02961oam 2200649I 450 991045216400332120200520144314.01-136-32533-60-203-12106-610.4324/9780203121061 (CKB)2550000000098646(EBL)957075(OCoLC)798532603(SSID)ssj0000622613(PQKBManifestationID)11350909(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000622613(PQKBWorkID)10643016(PQKB)11105005(MiAaPQ)EBC957075(Au-PeEL)EBL957075(CaPaEBR)ebr10542209(CaONFJC)MIL760974(OCoLC)860523103(EXLCZ)99255000000009864620180706d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe bipolar spectrum diagnosis or fad? /Joel ParisNew York, N.Y. :Routledge,2012.1 online resource (121 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-138-11716-1 0-415-89181-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexIn 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 biAffective disordersDiagnosisDepression, MentalDiagnosisManic-depressive illnessDiagnosisDiagnostic errorsElectronic books.Affective disordersDiagnosis.Depression, MentalDiagnosis.Manic-depressive illnessDiagnosis.Diagnostic errors.616.895Paris Joel1940-,296327MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452164003321The bipolar spectrum1909709UNINA