Sims' symptoms in the mind : textbook of descriptive psychopathology.

Preface to the Seventh Edition - vi
Additional Materials Within Accompanying Electronic Version - vii
Section I
CONCEPTS AND METHOD - 1
1 Fundamental Concepts of Descriptive Psychopathology - 3
2 Eliciting the Symptoms of Mental Illness - 19
Section II
CONSCIOUSNESS AND COGNITION - 29
3 Consciousness and Disturbed Consciousness - 31
4 Attention, Concentration, Orientation and Sleep - 43
5 Disturbance of Memory - 57
Section III
AWARENESS OF REALITY: TIME, PERCEPTION AND JUDGEMENT - 71
6 Disorder of Time - 73
7 Pathology of Perception - 85
8 Delusions and Other Erroneous Ideas - 111
9 Disorder of the Thinking Process - 137
10 Disorder of Speech and Language - 157
11 Insight - 169
Section IV
SELF AND BODY - 179
12 The Disordered Self - 181
13 Depersonalization - 197
14 Disorder of the Awareness of the Body - 207
15 The Psychopathology of Pain - 231
Section V
EMOTIONS AND ACTION - 241
16 Affect and Emotional Disorders - 243
17 Anxiety, Panic, Irritability, Phobia and Obsession - 265
18 Disorders of Volition and Execution - 279
19 Disorder of Aesthetic Perception and Praxis - 301
Section VI
VARIATIONS OF HUMAN NATURE - 313
20 The Expression of Disordered Personality - 315
Section VII
DIAGNOSIS - 327
21 Psychopathology and Diagnosis - 329
Self-Assessment 1 - 339
Self-Assessment 2 - 345
Self-Assessment 1: Answers - 349
Self-Assessment 2: Answers - 357
Index - 363

Psychopathology - the study of abnormal mental states - is a foundational discipline of psychiatry that is formidable to master. Since 1988, Sims' Symptoms in the Mind has been the leading introductory textbook in this area and provides the conceptual backbone needed by every psychiatrist in training. It defines and explains the main symptoms and syndromes of mental illness encountered in clinical practice. Now in its seventh edition, the text has been fully revised and updated by renowned psychiatry professor Femi Oyebode. It provides a masterful introduction to this difficult area that will challenge the reader intellectually, while at the same time supporting his or her learning. With a combination of accessible text and audiovisual materials in the online ebook, this is the standard postgraduate text for psychiatric trainees as well as a valued reference for academics, clinical psychiatrists and psychologists, allied health professionals, and researchers.
- Complete and practical overview of clinical psychopathology
- New chapter on the emerging area of abnormalities of aesthetic sense
- Expanded information on musical hallucinations, erotomania, abnormalities of the form of thinking, and the intriguing nature of gesture and its disturbance
- Online videos and podcasts covering interviewing techniques and tips
- Multiple choice questions and extended answers, offering different ways to learn
- Fully updated with new knowledge, concepts and theoretical and explanatory models