Features
ISBN Number: 9780521581806
Subtitle: Paranoia and Related Illnesses
Written by: Munro, Alistair
Published by: Cambridge University Press
Location: Cambridge, UK ;
Subject: Psychiatry
Subject: Mental Illness
Subject: Paranoia
Subject: Delusions
Subject: Delusions, Case studies.
Subject: Psychopathology, General
Subject: Psychiatry, General
Edition Description: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series: Concepts in Clinical Psychiatry
Date of Publication: March 1999
Cover Type: Paperback
Grade Level: Professional and scholarly
Written in: English
Illustrations: 1 line diagram
Number of Pages: 276
Book Size: 9.46x6.20x.89 in. 1.20 lbs.
Delusional disorder, once termed paranoia, was an important diagnosis in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Only in 1987 was it reintroduced into modern psychiatric diagnosis after being incorporated with schizophrenia. This book provides a comprehensive review of delusional disorder for psychiatrists and other clinicians. Beginning with the emergence of the concept of delusional disorder, the book goes on to detail its manifold presentations, differential diagnosis and treatment. The author provides many instructive case histories, illustrating manifestations of the various subtypes of delusional disorder, and related conditions in the paranoid spectrum. This is the most wide-ranging and authoritative text on the subject to have appeared for many years, and the first to suggest--based on the author's extensive experience--that the category of delusional disorder should contain not one but several conditions. It also emphasizes that, contrary to traditional belief, delusional disorder is a treatable illness. Review:
"Munro has done members of the medical and legal professions a service by providing cogent synthesis of difficult material. His book will be of great interest not only to those in the mental health field but also to dermatologists, plastic surgeons, and lawyers, who often unwittingly must deal with delusional persons." New England Journal of Medicine
Synopsis:
This book provides a comprehensive review of delusional disorder, a condition that was only reintroduced into modern psychiatric diagnosis in 1987, after being subsumed with schizophrenia for more than half a century. Illustrated throughout with case histories, the book begins with the emergence of the concept of delusional disorder, and goes on to detail its manifold presentations, differential diagnosis, and treatment. An invaluable reference for psychiatrists and other clinicians, this wide-ranging and authoritative text emphasizes that, contrary to traditional belief, delusional disorder is in most cases a treatable illness.
Synopsis:
Comprehensive clinically oriented review of delusional disorder, including case histories and treatment guidelines.
