DSM-IV Sourcebook - Softcover

American Psychiatric Association

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0890420718 ISBN 13: 9780890420713

Publisher: American Psychiatric Press Inc., 1995

Synopsis

The Task Force on DSM-IV and members of the DSM-IV Work Groups have chronicled their efforts and the results in the DSM-IV Sourcebook, which documents the rationale and empirical support for the text and criteria sets presented in DSM-IV. This second of five volumes continues the DSM-IV literature reviews and summarizes the DSM-IV Work Group efforts that led to publication of the DSM-IV Options Book. Each review contains the following six sections: Statement of the IssuesAexplicitly outlines the issues addressed in the review; Significance of the IssuesAframes the importance of each issue and discusses its clinical and empirical significance; MethodsAdocuments the extent to which the reviews were systematic and comprehensive in their coverage of the literature; ResultsAprovides an objective and thorough summary of the findings most relevant to each issue; DiscussionAaddresses the implications of the clinical research findings for DSM-IV; and RecommendationsArecommendations for DSM-IV based on the review of the literature. DSM-IV Sourcebook, Volume 2, presents the reviews for -Mood Disorders -Late Luteal Phase Dysphoric Disorder -Anxiety Disorders -Personality Disorders -Psychiatric System Interface Disorders -Sexual Disorders

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The Task Force on DSM-IV and members of the DSM-IV Work Groups have chronicled their efforts and the results in the DSM-IV Sourcebook, which documents the rationale and empirical support for the text and criteria sets presented in DSM-IV. This second of five volumes continues the DSM-IV literature reviews and summarizes the DSM-IV Work Group efforts that led to publication of the DSM-IV Options Book.

Each review contains the following six sections: Statement of the Issues -- explicitly outlines the issues addressed in the review; Significance of the Issues -- frames the importance of each issue and discusses its clinical and empirical significance; Methods -- documents the extent to which the reviews were systematic and comprehensive in their coverage of the literature; Results -- provides an objective and thorough summary of the findings most relevant to each issue; Discussion -- addresses the implications of the clinical research findings for DSM-IV; and Recommendations -- recommendations for DSM-IV based on the review of the literature.

DSM-IV Sourcebook, Volume 2, presents the reviews for ? Mood Disorders? Late Luteal Phase Dysphoric Disorder? Anxiety Disorders? Personality Disorders? Psychiatric System Interface Disorders? Sexual Disorders

Edition details

• Publisher: American Psychiatric Press Inc.
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0890420718
• ISBN 13: 9780890420713
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 1200