"These readers include articles...from the accessible Current Directions in Psychological Science journal"--P. [4] of cover.

"Readings from the Association for Psychological Science." -- T.p.

Includes bibliographical references.

Section 1: General issues in understanding, modeling, and measuring psychopathology *Miller and Keller (2000). Psychology and neuroscience: Making peace. *Lenzenweger (2006). Schizotypy: An organizing framework for schizophrenia research. *Krueger and Markon (2006). Understanding psychopathology: Melding behavior genetics, personality, and quantitative psychology to develop an empirically based model. *Moses and Barlow (2006). A new unified treatment approach for emotional disorders based on emotion science. *Achenbach (2006). As others see us: Clinical and research implications of cross-informant correlations for psychopathology. Section 2: Modeling the influence of stress and environmental factors on psychopathology *Parent et al. (2005). Maternal care and individual differences in defensive responses. *Fincham (2003). Marital conflict: Correlates, structure, and context. *Hooley (2004). Do psychiatric patients do better clinically if they live with certain kinds of families? *Lucas (2007). Adaptation and the set-point model of subjective well-being: Does happiness change after major life events? *Cutrona et al. (2006). Neighborhood characteristics and depression: An examination of stress processes. Section 3: The intersection of biology and psychology *Kemeny (2003). The psychobiology of stress. *Miller & Blackwell (2006). Turning up the heat: Inflammation as a mechanism linking chronic stress, depression, and heart disease. *Fox, Hane, & Pine (2007). Plasticity for affective neurocircuitry: How the environment affects gene expression. *Reiss (2005). The interplay between genotypes and family relationships: reframing concepts of development and prevention. Section 4: Internalizing disorders (anxiety, depression, and eating disorders) *Ohman & Mineka (2003). The malicious serpent: Snakes as a prototypical stimulus for an evolved module of fear. *Davis, Myers, Ressler, & Rothbaum (2005). Facilitation of extinction of conditioned fear by d-cycloserine. *Ozer & Weiss (2004). Who develops Posttraumatic Stress Disorder? *Bonanno (2005). Resilience in the face of potential trauma. *McNally (2003). Recovering memories of trauma: A view from the laboratory. *Rottenberg. (2005). Mood and emotion in major depression. *Klump & Culbert (2007). Molecular genetic studies of eating disorders: Current status and future directions. Section 5: Externalizing disorders (substance and conduct disorder) *Steinberg (2007). Risk taking in adolescence : new perspectives from brain and behavioral science. *Wiers & Stacy (2006). Implicit cognition and addiction. *Baker et al (2006). Pharmacologic and behavioral withdrawal from addictive drugs. *Goeders (2004). Stress, motivation, and drug addiction.