Beschreibung:
This book explores the historical background to, and present-day understanding of, a number of unusual psychiatric disorders. This fully revised new edition contains a new chapter on a range of recently emerging conditions as well as updated literature and a collection of new and updated cases.
Preface to the Fifth Edition Preface to the First Edition 1. Capgras's syndrome 2. De Clérambault's syndrome 3. Othello's syndrome 4. Ganser's syndrome 5. Couvade's syndrome 6. Munchausen's syndrome and related factitious disorders 7. Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome 8. Cotard's syndrome (Le Délire de Négation) 9. Folie à deux (et folie à plusiers) 10. Ekbom's syndrome (delusional infestation) and body dysmorphic disorder 11. Possession states and allied syndromes 12. Other uncommon psychiatric syndromes Index