Diagnosing the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders / Rachel Cooper.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cooper, Rachel Valerie, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders.

Mental illness--Classification.

Mental illness.

Mental illness--Diagnosis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (97 p.)

Edition:

5th ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Karnac, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, more commonly known as the DSM, is published by the American Psychiatric Association and aims to list and describe all mental disorders. The publication of DSM-V in 2013 brought many changes. Diagnosing the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is written for all those who wonder whether the DSM-V now classifies the right people in the right way. It is aimed at patients, mental health professionals, and academics with an interest in mental health. Issues addressed include: * What are the main changes that have been made

Contents:

CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; INTRODUCING THE DSM; CHAPTER ONE DSM-5: an overview of changes; CHAPTER TWO Controversies of process: the DSM and the pharmaceutical industry; CHAPTER THREE Controversies of process: transparency and patient involvement; CHAPTER FOUR Issues of content: the birth of a new diagnosis-hoarding disorder; CHAPTER FIVE Issues of content: the changing limits of autistic spectrum disorders; CHAPTER SIX The field trials: DSM-5 and the new crisis of reliability; CHAPTER SEVEN The future; REFERENCES; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 21, 2014).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-429-91267-6

0-429-89844-4

0-429-47367-2

1-78241-170-4

9780429473678

OCLC:

879652035