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PSY 1403 Adult Psychopathology

This guide covers resources available through the Alvin Sherman Library that provide information on descriptive psychopathology and research on the etiology, epidemiology, and dynamics and diversity issues of major adult and aged pathologic syndromes.

Required Texts

American Psychiatric Association (2022). Diagnostic and statistical Manual of mental disorders-5-TR (5th ed.with text revision).

Beidel , D., Frueh, B.C. & Hersen, M. (Eds.) (2018). Adult Psychopathology and Diagnosis (8th ed.).  John Wiley and Sons, Inc. Order through Interlibrary loan

Prof. Thayer Required Readings Fall 2024

Aybek, S., & Perez, D. L. (2022/01/24/). Diagnosis and management of functional neurological disorder. BMJ : British Medical Journal (Online), 376. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.o64

Bérar, A., Bouzillé, G., Jego, P., & Allain, J. S. (2021). A descriptive, retrospective case series of patients with factitious disorder imposed on self. BMC Psychiatry, 21, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-021-03582-8

Bir, S. C., Khan, M. W., Javalkar, V., Toledo, E. G., & Kelley, R. E. (2021). Emerging concepts in vascular dementia:A review. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, 30(8), 105864. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2021.105864

Bird, C. M., Webb, E. K., Schramm, A. T., Torres, L., Larson, C., & de Roon-Cassini, T. A. (2021). Racial discrimination is associated with acute posttraumatic stress symptoms and predicts future Posttraumatic Stress Disorder symptom severity in trauma-exposed Black adults in the United States. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 34(5), 995–1004. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.22670

Blihar, D., Delgado, E., Buryak, M., Gonzalez, M., & Waechter, R. (2020). A systematic review of the neuroanatomy of dissociative identity disorder. European Journal of Trauma & Dissociation,4(3), 100148.

Goetter, E. M., Frumkin, M. R., Palitz, S. A., Swee, M. B., Baker, A. W., Bui, E., & Simon, N. M. (2020). Barriers to mental health treatment among individuals with social anxiety disorder and generalized anxiety disorder. Psychological Services,17(1), 5-12. https://doi.org/10.1037/ser0000254

González-Rodríguez, A., & Seeman, M. V. (2022). Differences between delusional disorder and schizophrenia: A mini narrative review. World Journal of Psychiatry, 12(5), 683–692.https://doi.org/10.5498/wjp.v12.i5. 683

Greenberg, P. E., Fournier, A. A., Sisitsky, T., Simes, M., Berman, R., Koenigsberg, S. H., & Kessler, R. C. (2021). The economic burden of adults with Major Depressive Disorder in the United States (2010 and 2018). PharmacoEconomics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40273-021-01019- 4

Gurak, K., Maura, J., Weisman de Mamani, A., Martinez de Andino, A., & Rosenfarb, I. (2018). Racial and Ethnic Diagnostic Patterns in Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders. In Frisby, C.L., & O’Donohue, W.T. (Eds.) (2018). Cultural Competence in Applied Psychology: An Evaluation of Current Status and Future Directions. Springer International Publishing.

Miklowitz, D. J., Efthimiou, O., Furukawa, T. A., Scott, J., McLaren, R., Geddes, J. R., & Cipriani, A. (2021). Adjunctive psychotherapy for bipolar disorder. JAMA Psychiatry, 78(2), 141. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2020.2993

Orad, R. I., & Shiner, T. (2021). Differentiating dementia with Lewy bodies from Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease dementia: An update on imaging modalities. Journal of Neurology, 269(2), 639–653. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-021-10402-2

Pietkiewicz, I. J., Banbura-Nowak, A., Tomalski, R., & Boon, S. (2021). Revisiting false-positive and imitated dissociative identity disorder. Frontiers in Psychology,12, 637929.

Prasad, S., Katta, M. R., Abhishek, S., Sridhar, R., Valisekka, S. S., Hameed, M., Kaur, J., & Walia, N. (2022). Recent advances in Lewy body dementia: A comprehensive review. Disease-a-Month, 69(5),101441. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.disamonth.2022.10144

Reid, J. E., Laws, K. R., Drummond, L., Vismara, M., Grancini, B., Mpavaenda, D., & Fineberg, N. A. (2021). Cognitive behavioural therapy with exposure and response prevention in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. Comprehensive Psychiatry,106, 152223.

Robison, M., Udupa, N.S., Rice, T.B., Wilson-Lemoine, E., Joiner, T.E., & Rogers, M.L. (2024). The Interpersonal theory of suicide: State of the science. Behavior Therapy.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2024.04.008

Rosenhan, D.L. (1973). On being sane in insane places. Science, 179, 250-258.

Saadi, A., Bannon, S., Watson, E., & Vranceanu, A. M. (2021). Racial and ethnic disparities associated with traumatic brain injury across the continuum of care: A narrative review and directions for future research. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 9(3), 786– 799. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-021-01017-4

Stade, E. C., & Ruscio, A. M. (2023). A meta-analysis of the relationship between worry and rumination. Clinical Psychological Science,11(3), 552 573. https://doi.org/10.1177/21677026221131309

Strauss, G. P., Macdonald, K. I., Ruiz, I., Raugh, I. M., Bartolomeo, L. A., & James, S. H. (2021). The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on negative symptoms in individuals at clinical high-risk for psychosis and outpatients with chronic schizophrenia. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 272(1), 17–27. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00406-021-01260-0

Sun, M. D., & Rieder, E. A. (2022). Psychosocial issues and body dysmorphic disorder in aesthetics: Review and debate. Clinics in Dermatology, 40(1), 4–10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clindermatol.2021.08.008

Szasz, T. (1960). The myth of mental illness. American Psychologist, 15, 113-118.

Van Orden, K.A., Witte, T.K., Cukrowicz, K.C., Braithwaite, S., Selby, E.A., & Joiner Jr., T.E. (2010). The interpersonal theory of suicide. Psychology Review, 117, 575-600. doi: 10.1037/a0018697

Weinberg, I., & Ronningstam, E. (2022). Narcissistic personality disorder: Progress in understanding and treatment. Focus, 20(4), 368-377. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.20220052

Wheaton, M. G., Ward, H. E., Silber, A., McIngvale, E., & Björgvinsson, T. (2021). How is the COVID-19 pandemic affecting individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) symptoms? Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 81, 102410. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2021.102410