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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456616203321

Autore

North Carol S

Titolo

Goodwin and Guze's psychiatric diagnosis [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2010

ISBN

1-282-36752-8

9786612367526

0-19-972257-9

Edizione

[6th ed. /]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (431 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

YutzySean H

GoodwinDonald W

Disciplina

616.89

Soggetti

Mental illness

Mental illness - Diagnosis

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Looking Back; Looking Forward; 1. Evolution of Psychiatric Diagnosis; 2. Mood (Affective) Disorders; 3. Schizophrenic Disorders; 4. Panic Disorder and Phobias; 5. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; 6. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder; 7. Eating Disorders; 8. Somatization Disorder (Hysteria); 9. Antisocial Personality (Sociopathy); 10. Borderline Personality Disorder; 11. Alcoholism; 12. Drug Dependence; 13. Delirium and Dementia (Acute and Chronic Brain Syndromes); 14. The Psychiatric Evaluation; Index

Sommario/riassunto

With two new lead authors, the sixth edition of Psychiatric Diagnosis continues its thirty-five year tradition of providing a clear, critical and well-documented overview of major psychiatric syndromes, with minimum inclusion of unwieldy theories or clinical opinions. Medical students and psychiatric residents will continue to find this new edition to be a unique guide to the field-a volume that concisely yet comprehensively dissects major psychiatric disorders. Well-known for providing a thorough yet concise view of the natural history of basic psychiatric disorders, this popular text has bee