The book starts with a general discussion of consciousness and its basic experiential structures. This is followed by a discussion of the core diagnostic activities, such as eliciting the patient s first-person experience, the nature of psychiatric symptoms and the issues involved in the classification of psychiatric symptoms and signs.

Each chapter then describes a particular set of symptoms based on the mental processes they represent and the relevant clinical disorders, for example the perception of the body and how this relates to eating disorders. All disorders are considered, including developmental disorders such as autism and disorders of aging such as dementia. Each chapter contains several case histories to enable the reader to relate the theoretical discussion to daily clinical practice. Cultural differences are discussed as well.

General Psychopathology for Clinician is an essential resource for psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, psychiatric residents, behavioural scientists, neuroscientists and all students of these disciplines. It is also of value for neurologists and other clinicians with an interest in psychopathology, and other mental health professionals.