Delusional Disorder: Paranoia and Related Illnesses

by Alistair Munro

Delusional disorder, once termed paranoia, was an important diagnosis in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and only in 1987 was it reintroduced into modern psychiatric diagnosis after being subsumed with schizophrenia. This book provides a comprehensive review of delusional disorder for psychiatrists and other clinicians. Beginning with the emergence of the concept of delusional disorder, the book goes on to detail its manifold presentations,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521029805
• ISBN13: 9780521029803
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"