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

by James Morrison (2006, Guilford Press, 70.00/hardback)
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Every DSM-IV diagnosis is simplified and clearly interpreted, emphasizing what you need to know to intrepret or make a diagnosis. Case vignettes, extensive evaluations, and the author's informed commentary combine to enable counselors to readily incorporate DSM-IV into practice. [7.5” x 9.5”...594 pages]

Interviewing Children and Adolescents: Skills & Strategies for Effective DSM-IV Diagnosis

by James Morrison, et al. (2001, Guilford Press, 35.00)
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This book shows how to communicate with children and adolescents on a level that they can understand. It shows how to elicit information from students whose verbal and cognitive abilities may be limited; and shows how to recognize disorders that may be present in children and teens of different ages. [7.5” x 9”...482 pages]

DSM-IV Diagnosis in the Schools

by Alvin House (2002, Guilford Press, 35.00/hardback)
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Familiarity with the DSM-IV has become an integral part of counseling and school psychology. This is becoming necessary as specific diagnoses are increasingly required for educational placement, funding, allocation of resources, and treatment planning. Following the DSM-IV format, each chapter groups diagnoses by symptoms, focusing on the disorders most often encountered in school-age children and adolescents. Throughout, the author explains terms, concepts, and procedures that might be unfamiliar to practitioners in a school environment. [6” x 9”...230 pages]

Rethinking the DSM

Edited by Larry Beutler (2002, Am. Psychological Assoc., 39.95/hardback)
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Reflects the dissatisfaction of a growing number of mental-health professionals who question the DSM's lack of strong empirical foundations and who are confounded by its patchwork of vaguely defined disorders. Here, readers will find thought-provoking essays on alternative systems, including psychodynamic, narrative, and cognitive-biological. [7.5” x 10.5”...331 pages]

Desk Reference to Diagnostic Criteria from DSM-IV-TR

Edited (2000, Am. Psychiatric Press, 49.50/spiral)
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A concise, affordable companion to the ultimate psychiatric reference. This smaller edition includes all the diagnostic criteria from DSM-IV-TR in an easy-to-use, spiral bound format. There is also a useful pull-out chart of the criteria sets. You will find this easy-to-use edition very friendly. It is always our best-selling DSM-IV book. [4” x 6.5”...370 pages]

DSM-IV-TR: Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Text Revision, Fourth Edition

Edited (2000, Am. Psychiatric Press, 99.95)
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A detailed description of all APA recognized mental disorders, their symptoms, and recommended treatments. The common language with which to communicate about problem disorders is found here. The diagnostic criteria are essential for any counseling office. The “TR” in the title stands for “Test Revision.” This edition incorporates information culled from a comprehensive literature review of research about mental disorders published since the original DSM-IV was completed in 1994. [7” x 10”...943 pages]

DSM-IV-TR in Action

by Sophia Dziegielewski (2002, Wiley, 54.95)
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This book brings the DSM-IV to life by providing clear instruction on how to use it to formulate and complete an assessment, accurately diagnose clients, and prepare a comprehensive treatment plan. [7.5” x 9”...424 pages]

Treating Youth With DSM-IV Disorders: The Role of Social Skill Instruction

by Michael Sterba, et al. (1998, Boys Town Press, 29.95)
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This helpful guide describes 43 disorders commonly diagnosed in youth. It provides charts that highlight each disorder, and includes detailed diagnostic criteria and a list of social skills that can be targeted. Plus, it discusses the effectiveness of teaching social skills as a treatment strategy, and the roles culture and ethnicity play in selecting skills for individual children. Grades 6-12. [8.5” x 11”...159 pages]

DSM-IV-TR Handbook of Differential Diagnosis

by Michael First, et al. (2002, American Psychiatric Press, 55.95)
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A succinct reference to help ensure that you consider all the important diagnoses that need to be ruled out during an evaluation of presenting symptoms. Includes 27 decision trees that teach you how to go from the most common systems to a final diagnosis. [6” x 9”...624 pages]

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