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 - The closest thing to Diagnostic Guidelines in PsychiatryThis is the full manual that you need to at least be in the ballpark on a diagnosis to help treat your patients with reasonable certainty. With Diagnosis, there is prognosis...and with this book, you can give a patient some relatively confident answers about what they are experiencing. One disadvantage to this full text is that it is large, and there is a lot of verbage. The scaled down desk version or the pocket guide to the DSM IV that you may want to have on rounds. One caviat, this book is a Conscensus between multiple experts and schools of training. The timeframes, symptoms, and criteria for diagnosis are never going to be perfect because patient's do not read this manual. This book does not substitute for clinical judgment and experience. If you see a duck and it quacks, but doesn't fall exactly into a catagory, call it a duck and go from there. Always treat the patient, not book. A must have for a psychologist/psychiatrist/counselour. Rating:  - Still "The" Text We All Know AboutDSM will remain as the bible of psychiatry. Despite its shortcomings, DSM has made it possible for clinicians to talk more objectively about psychiatric illnesses. Now more than ever, people around the globe can actually understand what 'schizophrenia' or 'bipolar disorder' really is. So if you're a trainee or a practising clinician, devour it, master it, enjoy it, and use it. But don't take the criteria too literally. Highly recommended! Rating:  - A Must for Acadeimic StudyThis book is a must have for academic study as well as clinical practice if you believe in diagnosing and labeling everyone. I certainly do not practice in this way, however this is a good resource to have. Hopefully, at some point we will stop labeling and diagnosing and begin treating the whole person. But, if you want to study psychology you need this book and you need the information in it. Rating: - A must-have in your libraryI am a Masters student of Psychology and couldn't imagine studying without this book. It gives a thorough description, as well as other information, about every mental illness imaginable. Rating: - Can't Live Without It: Until The Next-Gen EditionAs a social worker, psychologist, remarried woman, and challenged stepmother, I turn to this book for reasons that are both personal and professional. If you've been away from graduate school for more than four or five years, this book is like returning for a seminar or for a semester. A reminder of what you know; a comprehensive guide to exploring what you have not yet learned. Indispensable. In association with Amazon.com | |