Delusional Disorder Paranoia and Related Illnesses [Hardcover]

Comprehensive clinically oriented review of delusional disorder, including case histories and treatment guidelines.This book provides a comprehensive review of delusional disorder, a condition that was only reintroduced into modern psychiatric diagnosis in 1987, after being subsumed with schizophrenia for more than half a century. Illustrated throughout with case histories, the book begins with the emergence of the concept of delusional disorder, and goes on to detail its manifold presentations, differential diagnosis, and treatment. An invaluable reference for psychiatrists and other clinicians, this wide-ranging and authoritative text emphasises that, contrary to traditional belief, delusional disorder is in most cases a treatable illness.This book provides a comprehensive review of delusional disorder, a condition that was only reintroduced into modern psychiatric diagnosis in 1987, after being subsumed with schizophrenia for more than half a century. Illustrated throughout with case histories, the book begins with the emergence of the concept of delusional disorder, and goes on to detail its manifold presentations, differential diagnosis, and treatment. An invaluable reference for psychiatrists and other clinicians, this wide-ranging and authoritative text emphasises that, contrary to traditional belief, delusional disorder is in most cases a treatable illness.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 dell³)