The Oxford Textbook of Psychopathology is intended to serve both as a textbook in graduate courses in adult psychopathology and as a resource for professionals in mental health. Most chapters focus on specific diagnostic categories or groupings commonly seen by professionals, and are written by specialists in the field.
Considerable attention is given to the personality disorders.
The emphasis throughout the book is upon psychopathology per se, namely the theory, history, and description of the diagnostic syndromes included.