Overview

The Intelligent Clinician's Guide to the DSM-5® is the second edition of the widely-read book first published in 2013. This second edition is thoroughly revised, and has several new chapters describing the response to the publication of the new manual, as well as suggestions on its use in clinical practice.The Intelligent Clinician's Guide to the DSM-5®, Second Edition reviews the history of diagnosis in psychiatry, emphasizing the limitations for classification of our current lack of knowledge of the causes of most mental disorders. It emphasizes that, in the absence of biomarkers, current categories can only be considered provisional. It takes a critical look at schema for spectra and dimensionaliztion of diagnosis, examines the borders between normality and psychopathology, and discusses the problem of clinical utility. The book has chapters on all the major diagnoses in psychiatry, in which the main problems of diagnosis are addressed, and in which all changes in DSM-5 are described.

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Author:   Joel Paris (Professor of Psychiatry, Professor of Psychiatry, McGill University School of Medicine, Montreal)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 20.80cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 13.70cm
Weight:   0.363kg
ISBN:  

9780199395095

ISBN 10:   0199395098
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   02 April 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Part I: Diagnostic Principles Chapter 1-Introduction Chapter 2-The history of diagnosis in psychiatry Chapter 3-How diagnostic manuals are made Chapter 4-What is and is not a mental disorder Chapter 5-Diagnostic validity Chapter 6-Dimensionality Chapter 7-Clinical utility Part II: Specific Diagnoses Chapter 8-Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychoses Chapter 9-Bipolar and related disorders Chapter 10-Depressive disorders Chapter 11-Anxiety disorders, trauma, and the OCD spectrum Chapter 12-- Substance abuse, eating, and sexual disorders Chapter 13-Neurodevelopmental and disruptive behavioral disorders Chapter 14-Personality disorders Chapter 15--Other diagnostic groups Part III--Overview Chapter 16-Responses to DSM-5 Chapter 17-DSM-5 in practice Chapter 18-A guide for the perplexed

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"""[T]his is an excellent critique of the DSM-5 that astutely assesses the shortcomings as well as improvements of this latest DSM."" --Doody's"

[T]his is an excellent critique of the DSM-5 that astutely assesses the shortcomings as well as improvements of this latest DSM. --Doody's [T]his is an excellent critique of the DSM-5 that astutely assesses the shortcomings as well as improvements of this latest DSM. --Doody's

[T]his is an excellent critique of the DSM-5 that astutely assesses the shortcomings as well as improvements of this latest DSM. --Doody's

Author Information

Dr. Joel Paris was born in New York City, but has spent most of his life in Canada. Dr. Paris' research interest is in borderline personality disorder. Dr. Paris has 193 peer-reviewed articles, and is the author of 17 books and 40 book chapters. Dr. Paris is an educator who has has won awards for his teaching.

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