Product Description: Advances in the standardization, precision and thoroughness of psychiatric diagnosis are being supplemented with attention to personalized or ideographic descriptive approaches. This promises not only to enhance the clinician's understanding of a case but to allow a fuller and more effective use of the evolving range of therapeutic possibilities...read more

Product Description: Psychiatric diagnosis is one of the most important topics within the broad field of psychiatry. Clear, accurate definitions of the various disorders are essential for clinicians around the world to be confident that they are classifying patients in the same way, thereby enabling comparisons of treatment regimens and their outcomes...read more

Be Guided by the Evidence... Somatoform disorders are more common than many clinicians realize and are often underdiagnosed and poorly managed. This practical guide provides a comprehensive overview of all somatoform disorders. It aims to enable the mental health practitioner to properly diagnose and manage the disorders as well as to provide the appropriate advice to colleagues of other medical disciplines. Somatoform Disorders offers: * Detailed coverage of the concepts of each disorder: diagnosis, classification, co-morbidities and course and outcome * An outline of clinical, biological and psychosocial research in the area * An overview of clinical management and future perspectives * The unique series format of systematic reviews followed by commentaries Somatoform Disorders is the ninth volume of the WPA Series "Evidence and Experience in Psychiatry. The book is an unbiased and reliable reference point for all psychiatrists, psychologists, mental health nurses and policy makers.

Product Description: Special Topic Issue: Psychopathology 2005, Vol. 38, No. 4 The developments that took place in the last few decades regarding psychiatric diagnosis and classification changed considerably the face of psychiatry, in terms of clinical practice, training and research...read more

Product Description: The United States will no longer have a Caucasian majority in the second half of the 21st century. Evidence shows that misdiagnosis of mental disorders occurs more frequently in minority populations. Thus, the domestic and international utility of DSM-IV and its companions will depend on their suitability for use with various cultures...read more

Product Description: Special Topic Issue: Psychopathology 2002, Vol. 35, No. 2-3 The classification of mental disorders improved greatly in the last decade of the 20th century and now provides a reliable operation tool. The first set of papers in this publication present the views on international classification and diagnosis of the WHO and the APA as well as the results of a large international survey on the usage and perceived value of ICD-10 and related diagnostic systems...read more

Product Description: Special Topic Issue: Psychopathology 1999, Vol. 32, No. 3 Ethics and quality of life are fundamental concepts for exemplary clinical care. This publication emphasizes on three aspects of diagnosing a psychiatric patient which attract attention increasingly: comprehensiveness, ethical orientation and the assessment of quality of life as part of the patient’s perspective...read more

Product Description: Psychiatric epidemiology - the study of the distribution of psychiatric diseases and related factors - has experienced explosive growth in recent years. A key reason for this growth appears to be recent advances in the formulation and assessment of psychiatric cases...read more

Product Description: Unity and Diversity offers a comprehensive overview of psychiatric diagnosis and nosology. Specially commissioned chapters by leading experts representing twenty different developing and developed Western and Eastern countries cover historical roots, recent developments, and current issues...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)