Sims' Symptoms in the Mind: Textbook of Descriptive Psychopathology

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
• Multiple choice questions and extended answers, offering different ways to learn
• Fully updated with new knowledge, concepts and theoretical and explanatory models