The creator of The Hypochondriacs Pocket Guide to Horrible Diseases You Probably Already Have turns his attentions to the world of mental illness as he provides a hilarious study of fifty familiar maladies, detailing the symptoms, diagnosis, prevention, treatment, and prognosis of such ailments as the Stendhal Syndrome (a fear of artwork). Original. 40,000 first printing. Diclaudio, whose credits include toiling for years as a medical editor, strongly denies any claim to this being a serious text and proves it over and over in his hilarious narratives and descriptions of such sad cases as Taijin Kyofusho, which includes fear of ones own body odor; scrupulosity, which includes obsessive-compulsive religiousness intended to eradicate sin; shared psychotic disorder, in which things get a little too friendly; and pica, in which munching on garbage or worse figures prominently. Anything sound familiar? Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Hot on the heels of the wildly successful The Hypochondriacs Pocket Guide to Horrible Diseases You Probably Already Have comes The Paranoids Pocket Guide to Mental Disorders You Can Just Feel Coming On, Dennis DiClaudios hilarious look at fifty disturbingly familiar maladies you just know are buried deep in your psyche. This inspired new collection profiles the most nerve-wracking, harebrained, loopy, life-threatening and totally out-there mental disorders you could imagine--and some you could never imagine. With complete descriptions of the symptoms, diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, and treatment for psychosis, this book could convince even the most rational readers that something--or someone--is out to get them. From the slightly odd Stendhal Syndrome (the fear of artwork) to the mentally debilitating Athazagagoraphobia (the feeling that youve forgotten something important) and the downright bizarre Windigo Psychosis (the belief that you are a wild and ravenous monster), The Paranoids Pocket Guide to Mental Illnesses You Can Just Feel Coming On is a fascinating compendium of psychological illnesses for all of us to fret and agonize over.
