Sims' Symptoms in the Mind: Textbook of Descriptive Psychopathology, 7th Edition
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.
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.
Key Features
- Complete and practical overview of clinical psychopathology
- New chapter on the emerging area of abnormalities of aesthetic sense
- Expanded information on musical hallucinations, erotomania, abnormalities of the form of thinking, and the intriguing nature of gesture and its disturbance
- Online videos and podcasts covering interviewing techniques and tips
- Multiple choice questions and extended answers, offering different ways to learn
- Fully updated with new knowledge, concepts and theoretical and explanatory models
Author Information
| ISBN Number | 9780702085253 |
|---|---|
| Description Author List | By Femi Oyebode, MBBS, MD, PhD, FRCPsych, Professor of Psychiatry and Consultant Psychiatrist, University of Birmingham, National Centre for Mental Health, Birmingham, UK |
| Copyright Year | 2023 |
| Edition Number | 7 |
| Format | Book |
| Trim | 191w x 235h (7.50" x 9.25") |
| Imprint | Elsevier |
| Page Count | 370 |
| Publication Date | 22 Aug 2022 |
| Stock Status | Please allow 3-4 weeks for delivery |
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Additional Materials Within Accompanying Electronic Version
Section I CONCEPTS AND METHOD
1. Fundamental Concepts of Descriptive Psychopathology
2. Eliciting the Symptoms of Mental Illness
Section II CONSCIOUSNESS AND COGNITION
3. Consciousness and Disturbed Consciousness
4. Attention, Concentration, Orientation and Sleep
5. Disturbance of Memory
Section III AWARENESS OF REALITY: TIME, PERCEPTION AND JUDGEMENT
6. Disorder of Time
7. Pathology of Perception
8. Delusions and Other Erroneous Ideas
9. Disorder of the Thinking Process
10. Disorder of Speech and Language
11. Insight,
Section IV SELF AND BODY
12. The Disordered Self
13. Depersonalization
14. Disorder of the Awareness of the Body
15. The Psychopathology of Pain
Section V EMOTIONS AND ACTION
16. Affect and Emotional Disorders
17. Anxiety, Panic, Irritability, Phobia and Obsession
18. Disorders of Volition and Execution
19. Disorder of Aesthetic Perception and Praxis
Section VI VARIATIONS OF HUMAN NATURE
20. The Expression of Disordered Personality
Section VII DIAGNOSIS
21 Psychopathology and Diagnosis
Self-Assessment 1
Self-Assessment 2
Self-Assessment 1: Answers
Self-Assessment 2: Answers
