Summary: 21,164 entries to the vocabulary of psychiatry and psychology. Intended to present comprehensive coverage of these 2 fields, emphasize current terms while retaining older terms of historical value, and giving as much information as possible in definitions, along with examples. Includes categories set up by DSM-III, biographical entries, and many related terms from neurology, physiology, and medicine. Appendixes consist of DSM-III classification, test entries, therapy entries, and entries from related fields.

Widely used for many years by both scientists and other specialists, as well as translators, the two-volume English-German / German-English Dictionary of Psychology and Psychiatry is generally regarded as the most exhaustive bilingual compilation of terminology in these fields available. In this brand new edition, the Dictionary of Psychology and Psychiatry has not only been fully revised and updated, but also considerably expanded. For instance, all the terms and vocabulary from the field of psychiatry have been carefully reviewed and brought up to date by inclusion of the terminology used in DSM-IV and ICD-10, as well as numerous other entries from this evolving area. The increasing standardization of scientific terminology in psychiatry has thus been taken account of in the new edition. Also included are explanations and translations of more than 1,000 of the most common abbreviations used in the fields of psychology and psychiatry.

Widely used by scientists, practitioners, students and translators, this two-volume English-German/German English 'Dictionary of Psychology and Psychiatry' is generally regarded as the most exhaustive bilingual compilation of terminology in these fields.

This book is not merely a dictionary of psychology, it is a dictionary for psychologists. It attempts to include all technical terms that a psychologist is likely to encounter in reading about the subject, including terms from psychiatry, neurology, neurophysiology, neurochemistry, ethology, sociobiology, genetics, linguistics, artificial intelligence, sociology, anthropology, statistics, philosophy and other disciplines. Many examples of the use of terms are given where needed, and every attempt has been made to make the dictionary as up to date as possible.