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Essentials of Psychiatric Diagnosis : Responding to the Challenge of DSM-5® by Allen Frances (2013, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherGuilford Publications
ISBN-101462513484
ISBN-139781462513482
eBay Product ID (ePID)168207631
Product Key Features
Number of Pages218 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameEssentials of Psychiatric Diagnosis : Responding to the Challenge of Dsm-5®
Publication Year2013
SubjectSocial Work, Psychopathology / General, Diagnosis, Psychiatry / General
FeaturesRevised
TypeTextbook
AuthorAllen Frances
Subject AreaSocial Science, Psychology, Medical
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight11.6 Oz
Item Length8.9 in
Item Width5.9 in
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Edition Number2
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
ReviewsThis book does not follow the organizational structure found in the DSM-5. Instead, it presents disorders roughly in the order of their frequency of being encountered in clinical practice, which does, in my opinion, make the book more interesting and useful....I can see using this book as a useful secondary text in teaching master of social work (MSW) students about using the DSM....Supplementing...with Frances's Essentials of Psychiatric Diagnosis will greatly help in developing a clinical social worker's diagnostic skills....We need to learn the DSM-5 and learn to use it well. Allen Frances's Essentials of Psychiatric Diagnosis can be a very useful tool to help us achieve this goal of professional social work education., "This is a very worthwhile book that highlights concerns about DSM-5 that many will share."-- Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, Much of the value of this book rests not only in its critical assessment of the DSM-5 but of psychiatric diagnosis in general....This is an important book. It is concise and readable. It adds clinical insight coupled with many years of experience to the somewhat dry task of explaining all of the currently 'in vogue' criteria defining mental illnesses. Frances is forthcoming and candid. Where he sees common sense being utilized, he provides praise. Where he believes steps have been taken that are questionable, he clearly provides his input. While one would like to believe that there are no politics in diagnosis, this book puts that conception to rest. Frances has succeeded in his goals. He has taken the very difficult task of 'shrinking' the DSM-5 into a focused and readable commentary and explanation. He also provides the corresponding ICD-10 (International Classification of Disease) codes that are parallel to the DSM....For many, when faced with the choice between buying the DSM-5 from the American Psychiatric Association or buying Frances's version, buying this book may be a realistic and, no doubt, less expensive alternative., "The book is for anyone interested in psychiatric diagnosis, and the author specifically mentions that the book will assist busy primary care doctors to be directed toward an accurate diagnosis. As a director of behavioral medicine for a family medicine residency, I see value in the book for physicians as the author mentions as well that it is a quick reference....I would especially recommend this work to other behavioral scientists working in family medicine. It provides some key teaching points for students and residents....Dr. Frances is not one for superficial rambling, and he gets to the points that need to be made in this book....The wisdom that is derived by the experience of a master clinician in psychiatry comes through its pages."-- Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, "This volume should head the list of user-friendly guides to psychiatric diagnosis. Frances draws on his considerable experience and contributions, such as heading the DSM-IV Task Force, to produce a work that will be indispensable for primary care clinicians and all professionals and students in mental health care. The guide contains screening questions, prototypic case descriptions, ICD-9-CM codes, and specific cautionary statements to reduce diagnostic inflation and raise concerns about aspects of DSM-5. The material is handled with sensitivity and compassion, with the patient's best interests always the central consideration. This book is a welcome arrival at a time when recent trends in diagnosis are increasingly attracting controversy. I will be using this excellent guide in my own work and will recommend it to my students and colleagues." - Adrian Wells, University of Manchester, United Kingdom "This easy-to-read, commonsensical handbook guides mental health clinicians through the thicket of differential diagnosis in psychiatry. Frances--a thoughtful and effective critic of the excesses of DSM-5--shows where diagnosis is valid and essential, and where a premature diagnosis or a diagnostic fad has the potential to hurt patients. Everyone who uses diagnosis in daily practice will benefit from the down-to-earth wisdom of this book." - Joel Paris, MD, McGill University, Canada "With his clinical expertise, leadership roles in prior DSM editions, and healthy skepticism about overdiagnosis and excessive medication, Frances has crafted a clinical gem. This clear and concise book describes a sequential assessment process and provides screening questions, easily remembered prototypic descriptions, differential diagnostic considerations, and cautionary notes about diagnostic traps. Frances recognizes the need for a diagnosis to guide intervention, while steering clear of diagnostic reification. All clinicians need this book for frequent reference, and it should be a required text in mental health training programs." - John F. Clarkin, PhD,New York Presbyterian Hospital, USA, This book does not follow the organizational structure found in the DSM-5. Instead, it presents disorders roughly in the order of their frequency of being encountered in clinical practice, which does, in my opinion, make the book more interesting and useful….I can see using this book as a useful secondary text in teaching master of social work (MSW) students about using the DSM….Supplementing…with Frances's Essentials