Revised edition of: Psychiatric diagnosis / Donald W. Goodwin, Samuel B. Guze. 5th ed. 1996.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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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.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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.