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Troublesome Disguises examines psychiatric conditions which are not necessarily uncommon, rare or exotic but are challenging for the clinician who may struggle to reach a diagnosis and to set up management strategies. However, with familiarity, these conditions can and should be recognised.
List of contents
Contributors vii
Preface xi
Part I: Challenging psychiatric conditions 1 Shared pathologies 3
German E. Berrios and Ivana S. Marková 2 Paraphrenia 16
Richard Atkinson, David Jolley, and Alistair Burns 3 Brief reactive psychoses 27
Jüergen Zielasek and Wolfgang Gaebel 4 Cycloid psychoses 44
Andrea Schmitt, Berend Malchow, Peter Falkai, and Alkomiet Hasan 5 Borderline personality disorder 57
John M. Oldham 6 Recurrent self-harm 67
Rohan Borschmann and Paul Moran 7 Finding the truth in the lies: A practical guide to the assessment of malingering 85
Holly Tabernik and Michael J. Vitacco 8 Recurrent brief depression: "This too shall pass"? 100
David S. Baldwin and Julia M. Sinclair 9 Conversion disorders 114
Santosh K. Chaturvedi and Soumya Parameshwaran 10 ADHD controversies: more or less diagnosis? 129
Florence Levy 11 Post-traumatic stress disorder: Biological dysfunction or social construction? 140
Richard A. Bryant 12 Bipolar disorder: A troubled diagnosis 153
Gin S. Malhi and Michael Berk Part II: Rare psychotic disorders 13 Misidentification delusions 169
Michael H. Connors, Robyn Langdon, and Max Coltheart 14 Delirium 186
Sean P. Heffernan, Esther Oh, Constantine Lyketsos, and Karin Neufeld 15 Paraphilias and culture 199
Oyedeji Ayonrinde and Dinesh Bhugra 16 Pseudodementia: History, mystery and positivity 218
Alistair Burns and David Jolley 17 Culture-bound syndromes 231
Oyedeji Ayonrinde and Dinesh Bhugra 18 Delusional infestations 252
Julio Torales 19 Baffling clinical encounters: Navigating a pain and psychiatric quichua syndrome 262
Sioui Maldonado-Bouchard, Lise Bouchard, and Mario Incayawar Index 273
About the author
Dinesh Bhugra, Professor of Mental Health and Cultural Diversity, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK
Gin S. Malhi, Professor of Psychiatry, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney and Head of Department, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia
