Handbook of Psychiatry: Volume 1, General Psychopathology

This volume was the first of five, which together give a comprehensive account of clinical psychiatry and its scientific foundations.

M. Shepherd (Edited by), O. L. Zangwill (Edited by)

9780521281379, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 28 January 1983

320 pages
23.5 x 19.1 x 1.7 cm, 0.55 kg

This 1986 volume was the first of five, which together give a comprehensive account of clinical psychiatry in the 1980's and its scientific foundations. After an introductory section about the historical background and the evolution of some basic concepts, clinical phenomena are described and discussed. The book concludes with a section in which mental disorders are classified and their assessment, diagnosis and treatment detailed. Each chapter is written by a recognised authority in the field and the book includes a comprehensive bibliography and cross-references to the other volumes in the series.

List of contributors
Foreword
Introduction: the sciences and general psychopathology Michael Shepherd
Part I. The Historical Background: Section 1. Psychiatry in its Historical Context W. F. Bynum
Section 2. The Evolution of Some Basic Clinical Concepts: 1. Psychosis Christian Scharfetter
2. Neurosis Esther Fischer-Homberger
3. Mania and depression Jean Starobinski
4. Schizophrenia Christian Scharfetter
5. Paranoia Christian Scharfetter
6. Hypochondriasis Esther Fischer-Homberger
7. Sexology J. Hoenig
8. Epilepsy Owsei Temkin
9. 'Psychsomatic' W. F. Bynum
Part II. The Clinical Phenomena of Mental Disorders: Section 3. Descriptive and Developmental Phenomena F. Kräupl Taylor
Section 4. The Neuropsychology of Mental Disorders: 10. Introduction O. L. Zangwill
11. Disorders of memory O. L. Zangwill
12. Intellectual function and its disorders Edgar Miller
13. The neuropsychology of emotion T. W. Robbins
14. Disorders of language Maria A. Wyke
Section 5. Socio-Cultural Variations in Symptomatology, Incidence and Course of Illness H. B. M. Murphy
Section 6. Medico-Legal Aspects T. C. N. Gibbens
Part III. Taxonomy, Diagnosis and Treatment: Section 7. The Principles of Classification in Relation to Mental Disease R. E. Kendell
Section 8. Diagnosis and the Diagnostic Process J. E. Cooper
Section 9. The Clinical Assessment of Mental Disorders Felix Post
Section 10. The Principles of Treatment and Therapeutic Evaluation R. H. Cawley
References
Cross-references to other volumes in the series
Indexes.

Subject Areas: Psychiatry [MMH]