This book offers an alternative to operational diagnostic manuals and manuals for structured interviewing as the only sources of theoretical and clinical knowledge. It provides an exposition of psychiatric interviewing that is theoretically and clinically well founded and supplies the reader with a coherent framework for performance of a thorough psychiatric examination. The goal is not to come up with yet another interview scheme but to facilitate an understanding of the basic (but, today, completely neglected) tenets of psychopathology and phenomenology. This exposition targets the disorders of subjectivity (consciousness), the second-person processes involved in converting subjective, first-person and observable data into a third person, diagnostically useful, format. In addition, the most pertinent clinical descriptions concerning the major diagnostic groups are presented and discussed.

"The DSM-5-TR Handbook of Differential Diagnosis helps clinicians and students learning the process of psychiatric diagnosis to improve their skill in formulating a comprehensive differential diagnosis by providing a variety of approaches to consider symptomatic presentations. These include a six-step diagnostic framework of issues to consider for every patient, 30 decision trees and corresponding commentary to evaluate key presenting symptoms, and 67 differential diagnosis tables for use once a tentative diagnosis has been made, to ensure that all reasonable alternatives have received adequate consideration. Appendixes to this handbook include the DSM-5-TR Classification, to facilitate coding and to provide an overview of all the DSM-5-TR diagnoses that must be considered, as well as alphabetical indexes of the decision trees and differential diagnosis tables"--

This authoritative, user-friendly book offers a complete introduction to the art and science of mental health diagnosis. Meeting a key need for students and novice clinicians, James Morrison, the author of the bestselling DSM-IV Made Easy, systematically takes the reader through every step of the process. He provides clear-cut principles and decision trees for evaluating information from a variety of sources and for constructing a valid working diagnosis that serves as a foundation for treatment. Special features include quick-reference tables, sidebars explaining key concepts, and over 100 case examples that bring the approach to life.

This concise compendium of current knowledge in psychiatry--highly acclaimed and widely used in its earlier editions--has now been brought fully up to date. Goodwin and Guze have included a new chapter on psychiatric examination and a wealth of recent information from clinical, epidemiological, and neurochemical studies relevant to psychiatric disorders. They have also incorporated DSM-III-R criteria into this edition. The authors continue to demonstrate the usefulness of diagnosis based on specifically defined criteria in planning treatment and predicting outcome of illness. Statements are well documented with reference to the psychiatric literature , and the bibliography at the end of each chapter is extensive.

DSM Library (Psychiatry Online) est produite par l'American Psychiatric Publishing. Elle donne principalement accès à l'ouvrage de référence DSM-IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) ainsi qu'au DSM-IV Handbook of Differential Diagnosis et au DSM-IV Casebook and its Treatment Companion. Les anciennes éditions du DSM sont aussi disponibles. En outre, DSM Library par l'entremise du portail PsychiatryOnline, donne également accès aux APA Practice Guidelines et à plusieurs "Textbooks" de l'APA : Textbook of Psychiatry, Textbook of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Treatments of Psychiatric Disorders, Manual of Clinical Psychopharmacology, etc. Finalement, elle inclut l'accès au texte intégral depuis 1997 aux six périodiques suivants : American Journal of Psychiatry, Psychiatric Services, Academic Psychiatry, Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, Psychosomatics et Psychiatric News.

The experts who developed DSM-IV take you on an entertaining and informative guided tour through DSM-IV. It details how and why DSM-IV developed the way it did and presents a clear road map of the intricacies of the organization of the DSM diagnostic system.An invaluable addition to DSM-IV Library, this book is a succinct reference to ensure that you consider all the important diagnoses that need to be ruled out during a clinical evaluation. It is a great convenience for busy practitioners and a valuable overview for trainees.

The final chapter, titled "Test Yourself," includes a number of complex cases, each accompanied by a brief discussion, which allows the reader to compare notes with the authors.