Clinical Assessment Workbook: Balancing Strengths and Differential Diagnosis / Edition 2

by Elizabeth Pomeroy

Overview

This practical workbook facilitates readers understanding of the DSM-5 and other texts related to the diagnoses of mental disorders, enhancing their ability to assess their clients strengths and to diagnose any emotional difficulties the clients may be experiencing. As a workbook, it offers a wealth of real life examples and exercises, providing users with the opportunity to practice their assessment skills in a classroom environment prior to entering the field as a mental health professional. Readers learn the various diagnostic categories of the DSM-5-along with dual diagnoses, symptom formulation, and the overlap between diagnostic categories-as well as how to apply these categories to clients they will be seeing in practice.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781285748887
Publisher:	Cengage Learning
Publication date:	08/18/2014
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	480
Sales rank:	882,838
Product dimensions:	8.40(w) x 10.70(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Elizabeth Pomeroy earned a B.A. at the University of North Carolina-Asheville, an M.S.W. at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, and a Ph.D. at The University of Texas at Austin. With more than 20 years of experience, Pomeroy s current teaching and research interests include clinical social work courses with a focus on mental health, health and children, and families; HIV/AIDS interventions; crime victims; interventions for offenders in the criminal justice system; and clinical social work group interventions for children, adults, and families.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction. 2. Neurodevelopmental Disorders. 3. Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders. 4. Bipolar and Related Disorders. 5. Depressive Disorders. 6. Anxiety Disorders. 7. Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders. 8. Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders. 9. Dissociative Disorders. 10. Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders. 11. Feeding and Eating Disorders. 12. Sleep-Wake Disorders (Breathing-Related Sleep Disorders, Parasomnias) 13. Sexual Dysfunctions. 14. Gender Dysphoria. 15. Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorders. 16. Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders. 17. Non-Substance-Related Disorders/Gambling Disorder. 18. Neurocognitive Disorders (Major and Mild Neurocognitive Disorders). 19. Personality Disorders. 20. Paraphilic Disorders. 21. Medication-Induced Movement Disorders and Other Adverse Effects of Medication. 22. Other Conditions That May Be a Focus of Clinical Attention.

Editorial Reviews

"I would describe this workbook as a very comprehensive and straightforward coverage of the DSM diagnostic categories that would give students and new practitioners a very good review of the DSM and the opportunity to practice with some very clearly presented cases and case examples." "I would definitely adopt this in my advanced MSW mental health practice course. Why? Because it fill(s) a gap that both my students and I have identified: How to get more practice into this practice course."

"I would describe it as a useful casebook to illustrate DSM diagnostic categories through detailed case illustrations. Its strengths are: excellent and riveting case examples; excellent integration of assessment tools/measures as part of diagnostic process; good use of internet resources; table of contents is well organized."

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