DSM-IV-TR Guidebook

Designed for the clinician, DSM-IV-TR® Guidebook takes you on an entertaining and informative guided tour through DSM-IV-TR. It details how and why DSM-IV-TR developed the way it did and presents a clear road map of the intricacies of the organization of the DSM system.In this detailed, insightful volume, you will find ? A synopsis of the essential elements of DSM-IV-TR? An annotation that explains and expands on the DSM-IV-TR criteria sets? Hundreds of clinical pearls concerning diagnostic evaluation? An insiders' view of how and why DSM-IV-TR became what it is? A study guide plus 100 multiple -- choice questions to test your DSM-IV-TR knowledge? The historical context and conceptual issues surrounding psychiatric diagnosis