Title | Extraordinary Disorders of Human Behavior [electronic resource] / edited by Claude T. H. Friedmann, Robert A. Faguet |
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Imprint | Boston, MA : Springer US, 1982 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9251-8 |
Descript | XV, 314 p. online resource |
1 La Folie ร Deux -- Case Examples -- Epidemiology -- Subtypes of Folie a Deux -- Etiology -- Differential Diagnosis -- Treatment -- References -- 2 Munchausen Syndrome -- Historical Origins of the Munchausen Stories -- Case Reports -- Phenomenology of the Syndrome -- Etiologic Hypotheses of the Syndrome -- Treatment and Management -- Conclusions and Summary -- References -- 3 The Ganser Syndrome -- The Symptom of Approximate Answers -- What is the True Syndrome? A Review of Cases in the Literature -- Comment -- Etiology and Classification -- Conclusion -- References -- 4 Psychiatric Symptoms in Prisoner of War and Concentration Camp Survivors -- Examination of Stressors -- Methods of Coping -- Subsequent Course of Illness -- The Vietnam War -- Genesis of Syndrome -- Treatment of Syndrome -- References -- 5 Autoscopic Phenomena -- Epidemiology -- Review of the Literature on Causation -- Case Examples -- Discussion -- Summary -- References -- 6 Gilles de La Tourette Syndrome or Multiple Tic Disorder -- Definition -- History -- Epidemiology -- Symptoms -- Experimental and Laboratory Information -- Differential Diagnosis -- Treatment -- Prognosis -- Tourette Syndrome Association, Inc -- Conclusion -- References -- 7 The Paranoid-Erotic Syndromes -- The Capgras Syndrome -- Syndrome of Fregoli -- The Intermetamorphosis Syndrome -- Cotardโs Syndrome -- De Clerambaultโs Syndrome -- References -- 8 Unusual Sexual Syndromes -- Necrophilia -- Vampirism -- Zoophilia -- Autoerotic Asphyxia -- Coprophilia and Related Paraphilias -- Incest -- Hypersexuality -- References -- 9 Koro (Shook Yang): A Culture-Bound Psychogenic Syndrome -- The 1967 Singapore Koro Epidemic -- Koro and Koro-like Cases in Westerners -- Psychodynamics, Diagnostics and Treatment of Koro -- References -- 10 Amok -- Clinical Description -- Review of Case Studies -- Theories -- Current Issues Concerning Amok -- References -- 11 Cargo Cult Syndromes -- Cargo Thinking -- The Literature -- Dreams and Hallucinations -- Cult Leaders and Their Followers -- Violence -- Conclusion -- References -- 12 Possession States and Exorcism -- Possession -- Discussion -- References -- 13 The So-called Hystero-Psychoses: Latah, Windigo, and Pibloktoq -- Windigo (Wihtigo, Whitico, Wihtiko) -- Pibloktoq (Piblokto) -- Latah -- Summary -- References -- 14 Psychological Disorders Among the Australian Aboriginals -- The Five-Year Epidemiologic Survey -- Unique Syndromes -- Paradoxical Omissions from the Neurotic Repertoire -- The Paradox Surrounding Personality Disorders -- Homosexuality Absent in Adults? -- The Low Incidence of Suicide: The High Incidence of Unconscious Self-Destruction -- Conclusion -- References -- 15 Atypical Cycloid Psychoses -- Overview -- Historical Perspectives -- Clinical Description -- Diagnostic Issues -- Theoretical Perspectives -- Treatment -- References -- 16 Unusual Presentations of Schizophrenia -- Atypical Schizophrenia -- Late Paraphrenia -- Periodic Catatonia -- Oneirophrenia -- Conclusions -- References