principles and techniques for mental health clinicians /
James Morrison
New York, NY :
Guilford Press,
c2007
xi, 316 p. :
ill. ;
24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-308) and index
The road to diagnosis -- Getting started with the roadmap -- The diagnostic method -- Putting it together -- Coping with uncertainty -- Multiple diagnoses -- Checking up -- Understand the whole patient -- Physical illness and mental diagnosis -- Diagnosis and the mental status examination -- Diagnosing depression and mania -- Diagnosing anxiety and fear -- Diagnosing psychosis -- Diagnosing problems of memory and thinking -- Diagnosing substance misuse and other addictions -- Diagnosing personality and relationship problems -- Beyond diagnosis: compliance, suicide, violence -- Patients, patients