Psychopathology of Rare and Unusual Syndromes

Description

Rare and unusual psychiatric syndromes have fascinated people for centuries due to their complexity and undefined nature. Appreciating their clinical importance and relevance to understanding other conditions and experiences, this book provides an authoritative account of the rarest and most unusual psychiatric syndromes. The author, a leading authority on clinical psychopathology, delves into the history of the description of such syndromes, illustrates conditions with clinical case examples, and discusses the causes as well as the underlying explanatory mechanisms. The syndromes described draw attention to the way in which abnormal subjective experiences reflect the intersection of biomedical science, social anthropology, social sciences, evolutionary biology and the humanities. The book covers abnormalities of belief, abnormalities of perception, unusual experiences of the body and self, rare and bizarre impairments of memory, and behavioural disturbance. This is a valuable resource for psychiatrists, as well as researchers interested in the relationship between psychiatry and other disciplines. 03.0_pp_iv_iv_Copyright_page 04.0_pp_v_v_Contents 05.0_pp_vi_vi_Reviews 06.0_pp_vii_viii_Preface 07.0_pp_1_56_Abnormalities_of_Belief_and_Judgement 07.1_pp_1_13_Delusional_Misidentification_Syndromes 07.2_pp_14_30_Othello_Syndrome 07.3_pp_31_40_Folie_a_Deux 07.4_pp_41_56_Couvade_and_Pseudocyesis 08.0_pp_57_68_Abnormalities_of_the_Experience_of_Love 08.1_pp_57_68_Erotomania_or_de_Clerambault_Syndrome 09.0_pp_69_130_Abnormalities_of_Perception 09.1_pp_69_81_Charles_Bonnet_Syndrome 09.2_pp_82_89_Musical_Hallucinosis 09.3_pp_90_102_Ekbom_Syndrome 09.4_pp_103_110_Vulvodynia_and_Penoscrotodynia 09.5_pp_111_119_Olfactory_Reference_Syndrome 09.6_pp_120_130_Cross-Modal_Perceptual_Syndrome_Synaesthesia 10.0_pp_131_176_Abnormalities_of_the_Self 10.1_pp_131_140_Depersonalization 10.2_pp_141_152_Autoscopy_and_Related_Syndromes 10.3_pp_153_176_Dissociation 11.0_pp_177_192_Abnormalities_of_Experience_of_the_Body 11.1_pp_177_184_Body_Integrity_Identity_Disorder_Xenomelia 11.2_pp_185_192_Cotard_Syndrome 12.0_pp_193_206_Abnormalities_of_Memory_Function 12.1_pp_193_199_Confabulation 12.2_pp_200_206_Ganser_State 13.0_pp_207_212_Abnormalities_of_Behaviour 13.1_pp_207_212_Diogenes_Syndrome 14.0_pp_213_253_References 15.0_pp_254_264_Index