DSM-5 Clinical Cases - Softcover

John W. Barnhill

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1585624632 ISBN 13: 9781585624638

Publisher: Amer Psychiatric Pub, 2013

Synopsis

DSM-5[trademark] Clinical Cases is a versatile volume designed to be used in a variety of contexts and for an audience that includes teachers, students, and clinicians. A companion to DSM-5[trademark], Clinical Cases brings DSM-5[trademark] to life through engaging narratives of every disorder. Faithful to the new edition, the book emphasizes the diagnostic concerns of severity, dimensionality, culture, age and development, and gender. Each case is presented by an expert who concludes with a discussion of the context of the diagnosis. Anyone interested in understanding the interface between disorder classification and patient diagnosis will find DSM-5[trademark] Clinical Cases compelling, captivating, and enlightening to read.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

DSM-5® Clinical Cases is a versatile volume designed to be used in a variety of contexts and for an audience that includes teachers, students, and clinicians. A companion to DSM-5®, Clinical Cases brings DSM-5® to life through engaging narratives of every disorder. Faithful to the new edition, the book emphasizes the diagnostic concerns of severity, dimensionality, culture, age and development, and gender. Each case is presented by an expert who concludes with a discussion of the context of the diagnosis.

Anyone interested in understanding the interface between disorder classification and patient diagnosis will find DSM-5® Clinical Cases compelling, captivating, and enlightening to read.

About the Author:

John W. Barnhill, M.D., is DeWitt Wallace Senior Scholar and Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Public Health at Weill Cornell Medical College; Chief of the Consultation-Liaison Service at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center; and a faculty member at the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training & Research in New York City.

About this edition

• Publisher: Amer Psychiatric Pub
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1585624632
• ISBN 13: 9781585624638
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 402
• Editor: John W. Barnhill M.D