Empathy in Mental Illness [Paperback]

This book, first published in 2007, focuses on the role of empathy in mental illness.The lack of ability to empathize is central to many psychiatric conditions, but it can be measured and improved. This book, first published in 2007, specifically focuses on the role of empathy in mental illness. Mental heath professionals will find this a very useful encapsulation of the role of empathy in mental health.The lack of ability to empathize is central to many psychiatric conditions, but it can be measured and improved. This book, first published in 2007, specifically focuses on the role of empathy in mental illness. Mental heath professionals will find this a very useful encapsulation of the role of empathy in mental health.The lack of ability to emphathize is central to many psychiatric conditions. Empathy is affected by neurodevelopment, brain pathology and psychiatric illness. Empathy is both a state and a trait characteristic. Empathy is measurable by neuropsychological assessment and neuroimaging techniques. This book, first published in 2007, specifically focuses on the role of empathy in mental illness. It starts with the clinical psychiatric perspective and covers empathy in the context of mental illness, adult health, developmental course, and explanatory models. Psychiatrists, psychotherapists and mental heath professionals will find this a very useful reference for their work.Part I. 'Dysempathy' in Psychiatric Samples: Foreword: empathy in mental illness Peter W. R. Woodruff; 1. Empathic dysfunction in psychopathic individuals James Blair; 2. Empathy deficits in schizophrenia Kwang H. Lee; 3. Empathy, antisocial behaviour and personality pathology Mairead Dolan and Rachael Fullam; 4. Empathy and depression Lynn O'Connor, Jack Berry, Thomas Lewis, Katherine Mulherin and Eunice Yi; 5. Empathy, social intelligence, and aggression in adolescent boys and girls Kaj Bj?rkqvist; 6. Impaired empathy following ventromedial prefrontal brain damage Simone Shamay-Tsoory;lcG