters by almost all of the previous, very distinguished, experts.  Attention to older adults and clinical judgment is particularly noteworthy, as is the attention to the current ICD and DSM diagnostic systems.  It is concise, readily supplemented, and will not overwhelm students with dense and lengthy material.  The book is a gem."

     Barry A. Edelstein, Eberly Family Distinguished Professor, Department of Psychology, West Virginia University, USA

     

    "The challenge of not only describing, but also trying to explain clinical problems is a daunting one, but Psychopathology does a superb job.  Students' understanding and appreciation of key issues in the etiology, assessment, and treatment of psychopathology will increase tremendously by reading this text."

    Bethany Teachman, Professor and Director of Clinical Training, Department of Psychology, University of Virginia, USA

     

     

    Praise for previous editions

    “As with previous editions, this volume is highly readable, well-organized, scholarly, and comprehensive.  Maddux and Winstead have again produced an indispensable work for graduate-level education in understanding and treating mental illness.  Written by acclaimed experts in that particular topic, each chapter follows a similar format which makes the material accessible to both students and instructors alike.  More importantly, the authors present the up-to-date empirical work guiding research, assessments, and interventions.  Updated to reflect revisions to both the DSM and the ICD and advancements in the field, this is an essential textbook for training future mental health professionals.”

     Stephen M. Saunders, Professor, Department of Psychology, Marquette University, USA