Descriptive Psychopathology
Descriptive Psychopathology
Nutan Atre Vaidya, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, Chicago
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USDIn order to accurately describe and diagnose psychiatric illness, practitioners require in-depth knowledge of the signs and symptoms of behavioral disorders. <i>Descriptive Psychopathology<i/> provides a broad review of the psychopathology of psychiatric illness, beyond the limitations of the DSM and ICD criteria. Beginning with a discussion of the background to psychiatric classification, the authors explore the problems and limitations of current diagnostic systems. The following chapters then present the principles of psychiatric examination and diagnosis, described with accompanying patient vignettes and summary tables, and related to different diagnostic concerns. A thought-provoking conclusion proposes a restructuring of psychiatric classification based on the psychopathology literature and its validating data. Written for psychiatry and neurology residents, as well as clinical psychologists, it is invaluable to anyone who accepts the responsibility for the care of patients with behavioral syndromes.
- Describes the signs and symptoms of psychiatric illness critical for diagnosis and treatment
- Includes tables summarising the main teaching points, patient vignettes and 'virtual' examples of diagnostic decision making
- Provides a logical and practical approach to diagnosis and patient evaluation and examination
Reviews & endorsements
"Appropriate for clinicians who provide care for individuals with behavioral syndromes, and it seems particularly useful for psychiatry and neurology residents....The book is very complete in its description of various psychiatric disorders and should be recommended to psychiatric and neurology residents in training."
--Doody's Review Service
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February 2009Adobe eBook Reader
9780511451720
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59 tables
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Table of Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I. Present, Past, and Future:
- 1. Beyond the DSM and ICD - a rationale for understanding and using descriptive psychopathology
- 2. A history of psychiatric classification
- 3. The brain and psychopathology
- Part II. The Neuropsychiatic Evaluation:
- 4. The neuropsychiatic evaluation - principles of descriptive psychopathology and the diagnostic process
- 5. The neuropsychiatic evaluation - examination style, structure, and technique
- Part III. Examination Domains:
- 6. Psychopathology of everyday behavior and general appearance
- 7. Disturbances of motor function
- 8. Disturbances in emotional experience
- 9. Disturbances in speech and language
- 10. Perceptual disturbances
- 11. Delusions and abnormal thought content
- 12. Obsessive-compulsive behaviors
- 13. Cognitive testing and the psychopathology of cognitive dysfunction
- 14. Personality
- 15. Abnormal trait behaviors: personality disorder
- Part IV. Evidence-based Classification:
- 16. Evidence-based classification
- References
- Index.
