Caring for the Mind: The Comprehensive Guide to Mental Health - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 0553375113 ISBN 13: 9780553375114

Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, 1996

Synopsis

More than 27 million adults and 7.5 million children in the United States have a diagnosable mental disorder--more than the combined total of people with cancer, heart disease, and lung disorders.  This book is the indispensable guide to mental health and mental disorders that they and their families need.  It offers lucid presentations of these conditions in systematic form: what each is, signs and symptoms, causes, diagnosis, treatment (therapy, medications, self-help), risks and complications, impact on relationships, and prognosis.  Enhancing the book's usefulness are checklists, vivid case histories, and a special feature for each disorder: the diagnostic criteria of the American Psychiatric Association's definitive Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition, known as DSM-IV.



"A treasure house ... this title has no equal in breadth, depth, or timeliness."--Library Journal

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Synopsis

Discusses a range of mental disorders that affect individuals of all ages, describing what they are, signs and symptoms, causes, prognoses, and therapeutic options.

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ion adults and 7.5 million children in the United States have a diagnosable mental disorder--more than the combines total of people with cancer, heart disease, and lung disorders.  Yet the saddest facts is not that so many people are so troubles, but that so few get help.  This volume is a compendium of mental health and mental disorders--and an indispensable guide to what can be done to help.  It offers lucid presentations of these conditions in a systematic format: what each is, how it feels, signs and symptoms, causes, when to seek help, how it is diagnosed, treatments (therapy, medications, self-help), risks and complications, its impact on relationships, and the prognosis.  Each disorder is illuminated by vivid case histories--personal voices--and includes the diagnostic criteria of the American Psychiatric Association's definitive Diagnostic And Statistical Manual Of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (1994), known as DSM-IV Special

Edition details

• Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0553375113
• ISBN 13: 9780553375114
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 875