Offering an up-to-date perspective on the complexity of mental illness, Psychotic Disorders: Using Co-Morbidity Diagnoses to Enhance Treatment provides unique insight by presenting schizophrenia and psychosis as a cormorbid disorders. Comprehensive coverage of the five comorbidity subtypes includes everything from definitions of the comorbidity syndrome (with DSM-5 criteria) and how to interview to specific symptoms for the psychotic diagnosis, diagnosis, and treatment. This first-of-its-kind reference is a valuable clinical resource for psychiatrists, neurologists, neuropsychiatrists, psychologists, and clinicians in training, as well as a useful tool for exam review. Reflects current research, diagnosis, and treatment options for schizophrenia and other disorders including anxiety, panic, and obsessive disorders. Reviews the diagnosis-specific significance and roles of dopamine, hypofrontality, trauma, and genetics. Highlights the secondary signs and symptoms of comorbidity alone and in conjunction with psychosis. Covers treatment options including medication, psychotherapy, course, improved outcome, and timespan. Includes sample patient interview questions and biological tests for each diagnosis.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., an admired physician and writer from New England, challenged the unspoken assumption that drugs are potentially useful unless proven otherwise (in his days, the challenge was homeopathy) and suggested instead ...
Mental disorders: diagnostic and statistical manual
With a concluding section of forward perspectives conjecturing future directions and related challenges, this book aspires to stimulate new knowledge, generate novel frameworks, and carry new directions forward on psychotic disorders.
The definitive treatment textbook in psychiatry, this fifth edition of Gabbard's Treatments of Psychiatric Disorders has been thoroughly restructured to reflect the new DSM-5® categories, preserving its value as a state-of-the-art resource ...
This book contains the critical disorder-specific content from these four titles: • Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5®) • DSM-5® Clinical Cases • DSM-5® Self-Exam Questions • DSM-5® ...
This book is the first major attempt to bring together the diseases that produce what has been termed 'secondary schizophrenia'.
This is a wide scope and in-depth coverage of the state of the art and future directions in drug discovery for major psychiatric disorders.
"These cases exemplify the mental disorders categorized in the DSM-[tm].
With relatable clinical vignettes that illustrate the applicability of each chapter’s content, as well as key chapter points that summarize major themes, Marijuana and Mental Health is the definitive, single source of comprehensive ...
Most of us know someone who suffers from a mental illness. This book helps those who may be struggling with mental health problems, as well as those who want to help others achieve mental health and well-being.