Child and Adolescent Psychological Disorders: A Comprehensive Textbook (Oxford Clinical Psychology) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195099613 ISBN 13: 9780195099614

Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc, 1999

Synopsis

In May of 1994, The American Psychiatric Association published DSM-IV, the most recent version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. DSM-IV is the primary diagnostic reference for mental health professionals in psychiatry, psychology, social work, and nursing. It provides brief descriptions of mental disorders in terms of their primary and associated features, age at onset, typical course, level of impairment, predisposing factors, complications, prevalence, sex ratio, and familial pattern. And although DSM-IV is one of the primary training and reference tools for mental health professionals, its scope and utility are limited. It is designed to be a diagnostic manual and, therefore, contains little regarding treatment - the next step after diagnosis. This reference/textbook will bring together experts from both clinical psychology and psychiatry to write chapters on each of the child and adolescent disorders. It will mirror the organization of the DSM-IV but go beyond a listing of diagnostic criteria, addressing what to do after the diagnosis is made. Each chapter will review the research on each disorder, offering a critique of the DSM-IV criteria, and will provide assessment strategies and treatment recomendation.

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Review

"A valuable reference source."--Dr. Don Nichols, Oakland Community College "Comprehensive and complete."--Susan Rudolph, Adler School of Professional Psychology Noted in Annals RCPSC, Vol 33, No. 7, October 2000

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195099613
• ISBN 13: 9780195099614
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 624
• Editor: Netherton, Holmes, Walker