Dsm-iv Tr Guidebook

by First, Michael B.; Frances, Allen; Pincus, Harold Alan; First, Michael B.

• ISBN13: 9781585620685
• ISBN10: 1585620688
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-04-30
• Publisher: Amer Psychiatric Pub Inc

Summary

Designed for the clinician, DSM-IV-TR® Guidebooktakes you on an entertaining and informative guided tour through DSM-IV-TR. It details how and why DSM-IV-TR developed the way it did and presents a clear road map of the intricacies of the organization of the DSM system. In this detailed, insightful volume, you will find A synopsis of the essential elements of DSM-IV-TR An annotation that explains and expands on the DSM-IV-TR criteria sets Hundreds of clinical pearls concerning diagnostic evaluation An insiders' view of how and why DSM-IV-TR became what it is A study guide plus 100 multiple-choice questions to test your DSM-IV-TR knowledge The historical context and conceptual issues surrounding psychiatric diagnosis

Author Biography

Michael B. First, M.D., is Research Psychiatrist at the New York State Psychiatric Institute and Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York, New York.

Harold Alan Pincus, M.D., is Professor and Executive Vice Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry in the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and Senior Scientist and Director of RAND at the University of Pittsburgh Health Research Institute in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Table of Contents

Roots : a brief history of psychiatric classification	p. 3
Conceptual issues in psychiatric diagnosis	p. 11
The preparation of DSM-IV and DSM-IV-TR	p. 25
The DSM-IV-TR road map and classification	p. 37
The nuts and bolts of using DSM-IV-TR	p. 51
The yeas and nays of the multiaxial system	p. 67
The retirement of the term organic	p. 85
Delirium dementia, and amnestic and other cognitive disorders	p. 95
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition	p. 117
Substance-related disorders	p. 123
Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders	p. 159
Mood disorders	p. 185
Anxiety disorders	p. 229
Somatoform disorders	p. 267
Factitious disorder and malingering	p. 285
Dissociative disorders	p. 289
Sexual and gender identity disorders	p. 299
Eating disorders	p. 315
Sleep disorders	p. 321
Impulse-control disorders not elsewhere classified	p. 333
Adjustment disorders	p. 343
Personality disorders	p. 347
Disorders of infancy, childhood, and adolescence	p. 371
Other conditions that may be a focus of clinical attention	p. 395
Some future contenders	p. 409
"Hot" controversies	p. 427
The capsule summary : what everyone should know about DSM-IV-TR	p. 435
Quiz yourself : 100 questions toward DSM-IV-TR mastery	p. 441
Afterword	p. 463
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