Advancing DSM : dilemmas in psychiatric diagnosis / edited by Katharine A. Phillips, Michael B. First, Harold Alan Pincus.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Phillips, Katharine A.

First, Michael B., 1956-

Pincus, Harold Alan, 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mental illness--Classification.

Mental illness.

Mental illness--Diagnosis.

Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders.

Mental Disorders--diagnosis.

Psychiatry--trends.

Medical Subjects:

Mental Disorders--diagnosis.

Psychiatry--trends.

Physical Description:

xxviii, 236 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : American Psychiatric Association, [2003]

Summary:

In this book, leading clinicians and researchers present diagnostic dilemmas from clinical practice that are intriguing, controversial, unresolved, and remarkable in their theoretical and scientific complexity. Chapters present a specific case study of a disorder or an area of diagnosis that illuminates the need for a revised diagnostic system. Chapter by chapter, Advancing DSM raises important, clinically relevant questions about the nature of diagnosis under the current DSM system and recommends new approaches.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0890422931

OCLC:

50155270