DSM-IV Guidebook

Abstract

This guidebook provides a comprehensive tour through Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-IV (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. In this . . . volume, the clinician will find: an easy-to-use summary of the changes from Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-III-Revised (DSM-III-R) to DSM-IV; detailed descriptions and explanations of DSM-IV diagnoses; a discussion of the historical and social context for DSM-IV; a special chapter discussing the increasingly important differential between primary mental disorders and disorders due to substance use or a general medical condition [and] hundreds of clinical pearls concerning diagnostic assessment. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)