DSM-IV-TR Casebook: A Learning Companion to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision [Hardcover]

Robert L. Spitzer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 15, 2002 | ISBN-10: 1585620580 | ISBN-13: 978-1585620586 | Edition: 1st

Newly updated for DSM-IV-TR, the DSM-IV-TR® Casebook facilitates the transition from the concepts and terminology of DSM-IV-TR to actual clinical situations by providing clinical vignettes for illustration and study. Carefully updated, it helps both students and clinicians visualize DSM-IV-TR disorders through the use of clinical vignettes. Each is followed by a discussion of the DSM-IV-TR differential diagnosis. The DSM-IV-TR® Casebook is highly recommended for clinicians to help them develop a deeper comprehension of all diagnostic categories.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"As a whole, this book is an excellent reference that I believe makes the study of psychiatry using DSM-IV format a little bit less tedious and much more enjoyable. This book is a good learning tool."-- "Doody's Publishing", "March 2002"

Product Details

• Hardcover: 576 pages
• Publisher: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.; 1st edition (January 15, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1585620580
• ISBN-13: 978-1585620586
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.3 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #77,743 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #87 in Books > Medical Books > Medicine > Diagnosis

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great review, June 11, 2008

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Jay C. Somers "PsychPA" (Las Vegas, NV USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: DSM-IV-TR Casebook: A Learning Companion to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision (Hardcover)

This is a great book. It is set up so that all the cases are sort of mixed up so, if you read it straight through, you get a lot of variety not just 20 MDD cases in a row which can be kind of boring. However, if you wish there is an index in the back so if you want to just read cases on Bipolar I it will tell you what pages they are all on. I do wish that they put in the ICD-9 code for the disorders that they talked about. They reference the page number in the DSM4-TR book but then you have to got to that and look up the code. It is a great board review book and a great practical review for the practicing clinician.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars DSM-IV-TR CASEBOOK / DSM-IV-TR DIAG. STAT. MAN. OF MENTAL DISORDER 4TH ED., December 7, 2008

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KATTIE "BUDDY" (CALIFORNIA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: DSM-IV-TR Casebook: A Learning Companion to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision (Hardcover)

These two books mentioned above is extremly helpful for me. It was
easy to use since both books are cross references to each other. I
diffently do recomemd both books together, you just can not work
sucessfuly without the two.
I give both a 9 each.

Clara

5.0 out of 5 stars Good for learning DSM, July 8, 2011

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Ronald Mackenzie (San Francisco, Ca. United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: DSM-IV-TR Casebook: A Learning Companion to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision (Hardcover)

I'm a new MSW graduate and am in my first year of clinical practice. I use this book to help me learn DSM diagnosis. I find it very easy to read. Very easy to find what I'm looking for (well organized). Perfect level of detail for me (I learned a little DSM in grad school, and have used it in practice for 1 year).