Clinical Guide to the Diagnosis 2e

Michael B First

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.

Chapter 1 The Psychiatric Interview. Chapter 2 Childhood Disorders: Intellectual Disability. Chapter 3 Childhood Disorders: Learning and Motor Skills Disorders. Chapter 4 Childhood Disorders: Communication Disorders. Chapter 5 Childhood Disorders: The Pervasive Developmental Disorders. Chapter 6 Childhood Disorders: Attention-Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders. Chapter 7 Childhood Disorders: Feeding and Related Disorders of Infancy or Early. Chapter 8 Childhood Disorders: Tic Disorders. Chapter 9 Childhood Disorders: Elimination Disorders and Childhood Anxiety Disorders. Chapter 10 Stereotypic Movement Disorder and Reactive Attachment Disorder. Chapter 11 Delirium, Dementia, and Other Cognitive Disorders. Chapter 12 Mental Disorders Due to a General Medical Condition. Chapter 13 General Approaches to Substance and Polydrug Use Disorders. Chapter 14 Substance-Related Disorders: Alcohol. Chapter 15 Substance-Related Disorders: Amphetamine. Chapter 16 Substance-Related Disorders: Caffeine. Chapter 17 Substance-Related Disorders: Cannabis. Chapter 18 Substance-Related Disorders: Cocaine. Chapter 19 Substance-Related Disorders: Hallucinogens and MDMA. Chapter 20 Substance-Related Disorders: Inhalants. Chapter 21 Substance-Related Disorders: Nicotine. Chapter 22 Substance-Related Disorders: Opioids. Chapter 23 Substance-Related Disorders: Phencyclidine. Chapter 24 Substance-Related Disorders: Sedatives, Hypnotics, and Anxiolytics. Chapter 25 Schizophrenia and Other Psychoses. Chapter 26 Mood Disorders: Depressive Disorders. Chapter 27 Mood Disorders: Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder. Chapter 28 Mood Disorders: Bipolar Disorder. Chapter 29 Anxiety Disorders: Panic Disorder With and Without Agoraphobia. Chapter 30 Anxiety Disorders: Social and Specific Phobias. Chapter 31 Anxiety Disorders: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Chapter 32 Anxiety Disorders: Traumatic Stress Disorders. Chapter 33 Anxiety Disorders: Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Chapter 34 Somatoform Disorders. Chapter 35 Factitious Disorders. Chapter 36 Dissociative Disorders. Chapter 37 Sexual Disorders. Chapter 38 Eating Disorders. Chapter 39 Sleep and Sleep-Wake Disorders. Chapter 40 Impulse Control Disorders. Chapter 41 Adjustment Disorders. Chapter 42 Personality Disorders. Index.