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| If you need help applying DSM-IV criteria in clinical practice, this book is for you. It takes you step-by-step through the diagnostic process for every DSM-IV category, showing you how to derive a complete, five-axis diagnosis. Vivid clinical vignettes and informed commentary add up to a full course in diagnostic thinking. |
| The case vignettes serve as the principal teaching tool. More than 100 detailed case histories give you a genuine sense of every mental disorder that occurs in adults. Following each of these, the author indicates the most likely diagnosis, explaining how the patient fits the criteria and why other diagnoses are unlikely. Coding notes supply additional information about coding, subtypes, and specifiers when relevant. |
| Indispensable for clinical practice and licensing exam preparation, this book is also an ideal teaching text. 594 pp. |
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