Psychological Assessment, Psychiatric Diagnosis, And Treatment Planning

by Hurt,Steven W.

• ISBN13: 9780876306079
• ISBN10: 0876306075
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1991-06-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Using actual case material, this text shows how psychological assessment contributes to the clarification of diagnostic issues and the development of an optimal treatment plan. It covers disorders usually first evident in childhood and ends with the Axis II personality disorders.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
Psychological Testing and Psychiatric Diagnosis	p. 1
History of Psychological Testing and Assessment	p. 2
Diagnostic and Statistical Manuals (DSM)	p. 14
DSMs, Psychological Testing, and Treatment Planning	p. 23
Axis I Disorders	p. 27
Disorders Usually First Evident in Infancy, Childhood, or Adolescence	p. 29
Eating Disorders: Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa	p. 29
Conduct Disorders: Group and Undifferentiated Types	p. 64
Schizophrenias	p. 100
Undifferentiated and Paranoid Chronic Schizophrenia	p. 100
Schizoaffective Bipolar and Depressive Types	p. 137
Major Affective Disorders	p. 183
Major Depression with Melancholia and with Psychosis	p. 183
Bipolar Mania: Prior To and During a Manic Episode	p. 214
Anxiety Disorders	p. 257
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder with and without Personality Disorder	p. 257
Post-traumatic Stress Disorders Chronic and Delayed	p. 298
Adjustment Disorders	p. 330
Adjustment Disorder with Mixed Disturbance of Emotions and Conduct	p. 330
Adjustment Disorder with Depressed Mood	p. 350
Axis II Disorders	p. 367
Personality Disorders	p. 369
Paranoid Personality Disorders	p. 369
Borderline Personality Disorders	p. 402
Narcissistic Personality Disorders	p. 439
References	p. 475
Name Index	p. 481
Subject Index	p. 483
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