About this title: Known as "DSM-IV", the latest version of this mental health manual features a new coding system compatible with the ICD-10. Based on the results of field trials, a number of criteria sets are simplified for use in clinical settings: somatisation disorder; schizophrenia; generalised anxiety disorder; and antisocial personality disorder. The "DSM-IV ...
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Edition: 4th ed.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780890420621ISBN:0890420629
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Minor wear on cover, chapters are divided into subject dividers. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 886 p. Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Paperback). Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: American Psychiatric Association
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780890420621ISBN:0890420629
Description: Fine. Slight shelf wear with minimal underlining/highlights and notes. Pages are very crisp. Book is NEW GoodwillnyBooks is committed to providing each customer with the highest standard of customer service. You may return new items within 30 days of delivery for a full refund. read more
Edition: 2d ed.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: American Psychiatric Association, Washington
Date Published: 1968
Description: Poor. No dust jacket as issued. Well used, has previous owners name written inside, stamp from institution on inside cover, some notes on one section. Spine intact, . xv, 119 p. 23 cm. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: American Psychiatric Association
Date Published: 1994-01-15
ISBN-13:9780890420621ISBN:0890420629
Description: Fair. Paperback. Just "acceptable"--edge-worn, creased, with markings to the text and prior owner's name on the front and top edge. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: American Psychiatric Association
Date Published: 1994-01-15
ISBN-13:9780890420621ISBN:0890420629
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"The standard reference work for mental health professionals, this is a starting point for trying to understand different diagnoses and conditions. Trends come and go in its pages: at one time, homosexuality was listed as a psychological disorder. Still in all, it is the place to go for a brief yet encyclopedic description of any mental affliction."
"It's some weird, disturbing, awesome hybrid of a useless necessary evil and an insightful meditation on various disorders and differential diagnosis.
It's generally not very useful for kids, even the section on Disorders Usually Diagnosed In Infancy Or Childhood. The DSM is all about differentiation, and the thing about kids is, they're just not all that differentiated yet. I'd like to see more acknowledgement of how disorders in children are, naturally and developmentally, going to be fuzzy around the edges, because kids just aren't cooked yet, and are still fluid.
But then I'll find a ridiculously useful bit on differential diagnosis among psychotic disorders or something that's statistical and insightful.
I don't really like diagnostic categories in most areas, but I do think that some disorders, especially those with a biological component, might have some specific features. And I think if people actually read the DSM, we would never have had that explosion of kids diagnosed as bipolar when 'didn't respond well to ADHD meds' was a more accurate description.
I first bought this one as I was heading off to grad school, opinionated but totally willing to admit that I didn't know much. When the next one comes out (I think I last heard 2012?), I'll be a lot more knowledgeable and probably not much less opinionated. I'm sure I'll have all new rants about the DSM-V."
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