The bipolar spectrum : diagnosis or fad? / by Joel Paris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Paris, Joel, 1940-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Affective disorders--Diagnosis.

Affective disorders.

Depression, Mental--Diagnosis.

Depression, Mental.

Bipolar disorder--Diagnosis.

Bipolar disorder.

Diagnostic errors.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (121 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York ; London : Routledge, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the 1970s, author Joel Paris was one of the first doctors in his hospital to prescribe lithium to a psychiatric patient. In the wake of the drug's success, both in that case and countless others, why this book? As Dr. Paris' historical examination of bipolar diagnosis and critique of the spectrum demonstrates, medicine has often been prone to fads that are assumed correct until proven wrong by science. This book opens discussion about the overdiagnosis of bipolar disorder and the negative impact of this development on clinical care. Dr. Paris explores why patients are being classified as bi

Contents:

Cover; The Bipolar Spectrum : Diagnosis or Fad?; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Part I : Concepts; 1. The Bipolar Diagnosis; 2. "Diagnostic Creep" in the Bipolar Spectrum; 3. Affective Instability; Part II : Disorders; 4. Differential Diagnosis of Unstable Mood; 5. Bipolarity and Personality Disorders; 6. Bipolarity and Childhood Behavioral Disorders; Part III : Implications; 7. How Psychiatric Fads Develop; 8. The Impact of Overdiagnosis; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-136-32532-8

1-136-32533-6

0-203-12106-6

9780203121061

OCLC:

798532603