Descriptive Psychopathology: The Signs and Symptoms of Behavioral Disorders

English | 2009 | PDF | 22 MB | 499 Pages

Michael Alan Taylor; Nutan Atre Vaidya

ISBNs: 0521713919, 0511736924, 9780521713917, 9780511736926, 9780521886307, 9781281945099, 9780511465789, 9780511457791, 9780511451720, 978-0521713917, 978-0511736926, 978-0521886307, 978-1281945099, 978-0511465789, 978-0511457791, 978-0511451720

In  order to accurately describe and diagnose psychiatric illness,  practitioners require in-depth knowledge of the signs and symptoms of  behavioral disorders. Descriptive Psychopathology 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,  clinical psychologists, behavioral neurologists, clinical psychology  students and psychiatric nurse practitioners, it is invaluable to anyone  who accepts the responsibility for the care of patients with behavioral  syndromes.