Main description:

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

Contents:

Section I CONCEPTS AND METHOD

Fundamental Concepts of Descriptive Psychopathology
Eliciting the Symptoms of Mental Illness
Section II CONSCIOUSNESS AND COGNITION

Consciousness and Disturbed Consciousness
Attention, Concentration, Orientation and Sleep
Disturbance of Memory
Section III AWARENESS OF REALITY: TIME, PERCEPTION AND JUDGEMENT

Disorder of Time
NEW CHAPTER: Abnormalities of aesthetic sense
Pathology of Perception
Delusions and Other Erroneous Ideas
Disorder of the Thinking Process
Disorder of Speech and Language
Insight
Section IV SELF AND BODY

The Disordered Self
Depersonalization
Disorder of the Awareness of the Body
The Psychopathology of Pain
Section V EMOTIONS AND ACTION

Affect and Emotional Disorders
Anxiety, Panic, Irritability, Phobia and Obsession
Disorders of Volition and Execution
Section VI VARIATIONS OF HUMAN NATURE

The Expression of Disordered Personality
Section VII DIAGNOSIS

Psychopathology and Diagnosis

Assessment

Self-Assessment 1

Self-Assessment 2

Self-Assessment 1: Answers

Self-Assessment 2: Answers