Neupsy Key

Germany Margarete Pfäfflin Rupprecht Thorbecke Introduction The German social welfare system was introduced between 1883 and 1889 by Chancellor Bismarck in an attempt to maintain his authoritative rule by outmaneuvering…

China Shichuo Li Liwen Wu Guoming Luan Weiping Liao Wenzhi Wang Jianzhong Wu Liyun He Introduction The People’s Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as China) is located in East…

Overview: Delivery of Health Care and Socioeconomic Issues Robert J. Gumnit Josemir W. Sander Simon D. Shorvon Introduction As medical care becomes more sophisticated and thus more expensive, people and…

Nonaffective Psychoses, Schizophrenia, and Schizophrenia-like Psychoses Michael R. Trimble Bettina Schmitz Introduction In this chapter, in contrast to Chapter 204, we consider the clinical occasions in which some of the…

Obsessive-compulsive Behavior Mark S. George Marco Mula Introduction The neuropsychiatric syndrome of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) was discovered and described >150 years ago. Unfortunately, for many years, OCD was thought to…

Panic Disorder and Hyperventilation Syndrome Alan B. Ettinger Jonathan M. Bird Andres M. Kanner Introduction Panic disorder and hyperventilation syndrome (HVS) are frequently underrecognized conditions that are easily mistaken for…

Dissociative Disorders Richard J. Brown Michael R. Trimble Introduction Within the context of psychiatry and neurology, the term dissociation is extremely difficult to define satisfactorily. Since its introduction in the…