Sims' Symptoms in the Mind: Textbook of Descriptive Psychopathology
- 7th Edition - June 26, 2022
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Author: Femi Oyebode
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 7 0 2 0 - 8 5 2 5 - 3
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 7 0 2 0 - 8 5 2 6 - 0
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… Read more
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Request a sales quotePsychopathology – 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.
- 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
Trainee psychiatrists, undergraduate medical students on psychiatry rotations
- Instructions for online access
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Preface to the Seventh Edition
- Additional Materials Within Accompanying Electronic Version
- Dedication
- Section I. Concepts and Method
- Chapter 1. Fundamental Concepts of Descriptive Psychopathology
- Summary
- What Is Psychopathology?
- Phenomenology and Psychopathology
- Concepts
- Chapter 2. Eliciting the Symptoms of Mental Illness
- Summary
- Diagnosis and Labelling
- The Psychiatric History
- Premorbid, Previous or Usual Personality
- Differentiation of Personality Disorder
- Systematic Enquiry
- Section II. Consciousness and Cognition
- Chapter 3. Consciousness and Disturbed Consciousness
- Summary
- Disorders of Consciousness
- Chapter 4. Attention, Concentration, Orientation and Sleep
- Summary
- Attention, Awareness and Concentration
- Orientation
- Sleep Disorders
- Dreams
- Hypnosis
- Chapter 5. Disturbance of Memory
- Summary
- Mechanisms of Memory
- Organic Impairment of Memory
- Disturbances of Memory
- Affective Disorder of Memory
- Section III. Awareness of Reality: Time, Perception and Judgement
- Chapter 6. Disorder of Time
- Summary
- Disorder of Objective Time
- Disorder of Subjective (Personal) Time
- Biological Rhythms and Their Relation to Psychiatry
- Chapter 7. Pathology of Perception
- Summary
- Sensation and Perception
- Abnormal Perception
- Hallucination
- Pseudohallucinations
- Other Abnormalities of Perception
- Chapter 8. Delusions and Other Erroneous Ideas
- Summary
- Ideas, Beliefs and Delusions
- Primary and Secondary Delusions
- Types of Primary Delusion
- The Origins of Delusion
- Content of Delusions
- The Reality of Delusions
- Erroneous Ideation
- Chapter 9. Disorder of the Thinking Process
- Summary
- Types of Thinking
- The Processes of Disordered Thinking
- Disturbance of Judgement
- Disorder of Control of Thinking
- Chapter 10. Disorder of Speech and Language
- Summary
- Speech Disturbances
- Organic Disorders of Language
- Schizophrenic Language Disorder
- Chapter 11. Insight
- Summary
- Insight in Clinical Practice
- Overview of the Concept
- Insight and Cognitive Impairment
- Section IV. Self and Body
- Chapter 12. The Disordered Self
- Summary
- Ego and Self
- Embodiment and the Self
- Self-Concept and Body Image
- Self-Image and Nonverbal Communication
- Awareness of the Body
- Disorders of Self
- Chapter 13. Depersonalization
- Summary
- Definitions and Descriptions
- Organic and Psychological Theories
- Depersonalization: Further Considerations
- Chapter 14. Disorder of the Awareness of the Body
- Summary
- The Body in Psychopathology
- Classification
- Disorders of Beliefs About the Body (Bodily Complaint Without Organic Cause)
- Disorders of Bodily Function—Conversion and Dissociation
- Disorders of the Physical Characteristics and Emotional Value of the Body (Dislike of the Body)
- Disorders of the Physical Characteristics of the Body
- Disorders of the Sensory Awareness of the Body (Organic Changes in Body Image)
- Culture-Bound Disorders of Body Image
- Chapter 15. The Psychopathology of Pain
- Summary
- Organic or Psychogenic Pain?
- Pain and Heightened Sensation
- Diminished Pain Sensation and Pain Craving
- Pain Without Organic Cause
- Pain and Suffering
- Section V. Emotions and Action
- Chapter 16. Affect and Emotional Disorders
- Summary
- Theories of Emotion
- Basic Emotions
- Communication of Mood
- Classification of Pathology of Emotions
- Pathologic Changes in Basic Emotions
- Abnormality of Experience and Physiologic Activity
- Abnormalities of Evaluation
- Abnormality of Mood in Bipolar Disorder
- Depression of Mood
- Mania
- Chapter 17. Anxiety, Panic, Irritability, Phobia and Obsession
- Summary
- Anxiety
- Irritability
- Obsessions and Compulsions
- Chapter 18. Disorders of Volition and Execution
- Summary
- Urge, Drive and Will and Their Disturbance
- Abnormalities of Need, Instinct, Motivation and Will
- Impulsive and Aggressive Acts
- Disturbance of Movement and Behaviour
- Chapter 19. Disorder of Aesthetic Perception and Praxis
- Summary
- Abnormal Aesthetic Perceptions
- Section VI. Variations of Human Nature
- Chapter 20. The Expression of Disordered Personality
- Summary
- Paranoid Personality Disorder
- Schizoid Personality Disorder
- Dissocial Personality Disorder
- Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder
- Histrionic Personality Disorder
- Anankastic Personality Disorder
- Anxious (Avoidant) Personality Disorder
- Dependent Personality Disorder
- Persistent Mood Disorders
- Other Personality Disorders
- Section VII. Diagnosis
- Chapter 21. Psychopathology and Diagnosis
- Summary
- Concepts of Health and Psychopathology
- Use of Symptoms to Form Diagnostic Categories
- Postscript
- Self-Assessment 1
- Self-Assessment 2
- Self-Assessment 1: Answers
- Self-Assessment 2: Answers
- Index
- Edition: 7
- Published: June 26, 2022
- Imprint: Elsevier
- No. of pages: 378
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780702085253
- eBook ISBN: 9780702085260
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Femi Oyebode
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Psychiatry and Consultant Psychiatrist, University of Birmingham, National Centre for Mental Health, Birmingham, UK.