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.
