02979nam 2200661Ia 450 991081676620332120200520144314.01-136-32532-81-136-32533-60-203-12106-610.4324/9780203121061(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)99255000000009864620111018d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe bipolar spectrum diagnosis or fad? /by Joel Paris1st ed.New York ;London Routledge20121 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 errorsAffective disordersDiagnosis.Depression, MentalDiagnosis.Manic-depressive illnessDiagnosis.Diagnostic errors.616.895Paris Joel1940-296327MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910816766203321The bipolar spectrum4068535UNINA