The History of Mental Symptoms: Descriptive Psychopathology since the Nineteenth Century / Edition 1

The History of Mental Symptoms: Descriptive Psychopathology since the Nineteenth Century / Edition 1

by German E. Berrios
ISBN-10:
0521437369
ISBN-13:
9780521437363
Pub. Date:
04/11/1996
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10:
0521437369
ISBN-13:
9780521437363
Pub. Date:
04/11/1996
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
The History of Mental Symptoms: Descriptive Psychopathology since the Nineteenth Century / Edition 1

The History of Mental Symptoms: Descriptive Psychopathology since the Nineteenth Century / Edition 1

by German E. Berrios

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Overview

This important book, written by a psychiatrist-historian, traces the genesis of the descriptive categories of psychopathology and examines their interaction with the psychological and philosophical context within which they arose. The author explores particularly the language and ideas that have characterized descriptive psychopathology from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. He presents a masterful survey of the history of the main psychiatric symptoms, from the metaphysics of classical antiquity to the operational criteria of today. Tracing the evolution of concepts such as memory, consciousness, will and personality, and of symptoms ranging from catalepsy and aboulia to anxiety and self-harm, this book provides fascinating insights into the subjective nature of mental illness, and into the ideas of British, Continental and American authorities who have clarified and defined it.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780521437363
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 04/11/1996
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 584
Product dimensions: 6.89(w) x 9.72(h) x 1.14(d)

About the Author

Berrios, German E. (Univ of Cambridge)

Table of Contents

Introduction; Part I. The Object of Inquiry: 1. Matters historical; 2. Descriptive psychopathology; Part II. Cognition and Consciousness: 3. Disorders of perception; 4. Thought disorder; 5. Delusions; 6. Obsessions and compulsions; 7. Cognitive impairment: congenital; 8. Cognitive impairment: acquired; 9. Memory and its disorders; 10. Consciousness and its disorders; Part III. Mood and Emotions: 11. Anxiety and cognate disorders; 12. Affect and its disorders; 13. The anhedonias; Part IV. Volition and Action: 14. The will and its disorders; 15. Feelings of fatigue; 16. Catalepsy, catatonia and stupor; 17. Tremor, rigidity, akathisia and stereotypy; Part V. Miscellany: 18. Personality and its disorders; 19. Self-harm.
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