Study Guide to DSM-5 - Softcover

Laura Weiss Roberts; Alan K. Louie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1585624640 ISBN 13: 9781585624645

Publisher: American Psychiatric Publishing, 2015

Synopsis

The Study Guide to DSM-5 is an indispensable instructional supplement to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition. The Study Guide is intended to assist readers in understanding diagnostic criteria and concepts from DSM-5, as well as how to apply them. Diagnostic categories are made straightforward with learning objectives, an overview narrative, diagnostic pearls, and summary discussion. Then, under the diagnostic category, the reader will find in-depth sections for key diagnoses on Approach to the Diagnosis, Getting the Diagnosis, Diagnostic Variations, Epidemiology, and Differential Diagnosis, complemented by user-friendly diagnostic tips, case vignettes, tables, and summary bullets. Lastly, self-assessment questions, a checklist of key concepts, questions to discuss with colleagues and mentors, case-based question sets, and recommended readings will help readers visualise diagnostic categories as they naturally occur in multidimensional, clinically complex scenarios and teach the diagnostic criteria in a practical, comprehensive, and memorable way.

The Study Guide to DSM-5 is written by recognised leaders in academic psychiatry who provide their expertise in helping the reader to understand how criteria, as words in a manual, come together in the real-life experience of patients. Experts across clinical areas and learners were engaged to help ensure attunement to learner concerns in the book's development. Teachers and students of psychology, psychiatry, social work, medical schools, and registrar programmes will benefit from this interesting and enormously instructive companion volume.

About this title

About the Author

Laura Weiss Roberts, M.D., M.A., is Chairman and Katharine Dexter McCormick and Stanley McCormick Memorial Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, and Editor-in-Chief of Academic Psychiatry. Alan Louie, M.D., is Associate Chair, Professor, and Director of Education, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, and Associate Editor of Academic Psychiatry.

From the Inside Flap

The Study Guide to DSM-5® is an indispensable instructional supplement to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition. The Study Guide is intended to assist readers in understanding diagnostic criteria and concepts from DSM-5®, as well as how to apply them.

Learning objectives introduce each group of chapters to hone critical insights into diagnosis. Foundational concepts of diagnosis are amplified with case vignettes, discussion questions, and recommended reading to enrich knowledge and practice. The gem of this volume, diagnostic classes are made straightforward with overview narratives, summary discussions, and diagnostic pearls. In each diagnostic class, the reader will find in-depth sections for key diagnoses, including approach to the diagnosis, getting the history, tips for clarifying the diagnosis, case vignettes, and differential diagnosis. A self-assessment section for each diagnostic class includes a checklist of key concepts, discussion questions, case-based question sets, and short-answer questions and answers to help readers comprehend diagnoses as they naturally occur in multidimensional, clinically complex scenarios. Lastly, an overview of diagnostic questions that cover material across the Study Guide and DSM-5® provides additional testing of knowledge for the astute learner.

The Study Guide to DSM-5® is written by recognized leaders in academic psychiatry who provide their expertise in helping the reader to understand how criteria, as words in a manual, come together in the real-life experience of patients. Experts across clinical areas and learners were engaged to help ensure attunement to learner concerns in the book's development. Teachers and students of psychiatry, psychology, social work, medical schools, and residency programs will benefit from this interesting and enormously instructive companion volume.

Edition details

• Publisher: American Psychiatric Publishing
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1585624640
• ISBN 13: 9781585624645
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 325