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Psychological masquerade : distinguishing psychological from organic disorders / Robert L. Taylor.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Taylor, Robert L., 1942-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mental illness--Physiological aspects.
- Mental illness.
- Psychological manifestations of general diseases.
- Diagnosis, Differential.
- Neuropsychiatry.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (300 p.)
- Edition:
- 3rd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Springer, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A clinical guide for practitioners who are likely to come into contact with psychological masquerade among their clients. It includes chapters on violent behavior, amnesia and dementia, sex obsession, and Munchausen-by-Proxy. It also contains case studies that help clarify diagnostic criteria.
- Contents:
- Cover; TOC Contents; Preface; CHAPTER 1 Appearances Can Be Deceiving; CHAPTER 2 Design of the Nervous System; CHAPTER 3 Clinical Traps; CHAPTER 4 Brain Syndrome; CHAPTER 5 More Clues to Psychological Masquerade; CHAPTER 6 Looking for Psychological Masquerade in the Clinic Setting; CHAPTER 7 Four Masqueraders; CHAPTER 8 Drug-Induced Organic Mental Disorders; CHAPTER 9 Somatization: The Other Side of Things; CHAPTER 10 The Elderly; CHAPTER 11 The Young; CHAPTER 12 Putting It to the Test: A Summary and 15 Test Cases; Annotated Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Rev. ed. of: Distinguishing psychological from organic disorders : screening for psychological masquerade / Robert L. Taylor. 2nd ed. c2000.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-82338-0
- 9786610823383
- 0-8261-0111-9
- OCLC:
- 437181684
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