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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454834103321

Autore

Munro Alistair

Titolo

Delusional disorder : paranoia and related illnesses / / Alistair Munro [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 1999

ISBN

1-107-11390-3

0-521-02980-5

0-511-54409-X

1-280-16173-6

0-511-11664-0

0-511-05395-9

0-511-15249-3

0-511-32499-5

9786610161737

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 261 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

616.89/7

Soggetti

Delusions

Paranoia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Case descriptions; Preface; Part I Delusional disorders and delusions: introductory aspects; Part II Descriptive and clinical aspects of paranoia/delusional disorder; Part III Paranoid spectrum' illnesses which should be included in the category of delusional disorder; Part IV Illnesses which are liable to be misdiagnosed as delusional disorders; Part V Treatment of delusional disorder and overall conclusions; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Delusional disorder, once termed paranoia, was an important diagnosis in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and only in 1987 was it reintroduced into modern psychiatric diagnosis after being subsumed with schizophrenia. This book provides a comprehensive review of delusional disorder for psychiatrists and other clinicians. Beginning with the emergence of the concept of delusional disorder,



the book goes on to detail its manifold presentations, differential diagnosis and treatment. Many instructive case histories are provided, illustrating manifestations of the various subtypes of delusional disorder, and related conditions in the paranoid spectrum. This is the most wide-ranging and authoritative text on the subject to have appeared for many years, and the first to suggest, based on the author's extensive experience, that the category of delusional disorder should contain not one but several conditions. It also emphasizes that, contrary to traditional belief, delusional disorder is a treatable illness.