Descriptive Psychopathology

In order to accurately describe and diagnose psychiatric illness, practitioners require in-depth knowledge of the signs and symptoms of behavioral disorders. Descriptive Psychopathology provides a broad review of the psychopathology of psychiatric illness, beyond the limitations of the DSM and ICD criteria. Beginning with a discussion of the background to psychiatric classification, the authors explore the problems and limitations of current diagnostic systems. The following chapters then present the principles of psychiatric examination and diagnosis, described with accompanying patient vignettes and summary tables, and related to different diagnostic concerns. A thought-provoking conclusion proposes a restructuring of psychiatric classification based on the psychopathology literature and its validating data. Written for psychiatry and neurology residents, clinical psychologists, behavioral neurologists, clinical psychology students and psychiatric nurse practitioners, it is invaluable to anyone who accepts the responsibility for the care of patients with behavioral syndromes.

Biological psychopathology · Clinical psychiatry · Developmental psychopathology · Psychiatry · Psychopathology · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Mental Health Research Topics · Personality Disorders and Psychopathology · Psychology · Behavior disorders in children · Mental illness, treatment · Pathological

• Integrating DSM/ICD, Research Domain Criteria, and Descriptive Psychopathology in Teaching and Practice of Psychiatry

  Open Access•Dimy Fluyau•Frontiers in Psychiatry•2018

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