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

Robert L. Spitzer (Author), Mariam Gibbon (Author), Andrew E. Skodol (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 2003 | ISBN-10: 1585620599 | ISBN-13: 978-1585620593 | Edition: 4 Revised

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

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"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

• Paperback: 576 pages
• Publisher: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.; 4 Revised edition (July 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1585620599
• ISBN-13: 978-1585620593
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #59,494 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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72 of 72 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Bathroom Book, August 5, 2004

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A Doctor in Ann Arbor - 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 (Paperback)

This is a great book with real-life case vignettes illustrating presentations of most of the diagnoses in DSM-IV-TR. Though initially skeptical, given the contrived case names, the book is excellent. Each case is followed by a discussion of the DSM-IV diagnostic issues raised. An especially neat part of the book is a presentation of historic cases from Blueler, Freud, and others, as well as international cases. Each case is self-contained so the book can be read in a three minute sitting.

Recently, the publisher released the "Treatment Companion to the Casebook." I bought this as well but am a little disappointed that it contains only a subset of cases which are reprinted with discussion from the "Casebook." I would have preferred a true companion book and am annoyed by the redundancy. I have been reading the book together with the "DSM-IV-TR Guidebook" which complements it well, explaining the history of the diagnostic criteria, areas of disagreement among experts, and how the criteria are meant to be interpreted and applied.

57 of 57 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great teaching aid for clinical psychology students, August 11, 2004

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Mr. AttilaTheHun (Canada) - 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 (Paperback)

Great way to see how the DSM-IV criteria apply to real cases. Beware, this is the exact same (with exception to the references to the DSM-IV-TR page numbers) as the 1994 DSM-IV Casebook. So, if you already own the older version, don't bother wasting your money.

38 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars informative and actually somewhat fun, March 11, 2003

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Avery Z. Conner (West Lafayette, IN) - 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 (Paperback)

I found this book to provide excellent supplemental info to the "DSM-IV-TR" itself. Written case studies, though no substitute for living, breathing subjects, actually provide a good deal of help in learning to apply the diagnoses in the "DSM-IV-TR". Highly recommended for anyone who wants to learn how to properly apply these diagnoses or learn more about psychiatry in general. I found it actually kind of fun. Avery Z. Conner, author of "Fevers of the Mind".