Psychiatric Phenomenology From First Principles for Medical Students, Psychiatric Residents, and Practitioners

By Daniel Chinedu Okoro, MD

Obtaining a grounded understanding of psychiatric phenomenology, otherwise known as "descriptive psychopathology," is the most important step in diagnosing and properly treating people with mental health concerns.

How then can this be best accomplished if not by teaching the fundamentals of descriptive psychopathology in a manner that the knowledge can be easily absorbed? Hence the term "from first principles," as appearing in the title.

There is no jargon and no superfluous descriptions of psychiatric phenomena that inadvertently confuse students from the actual acquisition of knowledge.

Passing term examinations and board examinations in psychiatry is the ultimate goal of medical students and psychiatric residents. This book is a gold mine of high-yield materials for these examinations.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tellwell Talent
• Release date: Apr 14, 2022
• ISBN: 9780228869733

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Copyright © 2022 by Daniel Chinedu Okoro, MD

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Table of Contents

What This Book Is Not

Definition

Disorders of Movement and Behaviour

Disorders of Speech

Thought and Beliefs

Disorders of Perception

Disorders of Affect and Mood

Disorders of Consciousness

Phobias and Anxieties

Depersonalisation and Derealisation

Intelligence

Disorders of the Self

Disorders of Memory

Bibliography

About the Author

What This Book Is Not

This book is not a work of genius.

This book is not a comprehensive immersion into the complex world of psychodynamic and psychoanalytic phenomenology.

Definition

What is psychiatric phenomenology?

It is just how one explains away what is happening to oneself emotionally in addition to how others describe one’s behaviour and actions. Psychiatric phenomenology is also called descriptive psychopathology.

Disorders of Movement and Behaviour

Agitation occurs in the following conditions:

Severe mood disturbance with or without psychotic symptoms

Schizophrenia

Major psychiatric conditions due to general medical conditions

Severe anxiety disturbance

Personality disorder

Hyperthyroidism

Hypoparathyroidism

Stupor is made up of:

Akinesis (lack of movement)

Muteness (lack of speech)

Stupor occurs in organic psycho-syndromes, mania, and schizophrenia.

Movement disorders occurring in schizophrenia include:

Catatonia –