Goodwin and Guze's psychiatric diagnosis.

North, Carol S.,

Goodwin and Guze's psychiatric diagnosis. [E-Book] Psychiatric diagnosis - 6th ed. / Carol S. North, Sean H. Yutzy. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010. - 1 online resource (xxxii, 398 pages)

Revised edition of: Psychiatric diagnosis / Donald W. Goodwin, Samuel B. Guze. 5th ed. 1996.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Evolution of psychiatric diagnosis -- Mood (affective) disorders -- Schizophrenic disorders -- Panic disorder and phobias -- Posttraumatic stress disorder -- Obsessive-compulsive disorder -- Eating disorders -- Somatization disorder (hysteria) -- Antisocial personality (sociopathy) -- Borderline personality disorder -- Alcoholism -- Drug dependence -- Delirium and dementia (acute and chronic brain syndromes) -- The psychiatric evaluation.

With two new lead authors, the sixth edition of Psychiatric Diagnosis continues its thirty-five year tradition of providing a clear, critical and well-documented overview of major psychiatric syndromes, with minimum inclusion of unwieldy theories or clinical opinions. Medical students and psychiatric residents will continue to find this new edition to be a unique guide to the field-a volume that concisely yet comprehensively dissects major psychiatric disorders. Well-known for providing a thorough yet concise view of the natural history of basic psychiatric disorders, this popular text has bee.

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Mental illness--Classification.
Mental illness--Diagnosis.
Mental Disorders--diagnosis.

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