Essentials of Psychiatric Diagnosis, First Edition: Responding to the Challenge of DSM-5®

Essentials of Psychiatric Diagnosis, First Edition: Responding to the Challenge of DSM-5® by Allen Frances. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781462510498.

Grounded in author Allen Francess extensive clinical experience, this comprehensive yet concise guide 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, Frances provides the appropriate ICD-9-CM code for each one (the same code utilized in the DSM), a useful screening question, a colorful descriptive prototype, lucid diagnostic tips, and a discussion of other disorders that must be ruled out. The book closes with an index of the most common presenting symptoms, listing possible diagnoses that must be considered for each. Frances was instrumental in the development of past editions of the DSM and provides helpful cautions on questionable aspects of DSM-5.