Assessment of Psychosis

<p>This book reviews the descriptive features of psychotic symptoms in various medical conditions (psychiatric early psychosis general medical neurological and dementia) non-medical settings (individuals without the need for care or at high risk for psychosis) and age groups (children and adolescents adults older adults). Similarly the perspectives of many disciplines are provided (history psychiatry psychology psychopathology neurology phenomenological philosophy) so that readers may become familiar with different approaches that are used to define evaluate and categorize psychosis at times independently of clinical diagnosis. This book is a resource book for those requiring an understanding of clinical and conceptual issues associated with psychosis with chapters written by academics and clinicians who are leaders in their respective fields. The book also provides a guide regarding the methods of assessment for psychosis and its symptoms with 120 rating scales which are described and evaluated. <em>The Assessment of Psychosis</em> will be particularly useful to the clinical and research community but also to readers interested in individual differences and human psychopathology.</p>