Essential Psychiatry

Essential Psychiatry
Author: Robin M. Murray
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 1385
Release: 2008-09-18
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1139473654

This is a major international textbook for psychiatrists and other professionals working in the field of mental healthcare. With contributions from opinion-leaders from around the globe, this book will appeal to those in training as well as to those further along the career path seeking a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of effective clinical practice backed by research evidence. The book is divided into cohesive sections moving from coverage of the tools and skills of the trade, through descriptions of the major psychiatric disorders and on to consider special topics and issues surrounding service organization. The final important section provides a comprehensive review of treatments covering all of the major modalities. Previously established as the Essentials of Postgraduate Psychiatry, this new and completely revised edition is the only book to provide this depth and breadth of coverage in an accessible, yet authoritative manner.

The Theory of Schizophrenic Negativism

The Theory of Schizophrenic Negativism
Author: Paul Eugen Bleuler
Publisher:
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2018-05-22
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9781528703727

"The Theory of Schizophrenic Negativism" is a classic work on schizophrenia by Dr. E. Bleuler, translated by William A. White. Paul Eugen Bleuler (1857 - 1939) was a Swiss psychiatrist and eugenicist. He was most famous for his work in the field of understanding mental illness. He also coined a number of common psychiatric terms, including "schizophrenia," "schizoid," and "autism." Contents include: "Ambitendency," "Ambivalency," "The Schizophrenic Splitting of the Psyche," "The Lack of Clearness and Imperfect Logic of t he Schizophrenic," "Irrationality in the Schizoid Mind," "Delusion and Hallucination," etc. This fascinating early work on the subject will appeal to those with an interest in psychology and the development of related ideas and theories. Many vintage books like this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now complete with the original text and artwork for the enjoyment of readers now and for years to come.

Schizo-Obsessive Disorder

Schizo-Obsessive Disorder
Author: Michael Poyurovsky
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2013-01-17
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1107000122

This is the first book to address the clinical and neurobiological interface between schizophrenia and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). There is growing evidence that obsessive-compulsive symptoms in schizophrenia are prevalent, persistent and characterized by a distinct pattern of familial inheritance, neurocognitive deficits and brain activation. This text provides guidelines for differential diagnosis of schizophrenic patients with obsessive-compulsive symptoms, and patients with primary OCD alongside poor insight, psychotic features or schizotypal personality. Written by a leading expert in the coexistence of obsessive-compulsive and schizophrenic phenomena, Schizo-Obsessive Disorder uses numerous case studies to present diagnostic guidelines and to describe a recommended treatment algorithm, demystifying this complex disorder and aiding its effective management. The book is essential reading for psychiatrists, neurologists and the wider range of multidisciplinary mental health practitioners.

Modern Psychoanalysis of the Schizophrenic Patient

Modern Psychoanalysis of the Schizophrenic Patient
Author: Hyman Spotnitz
Publisher: YBK Publishers, Inc.
Total Pages: 253
Release: 2004
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0970392362

What Freud called the "stone wall" was first breached by this pioneering psychiatrist and psychoanalyst with this seminal work in 1969. This substantially revised and enlarged edition is the comprehensive and definitive handbook for practitioners of the talking cure of the disorders that arise before speech.

Fish's Clinical Psychopathology

Fish's Clinical Psychopathology
Author: Patricia Casey
Publisher: RCPsych Publications
Total Pages: 149
Release: 2019-06-13
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1108663540

Psychopathology lies at the centre of effective psychiatric practice and mental health care, and Fish's Clinical Psychopathology has shaped the training and clinical practice of psychiatrists for over fifty years. The fourth edition of this modern classic presents the clinical descriptions and psychopathological insights of Fish's to a new generation of students and practitioners. It includes recent revisions of diagnostic classification systems, as well as new chapters that consider the controversies of classifying psychiatric disorder and the fundamental role and uses of psychopathology. Clear and readable, it provides concise descriptions of the signs and symptoms of mental illness and astute accounts of the varied manifestations of disordered psychological function, and is designed for use in clinical practice. An essential text for students of medicine, trainees in psychiatry and practising psychiatrists, it will also be useful to psychiatric nurses, mental health social workers and clinical psychologists.