Sims' Symptoms in the Mind: Textbook of Descriptive Psychopathology

by Femi Oyebode

Psychopathology - the study of abnormal mental states - is a foundational discipline of psychiatry that is formidable to master. Since 1988, Sims' Symptoms in the Mind has been the leading introductory textbook in this area and provides the conceptual backbone needed by every psychiatrist in training. It defines and explains the main symptoms and syndromes of mental illness encountered in clinical practice.

Now in its seventh edition, the text has been fully revised and updated by renowned psychiatry professor Femi Oyebode. It provides a masterful introduction to this difficult area that will challenge the reader intellectually, while at the same time supporting his or her learning.

With a combination of accessible text and audiovisual materials in the online ebook, this is the standard postgraduate text for psychiatric trainees as well as a valued reference for academics, clinical psychiatrists and psychologists, allied health professionals, and researchers.

Complete and practical overview of clinical psychopathology

New chapter on the emerging area of abnormalities of aesthetic sense

Expanded information on musical hallucinations, erotomania, abnormalities of the form of thinking, and the intriguing nature of gesture and its disturbance

Online videos and podcasts covering interviewing techniques and tips

Multiple choice questions and extended answers, offering different ways to learn

Fully updated with new knowledge, concepts and theoretical and explanatory models

Genres: Psychiatry, Psychology, Nonfiction, Medicine, Science, Reference

354 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1988

About the author

Femi Oyebode is a retired professor and head of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Birmingham. He has investigated the relationships between literature and psychiatry. His research has considered descriptive psychopathology and delusional misidentification syndrome. He was awarded the 2016 Royal College of Psychiatrists lifetime achievement award.

Reviews

[musing · Rating 5 out of 5]

Continuum balance from sane to pathological.
More than DSM, less than good old time descriptive pathology.

[Sharice · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is geared more towards people that work in the area of psychiatry but I wanted to read the sections of the book around the mind and pain but as I can't just read part of the book I read the whole thing. A lot of the content was too complicated for me however.

[Alethia · Rating 5 out of 5]

I want to read it