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- ISBN: 9780470665770 | 0470665777
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 3/7/2011
Allan Tasman, lead editor of the critically acclaimed Psychiatry Third Edition has teamed up with Wanda Mohr, a Professor of Psychiatric Nursing to produce a thorough but compact textbook for all those in training in a mental health discipline.This book is a complete reference for DSM IV-TR disorders. It includes screening and assessment measures, differential diagnosis, laboratory tests needed in diagnosis and treatment, the major treatment modalities (including psychopharmacotherapeutics) for the disorder and special issues practitioners may face in treating patients with each disorder, including consultation and referral. It also provides information on therapeutic relationships, professional relationships, diagnostic methods, psychiatric emergencies and ethical/legal issues, and cultural complexities that the practitioner/professional may confront.