Sims' Symptoms in the Mind: An Introduction to Descriptive Psychopathology

Femi Oyebode

Saunders, 2008 - Medical - 487 pages

SIMS' SYMPTOMS IN THE MIND has, since its first publication in 1988, become established as the leading introductory textbook on clinical psychopathology. This new edition has been fully updated to include advances in neuropsychology and cognitive neuroscience and changes can be found in the chapters on memory disturbance, disorders of time, pathology of perception, disorders of speech and language, affect and emotional disorders, and disorders of volition and execution. In some cases, novel classifications of the abnormalities under consideration have been provided together with additional pathological phenomena - including palinopsia, akinetopsia, zeitraffer phenomenon, exosomesthesia - many of which have been rediscovered or imported from neurology. The popular and distinctive features are the use of figures, tables and illustrative case examples which have been further enhanced with additional case examples from the classical literature, autobiographical narratives and fiction.

• New section headings provide firmer thematic unity to the content
  
• Check boxes summarize important points such as classification of particular areas
  
• Additional examples of psychopathology are included which are drawn from a wide source including fiction, autobiography and clinical textbooks
  
• Includes an extended range of abnormalities, including those which have previously been neglected, such as alloaesthesia, palinaptia, teleopsia, pelopsia, akinetopsia, palinopsia, and paraprosopia
  
• Fully updated description of the theoretical aspects of memory and its disturbance
  
• Fully integrated neuropsychological concepts of imagery and internal mental representations in the chapter on abnormalities of perception

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Latest version of one of the key texts of psychiatric phenomenology. Essential for the trainee psychiatrist: another one to consider if you are considering a career in psychiatry.

About the author

Femi Oyebode took over authoring Sim's Symptoms in the Mind from Andrew Sims for the 4th edition, and he is very well published aside from this. He is Professor and Head of Department of Psychiatry at the University of Birmingham. His research has considered descriptive psychopathology and delusional misidentification syndrome. He was awarded the 2016 Royal College of Psychiatrists lifetime achievement award.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Sims' Symptoms in the Mind: An Introduction to Descriptive Psychopathology; ClinicalKey 2012; Made Memorable Series
• Author: Femi Oyebode
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Saunders, 2008
• ISBN: 0702028851, 9780702028854
• Length: 487 pages
• Subjects: Medical / Psychiatry / General; Psychology / Psychopathology / General