The AMDP system

The 9th edition of this valuable tool for assessing and documentingpsychopathology, now in English!Now in its 9th edition, the AMDP System is a widely used tool for documentingpsychiatric symptoms in clinical and research projects. Itis not only an essential part of many internal clinical documentationsystems, but it is also a valuable instrument for training the identificationof psychopathological symptoms.This new edition, now in English, involved the complete revision of thepsychopathological and somatic symptoms, with particular attentionto the elimination of ambiguities and inconsistencies, to the precisionof definitions, to the exact differentiation of the self and other ratings,as well as to the user friendliness of the system. Taking account ofdevelopments in recent years in the description and rating of psychopathologicalsymptoms, this latest edition of the AMDP System hasbeen extended by an additional eleven psychopathological and threesomatic symptoms and a new section on syndrome formation in theappendix.This clearly structured manual enables the standardized applicationof the system, making it an invaluable tool in the training of medicineand psychology students and an essential reference volume in thepsychiatric field.