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.
1. Instructions for online access - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iv 6. Preface to the Seventh Edition - p. v 7. Additional Materials Within Accompanying Electronic Version - p. vii 8. Dedication - p. viii 9. Section I. Concepts and Method - p. viii 10. Chapter 1. Fundamental Concepts of Descriptive Psychopathology - p. viii 11. Chapter 2. Eliciting the Symptoms of Mental Illness - p. 17 12. Section II. Consciousness and Cognition - p. 28 13. Chapter 3. Consciousness and Disturbed Consciousness - p. 28 14. Chapter 4. Attention, Concentration, Orientation and Sleep - p. 42 15. Chapter 5. Disturbance of Memory - p. 56 16. Section III. Awareness of Reality: Time, Perception and Judgement - p. 69 17. Chapter 6. Disorder of Time - p. 69 18. Chapter 7. Pathology of Perception - p. 83 19. Chapter 8. Delusions and Other Erroneous Ideas - p. 109 20. Chapter 9. Disorder of the Thinking Process - p. 135 21. Chapter 10. Disorder of Speech and Language - p. 155 22. Chapter 11. Insight - p. 168 23. Section IV. Self and Body - p. 178 24. Chapter 12. The Disordered Self - p. 178 25. Chapter 13. Depersonalization - p. 195 26. Chapter 14. Disorder of the Awareness of the Body - p. 205 27. Chapter 15. The Psychopathology of Pain - p. 230 28. Section V. Emotions and Action - p. 240 29. Chapter 16. Affect and Emotional Disorders - p. 240 30. Chapter 17. Anxiety, Panic, Irritability, Phobia and Obsession - p. 264 31. Chapter 18. Disorders of Volition and Execution - p. 277 32. Chapter 19. Disorder of Aesthetic Perception and Praxis - p. 299 33. Section VI. Variations of Human Nature - p. 311 34. Chapter 20. The Expression of Disordered Personality - p. 311 35. Section VII. Diagnosis - p. 326 36. Chapter 21. Psychopathology and Diagnosis - p. 326 37. Self-Assessment 1 - p. 337 38. Self-Assessment 2 - p. 344 39. Self-Assessment 1: Answers - p. 348 40. Self-Assessment 2: Answers - p. 356 41. Index - p. 362
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.
1. Instructions for online access - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iv 6. Preface to the Seventh Edition - p. v 7. Additional Materials Within Accompanying Electronic Version - p. vii 8. Dedication - p. viii 9. Section I. Concepts and Method - p. viii 10. Chapter 1. Fundamental Concepts of Descriptive Psychopathology - p. viii 11. Chapter 2. Eliciting the Symptoms of Mental Illness - p. 17 12. Section II. Consciousness and Cognition - p. 28 13. Chapter 3. Consciousness and Disturbed Consciousness - p. 28 14. Chapter 4. Attention, Concentration, Orientation and Sleep - p. 42 15. Chapter 5. Disturbance of Memory - p. 56 16. Section III. Awareness of Reality: Time, Perception and Judgement - p. 69 17. Chapter 6. Disorder of Time - p. 69 18. Chapter 7. Pathology of Perception - p. 83 19. Chapter 8. Delusions and Other Erroneous Ideas - p. 109 20. Chapter 9. Disorder of the Thinking Process - p. 135 21. Chapter 10. Disorder of Speech and Language - p. 155 22. Chapter 11. Insight - p. 168 23. Section IV. Self and Body - p. 178 24. Chapter 12. The Disordered Self - p. 178 25. Chapter 13. Depersonalization - p. 195 26. Chapter 14. Disorder of the Awareness of the Body - p. 205 27. Chapter 15. The Psychopathology of Pain - p. 230 28. Section V. Emotions and Action - p. 240 29. Chapter 16. Affect and Emotional Disorders - p. 240 30. Chapter 17. Anxiety, Panic, Irritability, Phobia and Obsession - p. 264 31. Chapter 18. Disorders of Volition and Execution - p. 277 32. Chapter 19. Disorder of Aesthetic Perception and Praxis - p. 299 33. Section VI. Variations of Human Nature - p. 311 34. Chapter 20. The Expression of Disordered Personality - p. 311 35. Section VII. Diagnosis - p. 326 36. Chapter 21. Psychopathology and Diagnosis - p. 326 37. Self-Assessment 1 - p. 337 38. Self-Assessment 2 - p. 344 39. Self-Assessment 1: Answers - p. 348 40. Self-Assessment 2: Answers - p. 356 41. Index - p. 362
