By Allen Frances - DSM-IV-TR Case Studies: A Clinical Guide to Differential Diagnosis: 1st (first) Edition

by Allen Frances

...authored by those who wrote the DSM-IV, it helps the reader gain an understanding of how to use the DSM-IV in actual clinical situations...the case studies bring to life the process of differential diagnosis.

Genres: Psychology, Counselling, Medicine

Unknown Binding

First published April 24, 2008

About the author

Allen J. Frances (born 1942) is an American psychiatrist.
He is currently Professor and Chairman Emeritus of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University School of Medicine.
He is best known for serving as chair of the American Psychiatric Association task force overseeing the development and revision of the fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV).
Frances is the founding editor of two well-known psychiatric journals: the Journal of Personality Disorders and the Journal of Psychiatric Practice.