Main description:

Now in its 9th edition, the AMDP System is a widely used tool for documenting psychiatric findings in clinical and research projects. It is not only an essential part of many internal clinical documentation systems, but it is also a valuable instrument for training the identification of psychopathological symptoms. This new edition, now in English, involved the complete revision of the psychopathology and somatic symptom items, with particular attention to the elimination of ambiguities and inconsistencies, to the precision of definitions, to the exact differentiation of the self and other ratings, as well as to the user friendliness of the system. Taking account of developments in recent years in the description and rating of psychopathological symptoms, this latest edition of the AMDP System has been extended by an additional eleven psychopathological and three somatic symptoms and a new section on syndrome formation in the appendix. This clearly structured manual enables the standardized application of the system, making it an invaluable tool in the training of medical and psychology students and an essential reference volume in the psychiatric field.

Contents:

Preface
Preface to the Ninth German Edition
Introduction
AMP Founding Members
AMP/AMDP System Chair
AMDP Registered Association Chair
AMDP Revision Group (9th edition)
1 Introduction
1.1 Overall Structure of the AMDP System
1.2 Representation of Individual Symptoms in the Manual
1.3 Requirements for Use
1.3.1 General Requirements for Use
1.3.2 AMDP Training Seminars
1.4 Recording Basics
1.4.1 General Considerations
1.4.2 Assessment Basics
1.4.3 Time Frame of Assessment Period
1.4.4 Documentation
1.5 The Formal Logic of the Decision-Making Process
1.5.1 Evaluation Level 1: Accessibility and Nonaccessibility
1.5.2 Evaluation Level 2: Degree of Certainty Over Presence or
Absence of a Symptom
1.5.3 Evaluation Level 3: Presence
1.5.4 Evaluation Level 4: Degree of Severity
1.6 Data Processing
1.7 The AMDP Personal History
2. Psychopathological Findings
2.1 Preliminary Notes
2.2 Disorders of Consciousness
2.3 Disturbances of Orientation
2.4 Disturbances of Attention and Memory
2.5 Formal Thought Disorder
2.6 Worries and Compulsions
2.7 Delusions
2.8 Disorders of Perception
2.9 Ego (Boundary) Disturbances
2.10 Disturbances of Affect
2.11 Disturbances of Drive and Psychomotor Activity
2.12 Circadian Disturbances
2.13 Other Disturbances
2.14 Additional Psychopathological Items (ZP1-ZP11)
3 Somatic Findings
3.1 Disturbances of Sleep and Vigilance
3.2 Appetitive Disturbances
3.3 Gastrointestinal Disturbances
3.4 Cardiac-Respiratory Disturbances
3.5 Other Autonomic Disturbances
3.6 Other Somatic Disturbances
3.7 Neurological Disturbances
3.8 Additional Somatic Items (ZS1-ZS3)
Literature
Appendices
Appendix A: Documentation Form
Appendix B: English, German, and French Labels of the AMDP
Symptoms
Appendix C: AMDP Syndromes
Index