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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810098903321

Autore

Taylor Edward H.

Titolo

Assessing, diagnosing, and treating serious mental disorders : a bioecological approach / / Edward H. Taylor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-336-01559-4

0-19-971726-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (409 p.)

Disciplina

616.89

Soggetti

Mental illness - Environmental aspects

Psychology, Pathological

Mental illness

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 at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Assessing, Diagnosing, and Treating Serious Mental Disorders; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Brain, Mind, and Environment; 1 Theoretical Foundations for Treating Bioecological Mental Disorders and Illnesses; 2 The Family as Treatment Partners: Moving Beyond Education and Coping; 3 The Comprehensive Continuous Assessment; 4 Schizophrenia; 5 Major Depressive and Dysthymic Disorders: Introduction and Comparison Between DSM-IV-TR and DSM-5; 6 Bipolar Disorders; 7 Anxiety Disorders; 8 Personality Disorders

9 Child and Adolescent Mental Disorders: An Overview10 Into the Future; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Assessing, Diagnosing, and Treating Serious Mental Disorders uniquely provides information that is useful across mental health, psychopathology, practice, and human behavior and development classes, particularly for psychopathology and advanced mental health practice courses. DSM-IV-TR diagnostic criteria is provided for each mental disorder discussed in the textbook. This book represents a new wave of social work education, focusing on mental disorders as an



interaction among neurobiology, genetics, and ecological social systems. Edward Taylor argues that most all mental disorders have a foun