Introduction to psychopathology

"Introduction to Psychopathology" is a succinct and clear work that introduces the basics of psychopathology and how psychiatric disorders related to clinical psychology and psychiatry are understood. Jean Ménéchal treats the psychiatric organization, causes and manifestations of psychological suffering, focusing on the main categories of disorders, including psychoses, neuroses and pathologies of narcissism.

The book puts these discrepancies in their context historical, theoretical and clinicalas well as exploring different approaches to their treatment. Ménéchal links psychopathology with the practice of clinical psychology and tries to show how psychic suffering can be understood beyond simply identifying symptoms