Descriptive psychopathology
Subtitle: the signs and symptoms of behavioral disorders
By: Michael Alan Taylor, Nutan Arte Vaidya.
Contributors: Vaidya, Nutan Atre.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 498
ISBN-13: 9780521713917
Subjects: Psychodiagnostics; Neurobehavioral disorders -- Diagnosis; Psychology, Pathological; Mental Disorders -- diagnosis; Neuropsychology -- methods; Psychopathology -- methods
Description: This book 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Beyond the DSM and ICD : a rationale for understanding and using descriptive psychopathology; title: A history of psychiatric classification; title: The brain and psychopathology; title: The neuropsychiatric evaluation : principles of descriptive psychopathology and the diagnostic process; title: The neuropsychiatric evaluation : examination style, structure, and technique; title: Psychopathology of everyday behavior and general appearance; title: Disturbances of motor function; title: Disturbances in emotional experience; title: Disturbances in speech and language; title: Perceptual disturbances; title: Delusions and abnormal thought content; title: Obsessive-compulsive behaviors; title: Cognitive testing and the psychopathology of cognitive dysfunction; title: Personality; title: Abnormal trait behaviors : personality disorder; title: Evidence-based classification.