Delusions, in their many different manifestations, are central to the concepts of madness and psychosis. Yet what causes them remains in many ways a complete mystery. McKenna's ...

Depersonalization is the third most common psychiatric symptom, yet few people even know its name. It can turn life into a nightmare of unreality and detachment from the normal ...

SIMS' SYMPTOMS IN THE MIND has, since its first publication in 1988, become established as the leading introductory textbook on clinical psychopathology, defining, clarifying ...

First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Experts from all areas of mental health care address the questions of prediction and prevention of suicide in young people.

This is an accessible 2002 handbook for all those touched by Asperger syndrome; clinicians, those affected and carers alike.

This follow-up book to Ursano et al.'s earlier title Individual and Community Responses to Trauma and Disaster expands the focus on terrorism. There is widespread belief among ...

Synthesis of Psychiatric Cases is aimed at the clinical part of postgraduate psychiatry examinations. Each chapter gives clear information on a classic case. In addition, a ...

This book is the first to collate the scientific data relating to insomnia in order to improve clinical management.