DSM-5 Handbook of Differential Diagnosis

First, Michael B. MD

Book Information
Edition:	5th
Publisher:	American Psychiatric Publishing
ISBN:	1-58562-462-4 (1585624624)
ISBN-13:	978-1-58562-462-1 (9781585624621)
New Edition:	1-61537-359-4
Old Edition:	1-58562-054-8
Format:	Handbook
Binding:	Softcover
Copyright:	2014
Publish Date:	11/13
Weight:	1.20 Lbs.
Pages:	325
Carton Quantity:	1
Subject Class:	PSY (Psychiatry and Psychology)
Remarks:	A New Edition of this Title is Available
Doody Star Rating:	3
Return Policy:	Returns accepted up to 12 months provided no other recalls or return restrictions apply.
Table Of Contents:	View
Contributing Authors:	View

Class Specifications
Discipline:	Psychiatry
Subject Definition:	Diagnositc & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Ed.
NLM Class:	WM 34
LC Class:	RC473
Abstract:	Diagnosing patients requires the ability to elicit information from the patient, identify symptoms and recognize patterns, determine possible causes, and then make an accurate diagnosis. Experienced mental health clinicians recognize that differential diagnosis is an art, as well as a science, and welcome tools to assist them. The DSM-5[trademark] Handbook of Differential Diagnosis helps clinicians and students learning the process of psychiatric diagnosis improve their skill in formulating a comprehensive differential diagnosis by providing a variety of approaches, including a six-step diagnostic framework, 29 bottom-up "decision trees," and 66 differential diagnosis tables for use once a tentative diagnosis has been made. The handbook includes the DSM-5[trademark] classification to facilitate coding and to provide an overview of all of the DSM-5[trademark] diagnoses that must be considered in formulating a differential diagnosis. DSM-5[trademark] Handbook of Differential Diagnosis offers a solution to differential diagnosis that recognizes the complexity of human personality and the structural utility of the DSM-5[trademark] classification. Clinicians and students learning psychiatric diagnosis faced with this most crucial task will find this handbook of enormous benefit.