The intelligent clinician's guide to the DSM-5 /

The Intelligent Clinician's Guide to the DSM-5RG explores all revisions to the latest version of the Diagnostic and Statistics Manual, and shows clinicians how they can best apply the strong points and shortcomings of psychiatry's most contentious resource. Written by a celebrated professo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Paris, Joel, 1940-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, ©2013.
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Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9780199970216
0199970211
1299610560
9781299610569
9780199353293
0199353298
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • The history of diagnosis in psychiatry
  • How diagnostic manuals are made
  • What is and is not a mental disorder
  • Diagnostic validity
  • Dimensionality
  • Clinical utility
  • Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychoses
  • Bipolar and related disorders
  • Depressive disorders
  • Anxiety disorders, trauma, and the OCD spectrum
  • Substance abuse, eating disorders, and sexual disorders
  • Neurodevelopmental and disruptive behavioral disorders
  • Personality disorders
  • Other diagnostic groups
  • A guide for the perplexed.