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First Responder's Guide to Abnormal Psychology - Applications for Police, Firefighters and Rescue Personnel

First Responder's Guide to Abnormal Psychology - Applications for Police, Firefighters and Rescue Personnel

William I. Dorfman, Lenore E. Walker

 

Verlag Springer-Verlag, 2007

ISBN 9780387354651 , 233 Seiten

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Table of Contents

6

Introduction

7

The Role and Importance of First Responders in Dealing with Psychologically Disordered Individuals

9

WHO ARE FIRST RESPONDERS?

9

WHAT KINDS OF PEOPLE WILL FIRST RESPONDERS DEAL WITH?

10

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, THE MILITARY AND THE MENTALLY ILL

15

SUGGESTED READINGS

18

Normal vs. Abnormal Behavior: A Continuum

20

SUGGESTED READINGS

24

Key Mental Health Issues in the Criminal Justice and Emergency Medical Systems

26

INTRODUCTION

26

DIAGNOSTIC CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS

27

MAJOR DIAGNOSTIC CATEGORIES

29

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT

33

SUGGESTED READINGS

49

Disorders of the Brain and Central Nervous System

50

NERVE CELL

51

BRAIN

53

NEUROTRANSMITTERS

56

DISEASES OF THE BRAIN AND NERVOUS SYSTEM

58

INTERACTION OF PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL ETIOLOGY

60

SUGGESTED READINGS

61

The Psychotic Disorders

62

SCHIZOPHRENIA

62

CLINICAL PICTURE OF SCHIZOPHRENIA

63

OTHER PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS

73

SUGGESTED READINGS

76

The Mood Disorders

77

MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER

78

DYSTHYMIC DISORDER

79

BIPOLAR DISORDERS

80

ETIOLOGY OF MOOD DISORDERS

81

TREATMENT OF MOOD DISORDERS

84

MOOD DISORDERS AND CHILDREN

87

SUICIDE

88

SUGGESTED READINGS

90

The Anxiety, Somatoform and Dissociative Disorders

92

ANXIETY DISORDERS

92

SOMATOFORM DISORDERS

105

DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS

109

SUGGESTED READINGS

111

The Personality Disorders

113

FROM PERSONALITY TRAIT TO PERSONALITY DISORDER

114

THE ODD CLUSTER

116

THE ANXIOUS CLUSTER

120

THE DRAMATIC CLUSTER

125

SUGGESTED READINGS

133

The Substance Use Disorders

135

DIMENSIONS OF SUBSTANCE USE

135

DEPRESSANTS

136

STIMULANTS

138

OPIOIDS

140

HALLUCINOGENS

141

OTHER ABUSED DRUGS

143

THE ETIOLOGY OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND DEPENDENCE

146

TREATMENT OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND DEPENDENCE

150

SUGGESTED READINGS

152

Crisis, Terrorism and Trauma- Based Disorders

153

CRISIS

158

PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE TO CRISIS AND TRAUMA

159

THE HAZARDS OF HELPING: EMOTIONAL TRAUMA AND TREATMENT INTERVENTIONS FOR FIRST RESPONDERS

163

CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS MANAGEMENT ( CISM)

166

CHRONIC vs. ACUTE STRESS

170

SUGGESTED READINGS

171

Therapeutic Justice

172

DOES REHABILITATION WORK?

174

DRUG COURTS

175

MENTAL HEALTH COURTS

178

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COURTS

179

INVOLUNTARY CIVIL COMMITMENT

181

INVOLUNTARY SEX PREDATOR CIVIL COMMITMENT

183

INSANITY DEFENSES

185

SUGGESTED READINGS

188

Mental Disorders in Youth

190

DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS

192

TOXIC SUBSTANCES

193

TOURETTE SYNDROME

195

PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER (PDD) AND AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS

196

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDERS

198

MENTAL DISORDERS IN CHILDREN

201

CHILD ABUSE AND PTSD

201

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

205

RAPE

206

OPPOSITIONAL AND CONDUCT DISORDERS

206

JUVENILE DELINQUENCY, STATUS CRIMES AND MENTAL DISORDERS

212

SUGGESTED READINGS

220

Index

222