Clinical Guide to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Mental Disorders / Edition 1

by Michael B. First, Allan Tasman

Overview

Two key challenges face mental health practitioners: making the correct psychiatric diagnosis and choosing the most appropriate treatment option. This book aims to help with both.

Clinical Guide to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Mental Disorders - Second Edition combines clinically-relevant information about each of theDSM-IV-TR diagnoses with clear, detailed information on treatment options, giving full clinical management advice. Once again, the editors, both leading psychiatrists, have condensed the chapters on Disorders from Tasman et al’s acclaimed two volume textbook of Psychiatry (now in its Third Edition), retaining only the content they deem particularly relevant to the clinician for ease of use.

Each disorder is discussed under the headings of Diagnosis (including Assessment Issues, Comorbidity, Course, and Differential Diagnosis, giving diagnostic decision trees where relevant) and Treatment (listing all therapeutic options, giving practical advice for patient management, summarising treatment specifics with tables and treatment flowcharts).

The original edition established itself as the first point of reference for any clinician or mental health practitioner needing expert advice on therapeutic options for any psychiatric disorder. This edition features an additional chapter on the psychiatric interview and assessment of mental status to increase its utility.

It echoes the progress in psychiatry regarding the establishment of an evidenced-based model of taxonomy, diagnosis, etiology, and treatment. Indeed, from a psychologist's perspective, the equal consideration provided to empirically supported psychosocial treatments versus somatic treatment is a significant development in the field of psychiatry.

Jonathan Weinand in PsycCritiques, the American Psychological Association Review of Books

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780470745205
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	02/08/2010
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	560
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 9.60(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Michael B First

Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Columbia University and the Psychiatric Institute of New York. He is an expert on the DSM-IV-TR classification and is playing a key role in the development of DSM-V. 

Allan Tasman

Professor and Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Louisville School of Medicine, Kentucky, USA. Professor Tasman is Past President of the American Psychiatric Association and President of the Pacific Rim College of Psychiatrists. He is a world-renowned psychiatric leader and educator and is Secretary for Education of the World Psychiatric Association, responsible for all of the association’s worldwide education programmes and initiatives. 

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Table of Contents

Preface xxvii

Chapter 1 The Psychiatric Interview 1

Chapter 2 Childhood Disorders: Intellectual Disability 17

Chapter 3 Childhood Disorders: Learning and Motor Skills Disorders 31

Chapter 4 Childhood Disorders: Communication Disorders 41

Chapter 5 Childhood Disorders: The Pervasive Developmental Disorders 49

Chapter 6 Childhood Disorders: Attention-Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders 61

Chapter 7 Childhood Disorders: Feeding and Related Disorders of Infancy or Early Childhood 73

Chapter 8 Childhood Disorders: Tic Disorders 81

Chapter 9 Childhood Disorders: Elimination Disorders and Childhood Anxiety Disorders 87

Chapter 10 Stereotypic Movement Disorder and Reactive Attachment Disorder 99

Chapter 11 Delirium, Dementia, and Other Cognitive Disorders 105

Chapter 12 Mental Disorders Due to a General Medical Condition 131

Chapter 13 General Approaches to Substance and Polydrug Use Disorders 145

Chapter 14 Substance-Related Disorders: Alcohol 153

Chapter 15 Substance-Related Disorders: Amphetamine 167

Chapter 16 Substance-Related Disorders: Caffeine 173

Chapter 17 Substance-Related Disorders: Cannabis 181

Chapter 18 Substance-Related Disorders: Cocaine 185

Chapter 19 Substance-Related Disorders: Hallucinogens and MDMA 195

Chapter 20 Substance-Related Disorders: Inhalants 203

Chapter 21 Substance-Related Disorders: Nicotine 211Treatment 214

Chapter 22 Substance-Related Disorders: Opioids 221

Chapter 23 Substance-Related Disorders: Phencyclidine 231

Chapter 24 Substance-Related Disorders: Sedatives, Hypnotics, and Anxiolytics 235

Chapter 25 Schizophrenia and Other Psychoses 245

Chapter 26 Mood Disorders: Depressive Disorders 279

Chapter 27 Mood Disorders: Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder 303

Chapter 28 Mood Disorders: Bipolar Disorder 309

Chapter 29 Anxiety Disorders: Panic Disorder With and Without Agoraphobia 323

Chapter 30 Anxiety Disorders: Social and Specific Phobias 331

Chapter 31 Anxiety Disorders: Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder 347

Chapter 32 Anxiety Disorders: Traumatic Stress Disorders 359

Chapter 33 Anxiety Disorders: Generalized Anxiety Disorder 373

Chapter 34 Somatoform Disorders 383

Chapter 35 Factitious Disorders 409

Chapter 36 Dissociative Disorders 417

Chapter 38 Eating Disorders 443

Chapter 39 Sleep and Sleep–Wake Disorders 453

Chapter 40 Impulse Control Disorders 475

Chapter 41 Adjustment Disorders 489

Chapter 42 Personality Disorders 493

Index 511

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"This book is recommended for psychiatrists, psychologists, primary care physicians, psychiatric and primary care nurse practitioners, clinical social workers, medical students, and residents." (E-STREAMS, September 2007)

"This is a…handy reference that includes all of the DSM-IV illness categories…good reference for diagnosis and treatment of mental illness." (Doody's Health Services)

Editorial Reviews

"In my opinion, this book would be worth borrowing from the library in order to read specific chapters of interest; perhaps, the common mental health conditions or a rarity recently encountered in clinic." (Occupational Medicine, 8 March 2011)

"The main addition to this edition is a useful introductory chapter on the psychiatric interview, with comments on "compiling the psychiatric database" (which seems to be what used to be called the patient's notes). I was also glad to see rather more mentions of evidence-supported psychological therapies in among the recommended drug treatments than in the previous edition." (Journal of Mental Health, August 2010)

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