Fish's Clinical Psychopathology

Signs and Symptoms in Psychiatry

Patricia Casey, Brendan Kelly (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

144 Seiten

2007 | 3rd Revised edition
RCPsych Publications (Verlag)
978-1-904671-32-9 (ISBN)

Infos

Fish's Clinical Psychopathology has shaped the psychiatric training and clinical practice of several generations of psychiatrists, but has been out of print for many years. The third edition of this modern classic presents the clinical descriptions and psychopathological insights of Fish to a new generation of students and practitioners. This is an essential text for students of medicine, trainees in psychiatry and practising psychiatrists. It will also be of interest to psychiatric nurses, mental health social workers, clinical psychologists and all readers who value concise descriptions of the symptoms of mental illness and astute accounts of the many and varied manifestations of disordered psychological function. Completely revised edition of classic text. New sections on personality disorder, cognitive distortion, defence mechanisms, memory and unusual psychiatric syndromes. Updated references to contemporary literature.

Autor

Patricia Casey (Professor of Psychiatry at Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, and Editor of The Quarterly Journal of Mental Health) and Brendan Kelly (Adult Psychiatrist, Dublin).

Inhalt

The authors; Preface; 1. Classification of psychiatric disorders; 2. Disorders of perception; 3. Disorders of thought and speech; 4. Disorders of memory; 5. Disorders of emotion; 6. Disorders of the experience of self; 7. Disorders of consciousness; 8. Motor disorders; 9. Personality disorders; Appendix 1. Psychiatric syndromes; Appendix 2. Defences and distortions.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.1.2007
• Zusatzinfo: Worked examples or Exercises
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 156 x 235 mm
• Gewicht: 280 g
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
• ISBN-10: 1-904671-32-2 / 1904671322
• ISBN-13: 978-1-904671-32-9 / 9781904671329
• Zustand: Neuware