Main description:

Many fascinating and important psychological disorders are either omitted from our current diagnostic systems or rarely covered during graduate or medical training. As a result, most mental health students and trainees are never taught to identify, diagnose, or treat them. This lack of attention has real-world consequences not only for patients, but for basic science as well.

Unusual and Rare Psychological Disorders collects and synthesizes the scientific and clinical literatures for 21 lesser-known conditions. The coverage is broad, ranging from exploding head syndrome and koro to body integrity identity disorder and persistent genital arousal disorder. All chapters follow a uniform structure and introduce each disorder with a vivid clinical vignette. After discussing the historical and cultural contexts for the disorder, authors describe the
typical symptoms, associated features, current role in diagnostic systems (if any), and etiologies. Clinically relevant information on assessment and differential diagnosis is also provided. Finally, authors review the treatment options and suggest future directions for research. This unique and engaging volume will
not only be a useful resource for researchers and clinicians who already possess expertise in the more well-known manifestations of psychopathology, but it will also be of interest to students and trainees in the mental health professions.

Contents:

Foreword by Peter Tyrer
Acknowledgments
About the Editor
Contributors

1 Introduction
Brian A. Sharpless

SECTION I: SLEEP DISORDERS

2 Isolated Sleep Paralysis
Brian A. Sharpless and Dan Denis

3 Sexual Behaviors in Sleep
Elena del Busto, Frederick R. Stoddard II, and Jourdan S. Cruz

4 Exploding Head Syndrome
Brian A. Sharpless and Jacob A. Zimmerman

SECTION II: VARIATIONS OF PSYCHOSIS

5 Capgras and other Misidentification Syndromes
Arthur Sinkman

6 Attention Deficit Disorder Psychosis
Jan Dirk Blom, Marieke Niemantsverdiret, Anke Spuijbroek, and Sandra Kooji

7 Cotard's Syndrome
Hans Debruyne

SECTION III: SEXUAL DISORDERS / DISORDERS OF DESIRE

8 Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder
David Goldmeier and Shalini Andrews

9 Necrophilia
Sara G. West and Phillip J. Resnick

10 Frotteurism
Richard McAnulty

11 Autoerotic Asphyxia and Asphyxiophilia
Stephen Hucker

SECTION IV: CULTURE-BOUND DISORDERS

12 Koro - A Genital Retraction Syndrome
Petra Garlipp

13 Taijin Kyofusho
Brian A. Sharpless, Amy L. Balko, and Jessica L. Grom

14 Brain Fag Syndrome
Peter O. Ebigbo, Chimezie Leswas Elekwachi, and Felix Chukwunenyem Nweze

15 Jerusalem Syndrome and Paris Syndrome: Two Extraordinary Disorders
Eliezer Witztum and Moshe Kalian

16 Dhat Syndrome
Rocio Martin-Santos, Ricard Navines, and Manuel Valdes

17 Ataques de Nervios
Roberto Lewis-Fernandez and Irene Lopez

SECTION V: MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS

18 Alice in Wonderland Syndrome
Jan Dirk Blom

19 Factitious Disorders
Brenda Bursch and Robert Haskell

20 Diogenes Syndrome
Brian O'Shea

21 Pseudologia Phantastica - Pathological Lying
Petra Garlipp

22 Body Integrity Identity Disorder
Anna Sedda

Index