DSM-IV Sourcebook: v. 3 - Hardcover

American Psychiatric Association

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0890420734 ISBN 13: 9780890420737

Publisher: American Psychiatric Press Inc., 1996

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 third of four volumes concludes 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 3, presents the reviews for -Disorders Usually First Diagnosed in Infancy, Childhood, or Adolescence -Eating Disorders -The DSM-IV Multiaxial System -Family Relational Problems -Cultural Issues for DSM-IV

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Review:

"The book is a valuable reference guide for readers specifically wanting to research the nosological aspects of a particular diagnosis or an element of the DSM-IV.... This book, like the remainder in the series, does form a good reference source. The reference list and clear condensation of the literature are the strengths of this compilation."-- "Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry" "This "Sourcebook" gives a revealing description of the logic, the methodology, and the work activities of the people who developed the DSM system.... I recommend this book highly."-- "Contemporary Psychology"

About this edition

• Publisher: American Psychiatric Press Inc.
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0890420734
• ISBN 13: 9780890420737
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 912