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Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, fourth edition :

Material type: TextTextEdition: First editionDescription: xv, 223 pagesISBN: 0890424063; 9780890424063; 0890424071; 9780890424070Subject(s): Mental illness | Mental illness | Mental Disorders | Mental Disorders | Primary Health CareDDC classification: 616.89
Contents:
1. Using the DSM-IV-PC; -- 2. DSM-IV-PC classification coding guide; -- 3. Quick reference to the diagnostic algorithms; -- 4. Algorithms for common primary care presentations: -- Depressed mood algorithm -- Anxiety algorithm -- Unexplained physical symptoms algorithm -- Cognitive disturbance algorithm -- problematic substance abuse algorithm -- Sleep disturbance algorithm -- Sexual dysfunction algorithm -- Weight change or abnormal eating algorithm -- Psychotic symptoms algorithm; -- 5. Psychosocial problems: -- Psychological and behavioral factors that affect health care -- Relational (family) problems -- Problems related to abuse or neglect -- Problems related to personal roles -- Social problems -- Problems listed in other sections; -- 6. Other mental disorders: -- Manic symptoms -- Impulse-control symptoms -- Deviant sexual arousal -- Dissociative symptoms -- Abnormal movements/vocalizations -- Dysfunctional personality traits; -- 7. Disorders usually first diagnosed in infancy, childhood, or adolescence: -- Common childhood/adolescence presentations classified in other chapters -- Disorders/conditions associated with subaverage intellectual functioning -- Disorders associated with academic skills -- Disorders/conditions associated with motor skills/coordination problems -- Disorders associated with impulsive/hyperactive or inattentive behavior -- Disorders/conditions associated with negative/antisocial behavior -- Disorders/conditions associated with feeding, eating, or elimination problems -- Disorders/conditions associated with communication problems -- Disorders/conditions associated with impairment in social interaction -- Disorders/conditions associated with issues of gender identity
Summary: This book was developed as a result of collaborative effort among primary care specialties and psychiatry to develop a useful approach for diagnosing mental disorders in primary care settings. It is intended to provide a framework tailored to educating primary care providers about mental disorders that is compatible with the standard approaches used in specialty mental health care (i.e. DSM_IV). This primary care version should also help to improve communication among primary care providers, psychiatrists, and other mental health professionals and to promote educational, clinical, and research collaboration. -- from Introduction
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books Gabriel Afolabi Ojo Central Library (Headquarters).
RC455.2 .A52 1995 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 00856

"DSM-IV-PC"--Cover

Developed principally by the Work Group on DSM-IV-PC, American Psychiatric Association

Includes indexes

1. Using the DSM-IV-PC; -- 2. DSM-IV-PC classification coding guide; -- 3. Quick reference to the diagnostic algorithms; -- 4. Algorithms for common primary care presentations: -- Depressed mood algorithm -- Anxiety algorithm -- Unexplained physical symptoms algorithm -- Cognitive disturbance algorithm -- problematic substance abuse algorithm -- Sleep disturbance algorithm -- Sexual dysfunction algorithm -- Weight change or abnormal eating algorithm -- Psychotic symptoms algorithm; -- 5. Psychosocial problems: -- Psychological and behavioral factors that affect health care -- Relational (family) problems -- Problems related to abuse or neglect -- Problems related to personal roles -- Social problems -- Problems listed in other sections; -- 6. Other mental disorders: -- Manic symptoms -- Impulse-control symptoms -- Deviant sexual arousal -- Dissociative symptoms -- Abnormal movements/vocalizations -- Dysfunctional personality traits; -- 7. Disorders usually first diagnosed in infancy, childhood, or adolescence: -- Common childhood/adolescence presentations classified in other chapters -- Disorders/conditions associated with subaverage intellectual functioning -- Disorders associated with academic skills -- Disorders/conditions associated with motor skills/coordination problems -- Disorders associated with impulsive/hyperactive or inattentive behavior -- Disorders/conditions associated with negative/antisocial behavior -- Disorders/conditions associated with feeding, eating, or elimination problems -- Disorders/conditions associated with communication problems -- Disorders/conditions associated with impairment in social interaction -- Disorders/conditions associated with issues of gender identity

This book was developed as a result of collaborative effort among primary care specialties and psychiatry to develop a useful approach for diagnosing mental disorders in primary care settings. It is intended to provide a framework tailored to educating primary care providers about mental disorders that is compatible with the standard approaches used in specialty mental health care (i.e. DSM_IV). This primary care version should also help to improve communication among primary care providers, psychiatrists, and other mental health professionals and to promote educational, clinical, and research collaboration. -- from Introduction

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