Table of Contents

Concepts and Method; Consciousness and Cognition; Awareness of Reality: Time, Perception and Judgement; Self and Body; Emotions and Action; Variations of Human Nature; Diagnosis

About the Author

Femi Oyebode took over authoring Sim's Symptoms in the Mind from Andrew Sims for the 4th edition, and he is very well published aside from this. He is Professor and Head of Department of Psychiatry at the University of Birmingham. His research has considered descriptive psychopathology and delusional misidentification syndrome. He was awarded the 2016 Royal College of Psychiatrists lifetime achievement award.

Reviews

'This outstanding introductory book on descriptive psychopathology is thoroughly updated with recent neuroscientific research. No one should call themselves a psychiatrist without knowing the information in this superb book."-Doody's Book Review Service "It is an essential tool for trainees and indeed everyone interested in understanding symptoms which we meet in others..this book has attained iconic status..." -British Journal of Psychiatry "This book is intended to introduce trainees to the fundamental skill of recognizing signs and symptoms in psychiatry and in describing psychopathology as well as developing an empathic understanding of the patients' experience. This superb fifth edition remains an outstanding introductory book on descriptive psychopathology that is essential reading for trainees in psychiatry residency training programs." - Michael Joel Schrift, DO, MA (Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine)