Uncommon Psychiatric Syndromes - Fifth Edition

List of contents

Preface to the Fifth Edition Preface to the First Edition 1. Capgras’s syndrome 2. De Clérambault’s syndrome 3. Othello's syndrome 4. Ganser’s syndrome 5. Couvade's syndrome 6. Munchausen’s syndrome and related factitious disorders 7. Gilles de la Tourette’s syndrome 8. Cotard’s syndrome (Le Délire de Négation) 9. Folie à deux (et folie à plusiers) 10. Ekbom’s syndrome (delusional infestation) and body dysmorphic disorder 11. Possession states and allied syndromes 12. Other uncommon psychiatric syndromes Index

About the author

Dr David Enoch, formerly senior consultant psychiatrist at the Royal Liverpool Hospital, is an internationally acknowledged authority and pioneer of uncommon psychiatric syndromes, the title of his best-selling book. A broadcaster and author, his other titles include Healing the Hurt Mind (seventh edition), Schizophrenia: Voices in the Dark, Psychiatric Disorders in Dental Practice and I Want A Christian Psychiatrist.
Prof. Basant K. Puri currently works in academic research and practises clinically.
Dr Hadrian Ball is a consultant forensic psychiatrist having worked in Norwich, UK, and Hobart, Tasmania. He is considered an international authority on sexual offending against older victims. He has retired from clinical practice.

Summary

This book explores the historical background to, and present day understanding of, a number of unusual psychiatric disorders. This fully revised new edition contains a new chapter on a range of recently emerging conditions, as well as updated literature and a collection of new and updated cases

Product details

• Authors: Hadrian Ball, David Enoch, David (Royal Liverpool University Hospital Enoch, Enoch David, Basant K. Puri, Puri Basant K.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.11.2020
• EAN: 9781138062887
• ISBN: 978-1-138-06288-7
• No. of pages: 292
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; MEDICAL / Psychiatry / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work, MEDICAL / Nursing / Maternity, Perinatal, Women's Health, Psychiatry, Midwifery, Social counselling and advice services, Counselling & Advice Services