Dsm-Iv-Tr Case Studies: A Clinical Guide to Differential Diagnosis

by Allen Frances

DSM-IV-TR® Case A Clinical Guide to Differential Diagnosis will help the reader gain an understanding of how to use DSM-IV-TR in actual clinical situations. This book, co-authored by Allen Frances, Chair of the Task Force on DSM-IV, translates the clinical concepts and terminology of DSM-IV-TR into vivid three-dimensional examples, to help the clinician take full advantage of the DSM-IV-TR diagnostic criteria. The case studies bring to life the process of differential diagnosis and illustrate how important this process can be for treatment planning. This casebook follows the organizational pattern of DSM-IV-TR and provides examples of the most commonly encountered disorders. For each case, the book provides ? A five-axis DSM-IV-TR diagnosis? A discussion of the most likely differential diagnosis and how to choose among them? A review of treatment options 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. Changes to this edition ? Updated material on psychosocial treatment of ADHD? Updated material on treatment of Alzheimer's disease? More discussion of atypical antipsychotics? Focus on cognitive problems in schizophrenia DSM-IV-TR® Case A Clinical Guide to Differential Diagnosis will help students and clinicians become familiar with the symptoms that make up each DSM-IV-TR diagnosis. A good understanding of, and memory for, the symptoms that define the most commonly encountered diagnoses will improve interviewing and diagnostic techniques. The case studies can serve as easily remembered examples to help the reader recall the criteria sets and will benefit all clinicians who desire to become more comprehensive and accurate interviewers.

Genres: Psychology

408 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2001

About the author

Allen J. Frances (born 1942) is an American psychiatrist.
He is currently Professor and Chairman Emeritus of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University School of Medicine.
He is best known for serving as chair of the American Psychiatric Association task force overseeing the development and revision of the fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV).
Frances is the founding editor of two well-known psychiatric journals: the Journal of Personality Disorders and the Journal of Psychiatric Practice.

Reviews

[Joy Fox]

This was not the best book to accompany the DSM-IV-TR in that the conceptualizations for the cases were vague.

[Emily]

LOVE case studies