1. INTRODUCTION: HISTORICAL AND SCIENTIFIC CONSIDERATIONS

2. CURRENT PARADIGMS IN PSYCHOPATHOLOGY AND THERAPY

3. CLASSIFICATION AND DIAGNOSIS

4. CLINICAL ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES

5. RESEARCH METHODS IN THE STUDY OF ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR

6. ANXIETY DISORDERS

7. SOMATOFORM AND DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS

8. PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL DISORDERS AND HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY

9. EATING DISORDERS

10. MOOD DISORDERS

11. SCHIZOPHRENIA

12. SUBSTANCE­RELATED DISORDERS

13. PERSONALITY DISORDERS

14. SEXUAL AND GENDER IDENTITY DISORDERS

15. DISORDERS OF CHILDHOOD

16. AGING AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS

17. INSIGHT THERAPIES

18. COGNITIVE AND BEHAVIOR THERAPIES

19. GROUP, COUPLES AND FAMILY THERAPY, AND COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY

20. LEGAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES