{"product_id":"the-history-of-mental-symptoms-descriptive-psychopathology-since-the-nineteenth-century-paperback-9780521437363","title":"The History of Mental Symptoms; Descriptive Psychopathology since the Nineteenth Century (Paperback) 9780521437363","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe History of Mental Symptoms\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eDescriptive Psychopathology since the Nineteenth Century\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn important and unique survey of the historical background to the descriptive categories of psychopathology.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGerman E. Berrios (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521437363, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 11 April 1996\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e584 pages, 12 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e24.7 x 17.5 x 2.9 cm, 1.188 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e' … a compendium to which future historians will sing hymns of praise and gratitude.' Henry R. Rollin, Horton Hospital, Epsom\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSince psychiatry remains a descriptive discipline, it is essential for its practitioners to understand how the language of psychiatry came to be formed. This important book, written by a psychiatrist-historian, traces the genesis of the descriptive categories of psychopathology and examines their interaction with the psychological and philosophical context within which they arose. The author explores particularly the language and ideas that have characterised descriptive psychopathology from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. He presents a masterful survey of the history of the main psychiatric symptoms, from the metaphysics of classical antiquity to the operational criteria of today. Tracing the evolution of concepts such as memory, consciousness, will and personality, and of symptoms ranging from catalepsy and aboulia to anxiety and self-harm, this book provides fascinating insights into the subjective nature of mental illness, and into the ideas of British, Continental and American authorities who sought to clarify and define it.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Object of Inquiry: 1. Matters historical\u003cbr\u003e 2. Descriptive psychopathology\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Cognition and Consciousness: 3. Disorders of perception\u003cbr\u003e 4. Thought disorder\u003cbr\u003e 5. Delusions\u003cbr\u003e 6. Obsessions and compulsions\u003cbr\u003e 7. Cognitive impairment: congenital\u003cbr\u003e 8. Cognitive impairment: acquired\u003cbr\u003e 9. Memory and its disorders\u003cbr\u003e 10. Consciousness and its disorders\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Mood and Emotions: 11. Anxiety and cognate disorders\u003cbr\u003e 12. Affect and its disorders\u003cbr\u003e 13. The anhedonias\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Volition and Action: 14. The will and its disorders\u003cbr\u003e 15. Feelings of fatigue\u003cbr\u003e 16. Catalepsy, catatonia and stupor\u003cbr\u003e 17. Tremor, rigidity, akathisia and stereotypy\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Miscellany: 18. Personality and its disorders\u003cbr\u003e 19. Self-harm.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Psychiatry [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Psychiatry\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Psychiatry%20%5BMMH%5D%22\"\u003eMMH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46003348439320,"sku":"9780521437363","price":140.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521437363i_e40aba7d-f29a-4737-85c2-ec8495a0f68c.jpg?v=1691381844","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-history-of-mental-symptoms-descriptive-psychopathology-since-the-nineteenth-century-paperback-9780521437363","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}