Name: The History of Mental Symptoms: Descriptive Psychopathology Since the Nineteenth Century
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Author: Germán E. Berrios
ISBN: 9780521437363

portada The History of Mental Symptoms: Descriptive Psychopathology Since the Nineteenth Century

The History of Mental Symptoms: Descriptive Psychopathology Since the Nineteenth Century

Type

Physical Book

Author

Germán E. Berrios

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Year

1996

Language

English

Pages

584

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

24.5x16.9x3.2 cm

Weight

0.90 kg.

ISBN

0521437369

ISBN13

9780521437363

Edition No.

Synopsis "The History of Mental Symptoms: Descriptive Psychopathology Since the Nineteenth Century "

This important book, written by a psychiatrist-historian, traces the genesis of the descriptive categories of psychopathology and examines their interaction with the psychological and philosophical context within which they arose. The author explores particularly the language and ideas that have characterized descriptive psychopathology from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. He presents a masterful survey of the history of the main psychiatric symptoms, from the metaphysics of classical antiquity to the operational criteria of today. Tracing the evolution of concepts such as memory, consciousness, will and personality, and of symptoms ranging from catalepsy and aboulia to anxiety and self-harm, this book provides fascinating insights into the subjective nature of mental illness, and into the ideas of British, Continental and American authorities who have clarified and defined it.

Germán E. Berrios

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Germán E. Berríos (Tacna, Peru, 1940) is a distinguished neuropsychiatrist, philosopher, and historian of psychiatry. Educated in medicine and philosophy at the National University of San Marcos, he expanded his studies in Oxford and developed his academic career at the University of Cambridge, where he was a professor of Epistemology of Psychiatry and head of the Department of Neuropsychiatry for over three decades. He is the founder and editor of the History of Psychiatry journal and has been recognized with multiple honorary doctorates and international awards.

Among his most influential works is History of the Symptoms of Mental Disorders: Descriptive Psychopathology since the Nineteenth Century (1996, translated into Spanish in 2008), awarded by the British Medical Association. Other notable publications include What is Neuropsychiatry? (2005) and Towards a New Epistemology of Psychiatry (2011). His interdisciplinary approach has been fundamental in the historical and conceptual understanding of mental disorders.

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