DSM-5 Guidebook: The Essential Companion to the Diagnostic and
Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition is a
user-friendly, supplementary guide for psychiatrists,
psychologists, and other mental health practitioners who need to
know how DSM-5 differs from its predecessor in terms of
organizational structure, diagnostic categories, and the criteria
themselves. While it does not replace the comprehensive and
authoritative DSM-5, it illuminates its content by teaching mental
health professionals how to use the revised diagnostic criteria and
by providing a practical context for its clinical use. The book
offers many valuable features, including: * An historical overview
of the development of the DSM in general, and DSM-5 in particular,
a progression that might be said to mirror the evolution of
psychiatry as a whole. The material on the creation of DSM-5
includes coverage of dimensional assessment, reliability and field
trials, and the controversies that arose during development of
DSM-5.* An indispensable chapter on how to use DSM-5 that addresses
coding, diagnostic certainty, the demise of the multiaxial system,
and the key changes to each diagnostic category.* Full coverage of
the significant reorganization from DSM-IV-TR to DSM-5, which is
designed to incorporate advances in neuroscience, brain imaging and
genetics. Chapters were reordered to reflect scientific advances in
the understanding of psychiatric disorders, and the presumed
etiological and the pathophysiological relationships among them.*
Extensive coverage of the decision to integrate dimensional
measures into DSM-5, which may enhance the clinician's ability to
assess symptom variation and severity and aid in patient
evaluation, treatment decisions, and outcome monitoring. The
various measures are presented and their use discussed.* Finally,
as the authors were not part of the revision process, they offer a
fresh, down-to-earth perspective that will resonate with clinicians
by focusing on the changes that will most significantly impact
clinicians' professional lives. DSM-5 Guidebook provides a roadmap
to the many changes in this living document, DSM-5, and will prove
invaluable to psychiatrists, psychologists, psychiatric nurses,
neurologists, social workers, and all who strive to understand
mental illness as it is conceived today.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
