| Author | : Michael B. First, M.D. |
| File Size | : 53,7 Mb |
| Publisher | : American Psychiatric Pub |
| Language | : English |
| Release Date | : 29 January 2024 |
| ISBN | : 9781615373598 |
| Pages | : 390 pages |
DSM 5 TR Handbook of Differential Diagnosis by Michael B. First, M.D. Book PDF Summary
"The DSM-5-TR Handbook of Differential Diagnosis helps clinicians and students learning the process of psychiatric diagnosis to improve their skill in formulating a comprehensive differential diagnosis by providing a variety of approaches to consider symptomatic presentations. These include a six-step diagnostic framework of issues to consider for every patient, 30 decision trees and corresponding commentary to evaluate key presenting symptoms, and 67 differential diagnosis tables for use once a tentative diagnosis has been made, to ensure that all reasonable alternatives have received adequate consideration. Appendixes to this handbook include the DSM-5-TR Classification, to facilitate coding and to provide an overview of all the DSM-5-TR diagnoses that must be considered, as well as alphabetical indexes of the decision trees and differential diagnosis tables"--