of Psychiatric Diagnosis will greatly help in developing a clinical social worker's diagnostic skills….We need to learn the DSM-5 and learn to use it well. Allen Frances's Essentials of Psychiatric Diagnosis can be a very useful tool to help us achieve this goal of professional social work education., "This volume should head the list of user-friendly guides to psychiatric diagnosis. Frances draws on his considerable experience and contributions, such as heading the DSM-IV Task Force, to produce a work that will be indispensable for primary care clinicians and all professionals and students in mental health care. The guide contains screening questions, prototypic case descriptions, ICD-9-CM codes, and specific cautionary statements to reduce diagnostic inflation and raise concerns about aspects of DSM-5. The material is handled with sensitivity and compassion, with the patient's best interests always the central consideration. This book is a welcome arrival at a time when recent trends in diagnosis are increasingly attracting controversy. I will be using this excellent guide in my own work and will recommend it to my students and colleagues." - Adrian Wells, University of Manchester, United Kingdom "This easy-to-read, commonsensical handbook guides mental health clinicians through the thicket of differential diagnosis in psychiatry. Frances--a thoughtful and effective critic of the excesses of DSM-5--shows where diagnosis is valid and essential, and where a premature diagnosis or a diagnostic fad has the potential to hurt patients. Everyone who uses diagnosis in daily practice will benefit from the down-to-earth wisdom of this book." - Joel Paris, MD, McGill University, Canada "With his clinical expertise, leadership roles in prior DSM editions, and healthy skepticism about overdiagnosis and excessive medication, Frances has crafted a clinical gem. This clear and concise book describes a sequential assessment process and provides screening questions, easily remembered prototypic descriptions, differential diagnostic considerations, and cautionary notes about diagnostic traps. Frances recognizes the need for a diagnosis to guide intervention, while steering clear of diagnostic reification. All clinicians need this book for frequent reference, and it should be a required text in mental health training programs." - John F. Clarkin, PhD,New York Presbyterian Hospital, USA "This uncluttered, visually appealing guide will assist all primary care physicians in the care of patients with psychiatric illnesses." - Elizabeth S. White, MD, internist, Settlement Health, New York City, "This book does not follow the organizational structure found in the DSM-5. Instead, it presents disorders roughly in the order of their frequency of being encountered in clinical practice, which does, in my opinion, make the book more interesting and useful….I can see using this book as a useful secondary text in teaching master of social work (MSW) students about using the DSM….Supplementing…with Frances's Essentials of Psychiatric Diagnosis will greatly help in developing a clinical social worker's diagnostic skills….We need to learn the DSM-5 and learn to use it well. Allen Frances's Essentials of Psychiatric Diagnosis can be a very useful tool to help us achieve this goal of professional social work education."-- Research on Social Work Practice, "This book does not follow the organizational structure found in the DSM-5. Instead, it presents disorders roughly in the order of their frequency of being encountered in clinical practice, which does, in my opinion, make the book more interesting and useful....I can see using this book as a useful secondary text in teaching master of social work (MSW) students about using the DSM....Supplementing...with Frances' Essentials of Psychiatric Diagnosis will greatly help in developing a clinical social worker's diagnostic skills....We need to learn the DSM-5 and learn to use it well. Allen Frances' Essentials of Psychiatric Diagnosis can be a very useful tool to help us achieve this goal of professional social work education."-- Research on Social Work Practice, "[This work] represents the kind of valuable clinical wisdom that one accumulates after years of diagnostic experience....Clinical pearls focus in particular on the fuzzy boundaries and grey areas between threshold diagnoses and non-diagnostic problems of living, as well as Dr. Frances's concerns about diagnostic inflation in psychiatry."-- Psychiatric Times, [This work] represents the kind of valuable clinical wisdom that one accumulates after years of diagnostic experience....Clinical pearls focus in particular on the fuzzy boundaries and grey areas between threshold diagnoses and non-diagnostic problems of living, as well as Dr. Frances's concerns about diagnostic inflation in psychiatry., The book is well organized....[It] is useful to school social workers....Although the new DSM-5 uses ICD10 codes, with the help of Frances's book, a school social worker will be able to recognize codes that may be included on a psychiatrist's report., The book is for anyone interested in psychiatric diagnosis, and the author specifically mentions that the book will assist busy primary care doctors to be directed toward an accurate diagnosis. As a director of behavioral medicine for a family medicine residency, I see value in the book for physicians as the author mentions as well that it is a quick reference....I would especially recommend this work to other behavioral scientists working in family medicine. It provides some key teaching points for students and residents....Dr. Frances is not one for superficial rambling, and he gets to the points that need to be made in this book....The wisdom that is derived by the experience of a master clinician in psychiatry comes through its pages., "This book does not follow the organizational structure found in the DSM-5. Instead, it presents disorders roughly in the order of their frequency of being encountered in clinical practice, which does, in my opinion, make the book more interesting and useful….I can see using this book as a useful secondary text in teaching master of social work (MSW) students about using the DSM….Supplementing…with Frances' Essentials of Psychiatric Diagnosis will greatly help in developing a clinical social worker's diagnostic skills….We need to learn the DSM-5 and learn to use it well. Allen Frances' Essentials of Psychiatric Diagnosis can be a very useful tool to help us achieve this goal of professional social work education."