1st Edition
Hallunications In Clinical Psychiatry A Guide For Mental Health Professionals
By Ghazi Asaad
Copyright 1991
160 Pages
by
Routledge
160 Pages
by
Routledge
160 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1991. The purpose of this book is to be used as a clinical guide to assist the clinician in making a comprehensive clinical evaluation of hallucinatory symptoms as they present in various conditions, psychiatric and otherwise. Except for a few chapters that deal with theoretical background on the subject, the focus of most of this book is on clinical manifestations, diagnostic issues, and treatment ap proaches with regard to hallucinatory symptoms.
Chapter 1 History of Hallucinations; Chapter 2 Phenomenology of Hallucinations; Chapter 3 Hallucinations, Illusions, and Delusions; Chapter 4 Hallucinations, Dreams, and REM Sleep; Chapter 5 Etiology and Psychopathology; Chapter 6 Hallucinations in Psychiatric Disorders; Chapter 7 Hallucinations Associated with Alcoholism; Chapter 8 Hallucinations in Organic Mental Disorders; Chapter 9 Hallucinogenic Drugs and Other Psychoactive Substances; Chapter 10 Hallucinations Induced by Pharmacological Agents; Chapter 11 Hallucinations Associated with Neurologic Disorders; Chapter 12 Hallucinations Associated With Ear and Eye Diseases; Chapter 13 Hallucinations in Children; Chapter 14 Hypnosis, Suggestions, and Dissociative States; Chapter 15 Hallucinations in Nonmorbid Conditions; Chapter 16 Hallucinations: Diagnostic Considerations; Chapter 17 Treatment of Hallucinations; Chapter 18 Toward an Integrative Theory of Hallucinations;
Biography
Ghazi Asaad Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York,
Director of Inpatient Psychiatric Services Danbury Hospital, Danbury, Connecticut
