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. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Preface to the Seventh Edition - p. vi 6. Additional Materials Within Accompanying Electronic Version - p. vii 7. Dedication - p. viii 8. Multimedia Resources - p. viii 9. Videos - p. viii 10. Audios - p. viii 11. Section I. Concepts and Method - p. viii 12. Chapter 1. Fundamental Concepts of Descriptive Psychopathology - p. 3 13. Chapter 2. Eliciting the Symptoms of Mental Illness - p. 19 14. Section II. Consciousness and Cognition - p. 28 15. Chapter 3. Consciousness and Disturbed Consciousness - p. 31 16. Chapter 4. Attention, Concentration, Orientation and Sleep - p. 43 17. Chapter 5. Disturbance of Memory - p. 57 18. Section III. Awareness of Reality: Time, Perception and Judgement - p. 69 19. Chapter 6. Disorder of Time - p. 73 20. Chapter 7. Pathology of Perception - p. 85 21. Chapter 8. Delusions and Other Erroneous Ideas - p. 111 22. Chapter 9. Disorder of the Thinking Process - p. 137 23. Chapter 10. Disorder of Speech and Language - p. 157 24. Chapter 11. Insight - p. 169 25. Section IV. Self and Body - p. 178 26. Chapter 12. The Disordered Self - p. 181 27. Chapter 13. Depersonalization - p. 197 28. Chapter 14. Disorder of the Awareness of the Body - p. 207 29. Chapter 15. The Psychopathology of Pain - p. 231 30. Section V. Emotions and Action - p. 240 31. Chapter 16. Affect and Emotional Disorders - p. 243 32. Chapter 17. Anxiety, Panic, Irritability, Phobia and Obsession - p. 265 33. Chapter 18. Disorders of Volition and Execution - p. 279 34. Chapter 19. Disorder of Aesthetic Perception and Praxis - p. 301 35. Section VI. Variations of Human Nature - p. 311 36. Chapter 20. The Expression of Disordered Personality - p. 315 37. Section VII. Diagnosis - p. 326 38. Chapter 21. Psychopathology and Diagnosis - p. 329 39. Self-Assessment 1 - p. 339 40. Self-Assessment 2 - p. 345 41. Index - p. 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.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Preface to the Seventh Edition - p. vi 6. Additional Materials Within Accompanying Electronic Version - p. vii 7. Dedication - p. viii 8. Multimedia Resources - p. viii 9. Videos - p. viii 10. Audios - p. viii 11. Section I. Concepts and Method - p. viii 12. Chapter 1. Fundamental Concepts of Descriptive Psychopathology - p. 3 13. Chapter 2. Eliciting the Symptoms of Mental Illness - p. 19 14. Section II. Consciousness and Cognition - p. 28 15. Chapter 3. Consciousness and Disturbed Consciousness - p. 31 16. Chapter 4. Attention, Concentration, Orientation and Sleep - p. 43 17. Chapter 5. Disturbance of Memory - p. 57 18. Section III. Awareness of Reality: Time, Perception and Judgement - p. 69 19. Chapter 6. Disorder of Time - p. 73 20. Chapter 7. Pathology of Perception - p. 85 21. Chapter 8. Delusions and Other Erroneous Ideas - p. 111 22. Chapter 9. Disorder of the Thinking Process - p. 137 23. Chapter 10. Disorder of Speech and Language - p. 157 24. Chapter 11. Insight - p. 169 25. Section IV. Self and Body - p. 178 26. Chapter 12. The Disordered Self - p. 181 27. Chapter 13. Depersonalization - p. 197 28. Chapter 14. Disorder of the Awareness of the Body - p. 207 29. Chapter 15. The Psychopathology of Pain - p. 231 30. Section V. Emotions and Action - p. 240 31. Chapter 16. Affect and Emotional Disorders - p. 243 32. Chapter 17. Anxiety, Panic, Irritability, Phobia and Obsession - p. 265 33. Chapter 18. Disorders of Volition and Execution - p. 279 34. Chapter 19. Disorder of Aesthetic Perception and Praxis - p. 301 35. Section VI. Variations of Human Nature - p. 311 36. Chapter 20. The Expression of Disordered Personality - p. 315 37. Section VII. Diagnosis - p. 326 38. Chapter 21. Psychopathology and Diagnosis - p. 329 39. Self-Assessment 1 - p. 339 40. Self-Assessment 2 - p. 345 41. Index - p. 363
