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Psychopathology of Rare and Unusual Syndromes

Psychopathology of Rare and Unusual Syndromes

Psychopathology of Rare and Unusual Syndromes

Femi Oyebode , University of Birmingham
November 2021
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    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.

    • Examines clinical psychopathology in a novel way, enabling readers to understand abnormal phenomena in a new light and within a broader context
    • Tackles conditions that are topical, engaging and relevant to current readers, such as delusional misidentification syndromes, pathological jealousy and synaesthesia
    • Draws on illustrative examples from both the classical literature and contemporary accounts, including autobiographical accounts, letters, journals, fiction and plays, ensuring that readers are fully aware of the classical cases that underpin the descriptions and concepts that have become influential and authoritative today

    Reviews & endorsements

    'Rare and unusual is often precious. So is this book which contains colourful descriptions of psychiatric conditions and phenomena that are not common in everyday clinical practice but when encountered remind us why we chose psychiatry as a profession and why the study of the human mind is so interesting and challenging.' Aleksandar Janca

    'In Psychopathology of Uncommon Rare and Unusual Syndromes, Professor Oyebode has produced a great masterpiece. Each of the conditions in this book has been comprehensively described and thoroughly researched, each syndrome replete with historical and contemporary case examples, thus enabling vivid impressions to be formed in the minds of the reader. While actual aetiologies are often unclear, the author has integrated philosophical, psychodynamic and biological theories to explain these conditions. What shines through is the author’s immense literary talents, his love for writing, teaching, researching and his enthusiasm in sharing his keen observations of the phenomenology of psychiatric disorders with his readers. This book is destined to become a classic. I highly recommend it as a ‘must read’ for every student and practitioner of psychiatry. I cannot wait to get hold of a copy for myself.' Leslie Lim, Associate Professor, Senior Consultant Psychiatrist, Singapore General Hospital

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    Product details

    November 2021
    Paperback
    9781108716772
    272 pages
    233 × 155 × 14 mm
    0.47kg
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    Table of Contents

    • Section 1. Abnormalities of Belief and Judgment:
    • 1. Delusional misidentification syndromes
    • 2. Othello syndrome
    • 3. Folie à deux
    • 4. Couvade syndrome
    • Section 2. Abnormalities of Experience of Love:
    • 5. Erotomania (De Clérambault syndrome)
    • Section 3. Abnormalities of Perception:
    • 6. Charles Bonnet syndrome
    • 7. Musical hallucinosis
    • 8. Ekbom syndrome
    • 9. Vulvodynia and penoscrotodynia
    • 10. Olfactory reference syndrome
    • 11. Multimodal perceptual syndrome (Synaethesia)
    • Section 4. Abnormalities of the Self:
    • 12. Depersonalization
    • 13. Autoscopy and related syndromes
    • 14. Dissociation: possession states and dissociative identity disorder
    • Section 5. Abnormalities of Experience of the Body:
    • 15. Body integrity identity disorder
    • 16. Cotard syndrome
    • Section 6. Abnormalities of Memory Function:
    • 17. Confabulation
    • 18. Ganser state
    • Section 7. Abnormalities of Behaviour:
    • 19. Diogenes syndrome.
      Author
    • Femi Oyebode

      Femi Oyebode is a Consultant Psychiatrist at the National Centre for Mental Health Birmingham and Professor of Psychiatry, University of Birmingham, UK. He was awarded the Royal College of Psychiatrists' Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016 and the Honorary Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in 2019, the highest and most prestigious award of the College. An experienced author and published poet, he has published books that include Madness at the Theatre (Cambridge University Press, 2012) and Mindreadings: Literature and Psychiatry (RCPsych Publications, 2009), as well as six volumes of poetry.

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