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Informationen zum Autor Brian A. Sharpless, PhD, is an associate professor of clinical psychology at The American School of Professional Psychology at Argosy University, Washington, DC. He has authored over 35 publications on various topics related to psychopathology, psychotherapy, and the history and philosophy of clinical psychology. His previous book, Sleep Paralysis: Historical, Psychological, and Medical Perspectives, co-authored with Karl Doghramji, MD, is also available through Oxford University Press. Klappentext Unusual and Rare Psychological Disorders collects and synthesizes the scientific and clinical literatures for 21 lesser-known conditions. Zusammenfassung Unusual and Rare Psychological Disorders collects and synthesizes the scientific and clinical literatures for 21 lesser-known conditions. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by Peter Tyrer Acknowledgments About the Editor Contributors 1 Introduction Brian A. Sharpless SECTION I: SLEEP DISORDERS 2 Isolated Sleep Paralysis Brian A. Sharpless and Dan Denis 3 Sexual Behaviors in Sleep Elena del Busto, Frederick R. Stoddard II, and Jourdan S. Cruz 4 Exploding Head Syndrome Brian A. Sharpless and Jacob A. Zimmerman SECTION II: VARIATIONS OF PSYCHOSIS 5 Capgras and other Misidentification Syndromes Arthur Sinkman 6 Attention Deficit Disorder Psychosis Jan Dirk Blom, Marieke Niemantsverdiret, Anke Spuijbroek, and Sandra Kooji 7 Cotard's Syndrome Hans Debruyne SECTION III: SEXUAL DISORDERS / DISORDERS OF DESIRE 8 Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder David Goldmeier and Shalini Andrews 9 Necrophilia Sara G. West and Phillip J. Resnick 10 Frotteurism Richard McAnulty 11 Autoerotic Asphyxia and Asphyxiophilia Stephen Hucker SECTION IV: CULTURE-BOUND DISORDERS 12 Koro - A Genital Retraction Syndrome Petra Garlipp 13 Taijin Kyofusho Brian A. Sharpless, Amy L. Balko, and Jessica L. Grom 14 Brain Fag Syndrome Peter O. Ebigbo, Chimezie Leswas Elekwachi, and Felix Chukwunenyem Nweze 15 Jerusalem Syndrome and Paris Syndrome: Two Extraordinary Disorders Eliezer Witztum and Moshe Kalian 16 Dhat Syndrome Rocío Martín-Santos, Ricard Navinés, and Manuel Valdés 17 Ataques de Nervios Roberto Lewis-Fernández and Irene López SECTION V: MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS 18 Alice in Wonderland Syndrome Jan Dirk Blom 19 Factitious Disorders Brenda Bursch and Robert Haskell 20 Diogenes Syndrome Brian O'Shea 21 Pseudologia Phantastica - Pathological Lying Petra Garlipp 22 Body Integrity Identity Disorder Anna Sedda Index ...
