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Introduction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 April 2024

By
David Kingdon ,
Paul Rowlands  and
George Stein
Edited by
David Kingdon ,
Paul Rowlands  and
George Stein
David Kingdon
Affiliation:
University of Southampton
Paul Rowlands
Affiliation:
Derbyshire Healthcare NHS foundation Trust
George Stein
Affiliation:
Emeritus of the Princess Royal University Hospital
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Summary

Psychiatry, according to Johann Christian Reil (1759–1813), the German anatomist who first coined the term, consists of the meeting of two minds, the mind of the patient with the mind of the doctor. As the patient’s story unfolds, the doctor’s task is to recognise the pattern and to do so with compassion. Pattern recognition lies at the heart of the diagnostic process throughout medicine and none more so than in psychiatry, which lacks almost all the special investigations that help clarify diagnosis in other medical specialities. Thus, detailed knowledge of the key features of all the psychiatric disorders, both common and rare, is the core body of information that the psychiatrist will need to acquire during their training years. Because of this, we have provided detailed descriptions of each and every disorder as well as their diagnostic criteria according to DSM-5 and ICD-11.

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Seminars in General Adult Psychiatry , pp. 1 - 5
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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