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DSM-IV-TR Guidebook: The Essential Companion to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition, Text Revision
Authors: Michael B. First, Allen Frances & Harold Alan Pincus
Pages: 520 Hard Cover
ISBN: 1585621889
American Psychiatric Publishing 2004
List Price: $69.50

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From the Publisher:

Designed for the clinician, DSM-IV-TR® Guidebook takes 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

Table of Contents:

Part I. The Foundations of Psychiatric Diagnosis

Chapter 1. Roots: A Brief History of Psychiatric Classification

Chapter 2. Conceptual Issues in Psychiatric Diagnosis

Part II. The Development and Use of DSM-IV-TR

Chapter 3. The Preparation of DSM-IV and DSM-IV-TR

Chapter 4. The DSM-IV-TR Road Map and Classification

Chapter 5. The Nuts and Bolts of Using DSM-IV-TR

Chapter 6. The Yeas and Nays of the Multiaxial System

Chapter 7. The Retirement of the Term Organic

Part III. The DSM-IV-TR Diagnoses

Chapter 8. Delirium, Dementia, and Amnestic and Other Cognitive Disorders

Chapter 9. Mental Disorders Due to a General Medical Condition

Chapter 10. Substance-Related Disorders

Chapter 11. Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders

Chapter 12. Mood Disorders

Chapter 13. Anxiety Disorders

Chapter 14. Somatoform Disorders

Chapter 15. Factitious Disorder and Malingering

Chapter 16. Dissociative Disorders

Chapter 17. Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders

Chapter 18. Eating Disorders

Chapter 19. Sleep Disorders

Chapter 20. Impulse-Control Disorders Not Elsewhere Classified

Chapter 21. Adjustment Disorders

Chapter 22. Personality Disorders

Chapter 23. Disorders of Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescence

Chapter 24. Other Conditions That May Be a Focus of Clinical Attention

Part IV. Not Ready for Prime Time

Chapter 25. Some Future Contenders

Chapter 26. "Hot" Controversies

Part V. Study Guides

Chapter 27. The Capsule Summary: What Everyone Should Know About DSM-IV-TR

Chapter 28. Quiz Yourself: 100 Questions Toward DSM-IV-TR Mastery

Chapter 29. Afterword

Bibliography

Index

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