The Spectrum of Factitious Disorders - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 088048909X ISBN 13 : 9780880489096

Editeur : American Psychiatric Association Publishing, 1996

Synopsis

Factitious disorder presents one of the most challenging variants of psychopathology in medicine. The book is the first for professionals to offer a comprehensive overview of current thinking about patients who feign or induce illness--in themselves or others--to accrue the intangible benefits of the "sick" role.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Marc D. Feldman, M.D., is Associate Professor, Vice Chair for Clinical Services, and Director of the Division of Adult Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology at the University of Alabama, Birmingham (UAB). He is also Medical Director of the UAB Center for Psychiatric Medicine. Dr. Feldman has lectured widely to both professional and lay audiences and is the co-author of the book Patient or Pretender: Inside the Strange World of Factitious Disorders.

Stuart J. Eisendrath, M.D., is Director of the Consultation-Liaison Program at the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center, and a Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: American Psychiatric Association Publishing
• Date d'édition: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 088048909X
• ISBN 13: 9780880489096
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 264
• Éditeur: Feldman Marc D., Eisendrath MD Stuart J.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible