Essentials of psychiatric diagnosis : responding to the challenge of DSM-5 / Allen Frances.
"This book provides a concise and user-friendly guide to more accurate diagnosis and coding. It offers: - One or more screening questions for each disorder. - Clear prototypal descriptions of the mental disorders rather than complex and cumbersome criteria sets that are often ignored. - The mos...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Guilford Press,
[2013]
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| Edition: | Revised edition. |
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| Online Access: | Click here to view this book |
| Summary: | "This book provides a concise and user-friendly guide to more accurate diagnosis and coding. It offers: - One or more screening questions for each disorder. - Clear prototypal descriptions of the mental disorders rather than complex and cumbersome criteria sets that are often ignored. - The most crucial differential diagnoses that must be ruled out for each disorder. - Diagnostic tips--everything I have learned through 40 years of seeing patients, supervising, and preparing DSM III, DSM IIIR, and DSM IV. - The required ICD-9 codes for each disorder. - Cautions to reduce diagnostic inflation and counter the influence of fad diagnosing. - Cautions on questionable aspects of DSM-5"--Provided by publisher. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xx, 218 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1462513697 9781462513697 |