abnormal psychology

Experts estimate that panic disorder affects as many as 6 million American adults and is twice as common in women as men. This title examines this disorder.

Every year 2.9 percent of the US population is diagnosed with bipolar disorder. This title examines this disorder.

As many as 40 million Americans experience anxiety disorder a year, making it the most common mental illness in the US. This title examines the disorder.

New parents who find out they're going to have a child with intellectual challenges are faced with many questions: Read the story of Penelope Brown, a girl with Down syndrome. You'll see Penelope struggle to overcome others' ignorance and prejudice--and you'll watch her as she learns to follow her dreams.

Presents information about Autism spectrum disorder.

Dr. Eric Parrish, newly a single father, is trying to hold his personal and professional lives together. His latest patient is a teenaged boy who is disturbingly obsessed with a girl. Before Eric can report the boy to the authorities, potentially breaking doctor-patient confidentiality, a sociopath strikes, seemingly targeting Eric, his practice, and his family. Eric will have to use his knowledge of psychology to stop this murderer before he can enact his final plan.

Trace Pennington, who lives a complex double life--posing as Ianthe Covington at school--wrestles with childhood traumas and mental illness as she falls in love with her literature professor and, as she learns that he has dark secrets, starts to confront her own past.

Susanne Antonetta draws on her own experience as a manic-depressive, as well as interviews with people with other neurological conditions, to explore what it means to live in the modern world while struggling with mental problems and illnesses.

A teenaged girl bullied for her port-wine stain must summon her personal strength to survive abduction and horrific abuse at the hands of a deranged killer.

A guide to psychiatric conditions, featuring a diagnostic screening questionnaire, information on a range of mental health issues, and listings of national organizations, support groups, and other sources of help.