Delusional Disorder: Paranoia and Related Illnesses (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521581806)

Delusional disorder, once termed paranoia, was an important diagnosis in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Only in 1987 was it reintroduced into modern psychiatric diagnosis after being incorporated 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. The author provides many instructive case histories, 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.

Author: Alistair Munro
ISBN-10: 052158180X
ISBN-13: 9780521581806
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 03/04/1999
Pages: 276
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.46h x 6.20w x 0.89d