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Mental Automatisms, A conceptual journey into Psychosis is an original 450 page book that includes a complete review of the basic neurological theories of psychosis from the early nineteenth century to present day. It also introduces the notion of Mental Automatism, the best theory of psychosis to date. It was brought forth by one of the prominent French psychiatrist Clerambault (1872-1934, Clerambault's Syndrome, Erotomania).

The theory of automatism is a comprehensive symptomatic approach which focuses essentially on the symptoms of psychosis and their possible neural substrate. Clerambault established a catalogue of psychotic symptoms ranging from the most subtle to the most obvious.

Dr. Hriso has translated Clerambault's work from French to English and has completed Clerambault's catalogue of psychotic symptoms, their description and ways to elicit them in a practical clinical setting. Each section of this work can be read independently. The first section is an educational historical review on psychosis. The second section comprises the French to English translation of Clerambault's articles on automatisms.

Each article is introduced by an abstract by Dr. Hriso which puts the various concepts into a modern perspective. The last section is the catalogue of psychotic symptoms.

This work is unprecedented as no such catalogue has ever been established. It serves as the basic reference manual on psychosis. It is useful to clinicians, researchers, mental health professionals, families of the psychotic individuals, or anyone who seeks to obtain a fuller understanding of psychosis.