-- Research on Social Work Practice, "This volume should head the list of user-friendly guides to psychiatric diagnosis. Frances draws on his considerable experience and contributions, such as heading the DSM-IV Task Force, to produce a work that will be indispensable for primary care clinicians and all professionals and students in mental health care. The guide contains screening questions, prototypic case descriptions, ICD-9-CM codes, and specific cautionary statements to reduce diagnostic inflation and raise concerns about aspects of DSM-5. The material is handled with sensitivity and compassion, with the patient's best interests always the central consideration. This book is a welcome arrival at a time when recent trends in diagnosis are increasingly attracting controversy. I will be using this excellent guide in my own work and will recommend it to my students and colleagues." - Adrian Wells, University of Manchester, United Kingdom "This easy-to-read, commonsensical handbook guides mental health clinicians through the thicket of differential diagnosis in psychiatry. Francese"a thoughtful and effective critic of the excesses of DSM-5e"shows where diagnosis is valid and essential, and where a premature diagnosis or a diagnostic fad has the potential to hurt patients. Everyone who uses diagnosis in daily practice will benefit from the down-to-earth wisdom of this book." - Joel Paris, MD, McGill University, Canada "With his clinical expertise, leadership roles in prior DSM editions, and healthy skepticism about overdiagnosis and excessive medication, Frances has crafted a clinical gem. This clear and concise book describes a sequential assessment process and provides screening questions, easily remembered prototypic descriptions, differential diagnostic considerations, and cautionary notes about diagnostic traps. Frances recognizes the need for a diagnosis to guide intervention, while steering clear of diagnostic reification. All clinicians need this book for frequent reference, and it should be a required text in mental health training programs." - John F. Clarkin, PhD,New York Presbyterian Hospital, USA "This uncluttered, visually appealing guide will assist all primary care physicians in the care of patients with psychiatric illnesses." - Elizabeth S. White, MD, internist, Settlement Health, New York City, This book does not follow the organizational structure found in the DSM-5. Instead, it presents disorders roughly in the order of their frequency of being encountered in clinical practice, which does, in my opinion, make the book more interesting and useful....I can see using this book as a useful secondary text in teaching master of social work (MSW) students about using the DSM....Supplementing...with Frances's Essentials of Psychiatric Diagnosis will greatly help in developing a clinical social worker's diagnostic skills....We need to learn the DSM-5 and learn to use it well. Allen Frances's Essentials of Psychiatric Diagnosis can be a very useful tool to help us achieve this goal of professional social work education.
Edition DescriptionRevised edition
Table Of Content1. How to Use This Book 2. Disorders Usually First Diagnosed in Childhood and Adolescence 3. Depressive Disorders 4. Bipolar Disorders 5. Anxiety Disorders 6. Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders 7. Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders 8. Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders 9. Substance-Related Disorders and Behavioral Addictions 10. Neurocognitive Disorders 11. Personality Disorders 12. Impulse Control Disorders 13. Eating Disorders 14. Sleep-Wake Disorders 15. Sexual and Gender Issues 16. Disorders Related to Physical Symptoms 17. Dissociative Disorders 18. Codes for Conditions That May Be a Focus of Clinical Attention but Are Not Mental Disorders Appendix. Crosswalk to ICD-10 Codes Resources for Codes
SynopsisThis trusted practitioner resource and text helps the busy clinician find the right psychiatric diagnosis and avoid the many pitfalls that lead to errors. Covering every disorder routinely encountered in clinical practice, Allen Frances provides the ICD-9-CM codes and (where feasible) ICD-10-CM codes required for billing, a useful screening question, a descriptive prototype, diagnostic tips, and other disorders that must be ruled out. Frances was instrumental in the development of past editions of DSM and provides helpful cautions on questionable aspects of DSM-5. An index of common presenting symptoms lists possible diagnoses that must be considered for each. The Appendix (which can also be accessed at the companion website) features a Crosswalk to ICD-10-CM codes., This trusted practitioner resource and widely adopted text helps the busy clinician find the right psychiatric diagnosis and avoid the many pitfalls that lead to errors. Covering every disorder routinely encountered in clinical practice, Allen Frances provides the ICD-9-CM codes and (where feasible) ICD-10-CM codes required for billing, a useful ......, This trusted practitioner resource and widely adopted text helps the busy clinician find the right psychiatric diagnosis and avoid the many pitfalls that lead to errors. Covering every disorder routinely encountered in clinical practice, Allen Frances provides the ICD-9-CM codes and (where feasible) ICD-10-CM codes required for billing, a useful screening question, a descriptive prototype, diagnostic tips, and other disorders that must be ruled out. Frances was instrumental in the development of past editions of DSM and provides helpful cautions on questionable aspects of DSM-5. An index of common presenting symptoms lists possible diagnoses that must be considered for each. The Appendix (which can also be accessed at the companion website) features a Crosswalk to ICD-10-CM codes plus links to coding resources.
LC Classification NumberRC469
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