DSM-5® Made Easy: The Clinician's Guide to Diagnosis

DSM-5® Made Easy: The Clinician's Guide to Diagnosis

In this indispensable book, master diagnostician James Morrison presents the spectrum of diagnoses in DSM-5 in an accessible, engaging, clinically useful format. Demystifying DSM-5 criteria without sacrificing accuracy, the book includes ICD-10-CM codes for each disorder. More than 130 detailed case vignettes illustrate typical patient presentations; down-to-earth discussions of each case demonstrate how to arrive at the diagnosis and rule out other likely possibilities. Providing a wealth of diagnostic pointers, Morrison writes with the wisdom and wit that made his guide to the prior DSM a valued resource for hundreds of thousands of clinicians and students. His website (<i>www.guilford.com/jm</i>) offers additional discussion and resources related to psychiatric diagnosis and DSM-5.<br /><br /> See also Morrison's <i>Diagnosis Made Easier, Second Edition,</i> which offers principles and decision trees for integrating diagnostic information from multiple sources, and <i>The First Interview, Fourth Edition,</i> which presents a framework for conducting thorough, empathic initial evaluations.