Two key challenges face mental health practitioners: making the correct psychiatric diagnosis and choosing the most appropriate treatment option. This book aims to help with both.
Clinical Guide to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Mental Disorders - Second Edition combines clinically-relevant information about each of theDSM-IV-TR diagnoses with clear, detailed information on treatment options, giving full clinical management advice. Once again, the editors, both leading psychiatrists, have condensed the chapters on Disorders from Tasman et al’s acclaimed two volume textbook of Psychiatry (now in its Third Edition), retaining only the content they deem particularly relevant to the clinician for ease of use.
Each disorder is discussed under the headings of Diagnosis (including Assessment Issues, Comorbidity, Course, and Differential Diagnosis, giving diagnostic decision trees where relevant) and Treatment (listing all therapeutic options, giving practical advice for patient management, summarising treatment specifics with tables and treatment flowcharts).
The original edition established itself as the first point of reference for any clinician or mental health practitioner needing expert advice on therapeutic options for any psychiatric disorder. This edition features an additional chapter on the psychiatric interview and assessment of mental status to increase its utility.
It echoes the progress in psychiatry regarding the establishment of an evidenced-based model of taxonomy, diagnosis, etiology, and treatment. Indeed, from a psychologist's perspective, the equal consideration provided to empirically supported psychosocial treatments versus somatic treatment is a significant development in the field of psychiatry.
Jonathan Weinand in PsycCritiques, the American Psychological Association Review of Books
Preface xxvii Chapter 1 The Psychiatric Interview 1 Chapter 2 Childhood Disorders: Intellectual Disability 17 Chapter 3 Childhood Disorders: Learning and Motor Skills Disorders 31 Chapter 4 Childhood Disorders: Communication Disorders 41 Chapter 5 Childhood Disorders: The Pervasive Developmental Disorders 49 Chapter 6 Childhood Disorders: Attention-Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders 61 Chapter 7 Childhood Disorders: Feeding and Related Disorders of Infancy or Early Childhood 73 Chapter 8 Childhood Disorders: Tic Disorders 81 Chapter 9 Childhood Disorders: Elimination Disorders and Childhood Anxiety Disorders 87 Chapter 10 Stereotypic Movement Disorder and Reactive Attachment Disorder 99 Chapter 11 Delirium, Dementia, and Other Cognitive Disorders 105 Chapter 12 Mental Disorders Due to a General Medical Condition 131 Chapter 13 General Approaches to Substance and Polydrug Use Disorders 145 Chapter 14 Substance-Related Disorders: Alcohol 153 Chapter 15 Substance-Related Disorders: Amphetamine 167 Chapter 16 Substance-Related Disorders: Caffeine 173 Chapter 17 Substance-Related Disorders: Cannabis 181 Chapter 18 Substance-Related Disorders: Cocaine 185 Chapter 19 Substance-Related Disorders: Hallucinogens and MDMA 195 Chapter 20 Substance-Related Disorders: Inhalants 203 Chapter 21 Substance-Related Disorders: Nicotine 211Treatment 214 Chapter 22 Substance-Related Disorders: Opioids 221 Chapter 23 Substance-Related Disorders: Phencyclidine 231 Chapter 24 Substance-Related Disorders: Sedatives, Hypnotics, and Anxiolytics 235 Chapter 25 Schizophrenia and Other Psychoses 245 Chapter 26 Mood Disorders: Depressive Disorders 279 Chapter 27 Mood Disorders: Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder 303 Chapter 28 Mood Disorders: Bipolar Disorder 309 Chapter 29 Anxiety Disorders: Panic Disorder With and Without Agoraphobia 323 Chapter 30 Anxiety Disorders: Social and Specific Phobias 331 Chapter 31 Anxiety Disorders: Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder 347 Chapter 32 Anxiety Disorders: Traumatic Stress Disorders 359 Chapter 33 Anxiety Disorders: Generalized Anxiety Disorder 373 Chapter 34 Somatoform Disorders 383 Chapter 35 Factitious Disorders 409 Chapter 36 Dissociative Disorders 417 Chapter 38 Eating Disorders 443 Chapter 39 Sleep and Sleep–Wake Disorders 453 Chapter 40 Impulse Control Disorders 475 Chapter 41 Adjustment Disorders 489 Chapter 42 Personality Disorders 493 Index 511
Michael B First Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Columbia University and the Psychiatric Institute of New York. He is an expert on the DSM-IV-TR classification and is playing a key role in the development of DSM-V. Allan Tasman Professor and Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Louisville School of Medicine, Kentucky, USA. Professor Tasman is Past President of the American Psychiatric Association and President of the Pacific Rim College of Psychiatrists. He is a world-renowned psychiatric leader and educator and is Secretary for Education of the World Psychiatric Association, responsible for all of the association’s worldwide education programmes and initiatives.
Reviews for Clinical Guide to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Mental Disorders
In my opinion, this book would be worth borrowing from the library in order to read specific chapters of interest; perhaps, the common mental health conditions or a rarity recently encountered in clinic. (Occupational Medicine, 8 March 2011) The main addition to this edition is a useful introductory chapter on the psychiatric interview, with comments on compiling the psychiatric database (which seems to be what used to be called the patient's notes). I was also glad to see rather more mentions of evidence-supported psychological therapies in among the recommended drug treatments than in the previous edition. (Journal of Mental Health, August 2010)
