Handbook of Psychiatry: Volume 4, The Neuroses and Personality Disorders

by Gerald F. M. Russell, Lionel Hersov

Overview

This 1986 volume is the fourth in the five-volume Handbook of Psychiatry. It is a textbook on neuroses and personality disorders. These disorders are among the commonest forms of psychiatric illnesses, including those found in children and adolescents, and every practising doctor will need to advise and treat patients with symptoms which will elicit one or both of these diagnostic labels. The book was written primarily for practising psychiatrists, physicians and general practitioners, and clinical detail and practical treatment are described. Equal importance is attached to assessment and to treatment of patients with neurotic and behavioural disorders, and much attention is devoted to general aspects of treatment, including the role of the multidisciplinary therapeutic team and the value of an eclectic approach. It will continue to be of historical interest to specialists today.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521285377
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	05/25/1984
Series:	Handbook of Psychiatry Series , #4
Pages:	520
Product dimensions:	7.52(w) x 9.25(h) x 1.06(d)

Table of Contents

List of contributors; Foreword; Preface; Part I. Concepts, Assessments, and Treatments; Section 1. Concepts and Classifications. Aetiology: 1. Classification; 2. Aetiological factors more relevant for adult disorders; 3. Aetiological Factors of Special Relevance to childhood disorders; Section 2. Methods of Interview and Assessment: 4. The assessment of neurotic and personality disorders in adults; 5. Clinical assessment of the emotionally disturbed child and his family; 6. Clinical assessment of the mentally handicapped child and his family; 7. Psychological testing; Section 3. Principles of Treatment in the Neuroses and Personality Disorders: 8. Methods of treatment; 9. Treatment settings; 10. The therapeutic team; 11. Forensic aspects; Part II. Disorders Specific to Childhood; Section 4. Disorders Specific to Childhood: 12. The pre-school child; 13. The school child; Part III. Neurotic States, Sexual Disorders, and Drug Dependence; Section 5. Minor Affective Disorders: 14. Depressive syndromes; 15. Anxiety neurosis; Section 6. Hysteria: 16. Childhood signs of hysterical personality disorder and of hysterical conversion syndromes: hysterical conversion symptoms in childhood; 17. Hysteria; 18. The hysterical (histrionic) personality; 19. The impact of parents with hysterical personalities on their children; Section 7. Obsessional Disorders: 20. Childhood origins of obsessional disorders, stereotyped behaviour, tics and Tourette's syndrome, and stuttering; 21. Obsessional illness and personality; 22. The impact of obsessional parents on their children; Section 8. Patients Presenting with Bodily Complaints and Disturbances: 23. Psychosomatic medicine and liaison psychiatry; 24. Chronic pain: the role of the psychiatrist; 25. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa; 26. Obesity; 27. Premenstrual syndrome; 28. Endocrine disorders; 29. Skin disorders and dermatitis artefact; 30. Hypochondriasis; 31. Sick role and illness behaviour in children; Section 9. Sexual Disturbances and Deviation: 32. Sexual problems; 33. Homosexuality; 34. Transvestism, transsexualism, and exhibitionism; 35. Incest (child referred to psychiatrist); Section 10. Alcoholism, Drug Dependance, Gambling: 36. Childhood antecedents of alcoholism and drug dependence; 37. Alcoholism; 38. The impact of alcoholic parents of their children; 39. Gambling; Part IV. Personality Disorders; Section 11. Sociopathic Personality: 40. The childhood origins of delinquency and antisocial behaviour; 41. Sociopathic (psychopathic) personality in the adult; 42. The impact of sociopathic and inadequate parents on their children (including child abuse); Section 12. The 'Inadequate Personality': 43. The 'inadequate personality'; 44. Child sexual molestation; References; Cross-references to other volumes in the series; Author index; Subject index.