The Yipping Tiger Explained

The Yipping Tiger and Other Tales from the Neuropsychiatric Clinic
Author:	Perminder Sachdev
Subject:	Neuropsychiatry
Publisher:	UNSW Press (Australia) Johns Hopkins University Press (US)
Pub Date:	2009
Pages:	288
Isbn:	1-74223-084-9

The Yipping Tiger and Other Tales from the Neuropsychiatric Clinic is a book by neuropsychiatrist Perminder Sachdev, M.D. consisting of ten case studies which explore the relationship between the brain and the mind.^{[1] [2]} The case studies are based on Sachdev's experience in the neuropsychiatric clinic at the Neuropsychiatric Institute, Sydney, Australia.^[3] Each case study examines a different medical condition, the current research findings related to the condition, and the challenges these conditions pose for the doctor and patient.^[4]

Contents

• The Yipping Tiger (Golfer's cramps)
• Shaking hands with Dr Strangelove (The Alien hand syndrome)
• Swearing like a Spanish sailor (Coprolalia in Tourette's syndrome)
• The Mozart Complex (Brain enhancement)
• The mirror always lies (Anorexia nervosa)
• The dead homunculus (Frontal lobe disorder)
• Serotonin's seductive song (Major depressive disorder)
• A chesty problem (Obsessive-compulsive disorder)
• Lord Nelson's ghost (Phantom limb)
• Freudian slips and semantic slides (Mild cognitive impairment)

Reception

• G. Boucher, ‘Off-putting tales from a yipping yarn’. The Australian 2009 (8 August): http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/off-putting-tales-from-a-yipping-yarn/story-e6frg8no-1225758241816
• J. Horder, ‘Medicine: IN BRIEF’. The Times Literary Supplement 2010 (23 July), page 27:
• S. Hussein, ‘Brains, Minds, Hearts and Souls’. New Matilda 2010 (20 May): https://web.archive.org/web/20110823213551/http://newmatilda.com/2010/05/20/brains-minds-hearts-souls
• K. Ridel, ‘Book Review: The Hidden Brain and The Yipping Tiger and Other Tales from the Neuropsychiatric Clinic’. Neurology 2011; 76:e77.
• D. Turney, ‘Think again: reinterpreting the brain’. The Sydney Morning Herald 2010 (1 April), page 19: http://www.smh.com.au/world/science/think-again-reinterpreting-the-brain-20100331-rexx.html
• ‘All in the mind: On the couch: Perminder Sachdev and Norman Doidge’, radio interview presented by Natasha Mitchell, ABC Radio National 2010 (25 September): http://www.abc.net.au/rn/allinthemind/stories/2010/3016990.htm
• ‘All in the mind: Q & A - the audience asks. Norman Doidge and Perminder Sachdev’, radio interview presented by Natasha Mitchell, ABC Radio National 2010 (4 October): https://archive.today/20121231044544/http://blogs.abc.net.au/allinthemind/2010/10/qa-the-audience-asks-norman-doidge-and-perminder-sachdev.html

Notes and References

1. http://newmatilda.com/2010/05/20/brains-minds-hearts-souls|S. Hussein, ‘Brains, Minds, Hearts and Souls’
2. K. Ridel, ‘Book Review: The Hidden Brain and The Yipping Tiger and Other Tales from the Neuropsychiatric Clinic’. Neurology 2011; 76:e77
3. E. Housden, ‘Non-fiction books’. The Courier-Mail 2009 Accessed August 22, 2009
4. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/off-putting-tales-from-a-yipping-yarn/story-e6frg8no-1225758241816|Off-putting tales from a yipping yarn by G. Boucher - The Australian