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

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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.

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

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).

its ok... it has scenarios of every disorder..it brings them to life, making it easier to get the picture. :)