DSM-IV-TR Guidebook

by Allen Frances

Designed for the clinician, DSM-IV-TR® Guidebook takes you on an entertaining and informative guided tour through DSM-IV-TR. It details how and why DSM-IV-TR developed the way it did and presents a clear road map of the intricacies of the organization of the DSM system. In this detailed, insightful volume, you will find ? A synopsis of the essential elements of DSM-IV-TR? An annotation that explains and expands on the DSM-IV-TR criteria sets? Hundreds of clinical pearls concerning diagnostic evaluation? An insiders' view of how and why DSM-IV-TR became what it is? A study guide plus 100 multiple -- choice questions to test your DSM-IV-TR knowledge? The historical context and conceptual issues surrounding psychiatric diagnosis

520 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1995

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.