Dsm-IV-Tr(r) Handbook of Differential Diagnosis

by Michael B. First, Allen Frances, Harold Alan Pincus

Book Overview

Written for practitioners and trainees, this handbook provides: the six crucial steps in differential diagnosis that must be considered for each and every patient; 27 decision trees that teach the reader how to go from the most common presenting symptoms to a final diagnosis; 62 differential diagnosis tables, each of which provides a head-to-head comparison of a disorder with its differential diagnostic contenders; and a symptom index for DSM-IV-TR...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1585620548
• ISBN13: 9781585620548
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: American Psychiatric Publishing
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.2"