Clinical Guide to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Mental Disorders

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

Two key challenges face mental health practitioners: making thecorrect psychiatric diagnosis and choosing the most appropriatetreatment option. This book aims to help with both.Clinical Guide to the Diagnosis and Treatment of MentalDisorders - Second Edition combines clinically-relevantinformation about each of theDSM-IV-TR diagnoses with cleardetailed information on treatment options, giving full clinicalmanagement advice. Once again, the editors, both leadingpsychiatrists, have condensed the chapters on Disorders from Tasmanet al's acclaimed two volume textbook of Psychiatry(now in its Third Edition), retaining only the content they deemparticularly relevant to the clinician for ease of use.Each disorder is discussed under the headings of Diagnosis(including Assessment Issues, Comorbidity, Course, and DifferentialDiagnosis, giving diagnostic decision trees where relevant) andTreatment (listing all therapeutic options, giving practical advicefor patient management, summarising treatment specifics with tablesand treatment flowcharts).The original edition established itself as the first point ofreference for any clinician or mental health practitioner needingexpert advice on therapeutic options for any psychiatric disorder.This edition features an additional chapter on the psychiatricinterview and assessment of mental status to increase itsutility.It echoes the progress in psychiatry regarding the establishmentof an evidenced-based model of taxonomy, diagnosis, etiology, andtreatment. Indeed, from a psychologist's perspective, the equalconsideration provided to empirically supported psychosocialtreatments versus somatic treatment is a significant development inthe field of psychiatry.Jonathan Weinand in PsycCritiques, the American PsychologicalAssociation Review of Books

Preface xxviiChapter 1 The Psychiatric Interview 1Chapter 2 Childhood Disorders: Intellectual Disability 17Chapter 3 Childhood Disorders: Learning and Motor Skills Disorders 31Chapter 4 Childhood Disorders: Communication Disorders 41Chapter 5 Childhood Disorders: The Pervasive Developmental Disorders 49Chapter 6 Childhood Disorders: Attention-Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders 61Chapter 7 Childhood Disorders: Feeding and Related Disorders of Infancy or Early Childhood 73Chapter 8 Childhood Disorders: Tic Disorders 81Chapter 9 Childhood Disorders: Elimination Disorders and Childhood Anxiety Disorders 87Chapter 10 Stereotypic Movement Disorder and Reactive Attachment Disorder 99Chapter 11 Delirium, Dementia, and Other Cognitive Disorders 105Chapter 12 Mental Disorders Due to a General Medical Condition 131Chapter 13 General Approaches to Substance and Polydrug Use Disorders 145Chapter 14 Substance-Related Disorders: Alcohol 153Chapter 15 Substance-Related Disorders: Amphetamine 167Chapter 16 Substance-Related Disorders: Caffeine 173Chapter 17 Substance-Related Disorders: Cannabis 181Chapter 18 Substance-Related Disorders: Cocaine 185Chapter 19 Substance-Related Disorders: Hallucinogens and MDMA 195Chapter 20 Substance-Related Disorders: Inhalants 203Chapter 21 Substance-Related Disorders: Nicotine 211Treatment 214Chapter 22 Substance-Related Disorders: Opioids 221Chapter 23 Substance-Related Disorders: Phencyclidine 231Chapter 24 Substance-Related Disorders: Sedatives, Hypnotics, and Anxiolytics 235Chapter 25 Schizophrenia and Other Psychoses 245Chapter 26 Mood Disorders: Depressive Disorders 279Chapter 27 Mood Disorders: Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder 303Chapter 28 Mood Disorders: Bipolar Disorder 309Chapter 29 Anxiety Disorders: Panic Disorder With and Without Agoraphobia 323Chapter 30 Anxiety Disorders: Social and Specific Phobias 331Chapter 31 Anxiety Disorders: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder 347Chapter 32 Anxiety Disorders: Traumatic Stress Disorders 359Chapter 33 Anxiety Disorders: Generalized Anxiety Disorder 373Chapter 34 Somatoform Disorders 383Chapter 35 Factitious Disorders 409Chapter 36 Dissociative Disorders 417Chapter 38 Eating Disorders 443Chapter 39 Sleep and Sleep-Wake Disorders 453Chapter 40 Impulse Control Disorders 475Chapter 41 Adjustment Disorders 489Chapter 42 Personality Disorders 493Index 511