Foundations of Psychopathology

information indexes and rear-The purpose of this book is (1) to present the basic psychological concepts of psychopathology (2) to illustrate these concepts with the clinical observations they are devised to explain and (3) to indicate the relevance of the concepts to the practice of medicine. It is intended as an introduction to the discipline of psychotherapy for those with little or no knowledge of the subject. -- from Preface-John Case Nemiah -a national leader in Psychiatry. Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at both Harvard Medical School and Dartmouth Medical SchoolNovember 30 1918 -May 11 2009 His best selling textbook Foundations of Psychopathology published in 1961- Widely beloved as a teacher editor academic leader and friend he served as the Psychiatrist-in-Chief at the Beth Israel Hospital from 1968 to 1985.--