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First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.
The "Director" controls Ms. B’s life. He flatters her, beguiles her, derides her. His instructions pervade each aspect of her life, including her analytic sessions, during which he suggests promiscuous and dangerous things for Ms. B to say and do, when he suspects that her isolated state is being changed by the therapy. The "Director" is a diabolical foreign body installed in the mind who purports to protect but who keeps Ms. B feeling profoundly ill and alone. The story of Ms. B’s analysis is one of many vivid illustrations presented in this collection of papers by Paul Williams, who shares his lifetime of experience working with severely disturbed patients. As the title suggests, the u...
The late Professor Michael Shepherd was one of the most eminent and respected international figures in psychiatry. His contributions to the field in general were enormous but it is probably in epidemiological and social psychiatry that his work has had the greatest influence. Originally published in 1989, this volume of essays, written specifically in Professor Shepherd’s honour, is concerned with the scientific approach to epidemiological psychiatry. The distinguished contributors, many of whom were close colleagues or former students, were drawn from a conspicuously wide range of scientific disciplines, medical and non-medical, and their contributions reflect the far-reaching applications of epidemiological methods to mental health problems.
This book is mainly an account of studies carred out over the last few years, of dependence, tolerance, and withdrawal effects of tranquilizers as used in the therapeutic context. It includes chapters on the theoretical background and problems of definitions of drug dependence, and an account of the pattern and extent of tranquilizer usage.
This book provides a unique insight into the clinical features and prognosis of late onset Alzheimer's disease. It provides a summary of the results of a longitudinal study of patients suffering from Senile Dementia of the Alzheimer type. Various aspects of the late onset Alzheimer's disease are examined in depth, including psychiatric symptoms, behavioural disturbances, neurological signs, and patterns of survival. This study is unique in that it provides a representative sample of sufferers from a defined catchment area population, all of whom have been rigorously examined using standardized resources and assessments. The book includes an up-to-date review of relevant literature, and a detailed description of the clinical typography and natural history of this important and fascinating condition.
'Very useful for any member of the community care team and not those solely concerned with community psychiatry.' Journal of the Institute of Health Education, 24:4
Most previous research work on antisocial conduct disorders in children has not separated children with hyperkinesis caused by dysfunction of the brain from those whose hyperkinesis stems from psychosocial problems. Using an entirely fresh approach, this work develops methods to assess hyperactivity and other behavioral problems, and to measure disturbance of attention and neurological development. The study described in this monograph applies these methods in an epidemiological setting. It clearly identifies and compares children with hyperactivity, conduct disorder, and both problems together, with a control group of normal children.