This edition of this popular text continues as a comprehensive and balanced introduction to general psychiatry for students and practitioners. Updated features include the latest diagnostic algorithms, new nomenclature from DSM-IV, updated coverage of neuroscience and psychopharmacology. Includes extensive clinical vignettes and case summaries.
Given that psychology/psychiatry is constantly changing, and with the advent of the DSM-V and the notion that the manual is no longer the "bible" on diagnosis but more of a guidebook, this book will strike readers as antiquated to be frank. Of course it is a "review" so it is expected. I honestly picked it up as a bargain bin library book while in college. In short, only use it as a springboard for those interested in reading up on psychiatric diagnosis.