The Neuropsychiatric Mental Status Examination

The Neuropsychiatric Mental Status Examination is a guidebook for clinical psychiatric diagnosis. The title introduces the language, technique and concepts of the phenomenology. The first part of the text covers the basic phenomenology principles; the major areas of concern in mental health diagnosis; methodology for effective diagnosis of mental pathology. Part II elaborates the topics in Part I; this part develops and reinforces the techniques, phenomenological principles of diagnosis, diagnostic criteria. The second part also presents data which aid in the delineation of metal disorders. The book will be of great interest to students of behavioral science related degrees. The text will also serve professional psychologists and psychiatrists as a reference.

PrefaceIntroductionPart I Basic Concepts Interview Considerations General Appearance, Motor Behavior and Catatonia Affect Language Function (Thought Process) Delusions (Apophany) Perception and First Rank Symptoms Cognitive Function Frontal Lobe Cognitive Dysfunction Verbal Memory Parietal Lobe Function Language Disorder Review Section Clinical Evaluations Phenomenologic Mental Status Outline Cognitive Function Evaluation Outline ReferencesPart II Introduction Diagnosis Major Affective Disorder Schizophrenia Diagnostic Criteria-Summary Coarse Brain Disease Frontal Lobe Syndromes Temporal Lobe Syndrome Parietal Lobe Syndromes Anxiety States (DSM-III Term: Anxiety Disorders) Minor Depression (DSM-III Term: Dysthymic Disorder) Obsessional Conditions Hysteria (DSM-III Term: Somatoform Disorders) Sociopathy (DSM-III Term: Antisocial Personality Disorder) AlcoholismClinical EvaluationsReferences