Fish's clinical psychopathology : signs and symptoms in psychiatry
Casey, Patricia
Fish's clinical psychopathology : signs and symptoms in psychiatry - 5th ed. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2024. - viii, 138 pages ; 23 cm. - Cambridge medicine . - Cambridge medicine (Series) .
Previous ed.: 2019.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Psychopathology lies at the centre of effective psychiatric practice and mental health care. Fish's Clinical Psychopathology has shaped the training and clinical practice of generations of psychiatrists. The fifth edition of this modern classic presents the clinical descriptions and psychopathological insights for which this text is renowned, and adds suggested questions to assist with eliciting key symptoms. It also covers recent revisions of diagnostic classification systems, including the World Health Organization's ICD-11: International Classification of Diseases. Clear and readable, this new edition provides concise descriptions of the signs and symptoms of mental illness and astute accounts of the varied manifestations of disordered psychological function. Designed for use in clinical practice, this is an essential text for students of medicine, trainees in psychiatry, and practising psychiatrists. It is also useful for psychiatric nurses, mental health social workers, clinical psychologists, and anyone engaged in the expanding field of mental health care.
9781009372695
Psychiatry
Psychopathology
Mental disorders
WM 140 WM141.
Fish's clinical psychopathology : signs and symptoms in psychiatry - 5th ed. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2024. - viii, 138 pages ; 23 cm. - Cambridge medicine . - Cambridge medicine (Series) .
Previous ed.: 2019.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Psychopathology lies at the centre of effective psychiatric practice and mental health care. Fish's Clinical Psychopathology has shaped the training and clinical practice of generations of psychiatrists. The fifth edition of this modern classic presents the clinical descriptions and psychopathological insights for which this text is renowned, and adds suggested questions to assist with eliciting key symptoms. It also covers recent revisions of diagnostic classification systems, including the World Health Organization's ICD-11: International Classification of Diseases. Clear and readable, this new edition provides concise descriptions of the signs and symptoms of mental illness and astute accounts of the varied manifestations of disordered psychological function. Designed for use in clinical practice, this is an essential text for students of medicine, trainees in psychiatry, and practising psychiatrists. It is also useful for psychiatric nurses, mental health social workers, clinical psychologists, and anyone engaged in the expanding field of mental health care.
9781009372695
Psychiatry
Psychopathology
Mental disorders
WM 140 WM141.