Böcker av American Psychiatric Association

Användaren får via kriterierna värdefullt stöd i sitt diagnostiska arbete, och dialog mellan olika vårdgivare underlättas i hög grad av diagnosernas kommunicerbarhet. Världen över har DSM-5 utkommit på många språk.Svensk psykiatri registrerar ...

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This new edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), used by clinicians and researchers to diagnose and classify mental disorders, is the product of more than 10 years of effort by hundreds of international experts in...

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This new edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), used by clinicians and researchers to diagnose and classify mental disorders, is the product of more than 10 years of effort by hundreds of international experts in...

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The Pocket Guide to Medications: Anxiolytics, Mood Stabilizers, and ADHD provides an indispensable guide to anxiolytics, mood stabilizers, and ADHD. It includes approved indications, usual dosages, and maximum dosages. Derived from The American Ps...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

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In this set of five volumes, each section provides an update on a particular topic.

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The book reviews the research on mental illness and addictive disorders. Beginning with the magnitude of problem, and presenting major perspectives within the field, this book then examines research progress on the major disorders and special popu...

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The book is a compendium of articles from Hospital and Community Psychiatry on the young adult chronic patient.

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The rights of the mental disabled are highlighted in the book.

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The book is a compendium of articles from Hospital and Community Psychiatry on tardive dyskinesia.

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This is a compilation of articles from Hospital and Community Psychiatry on the management of the violent patient.

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A compendium of articles from Hospital and Community Psychiatry on law and psychiatry. It examines such important issues such as refusing treatment, protecting child witnesses in sexual abuse cases, and housing and the mentally ill.

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A compendium of articles from Hospital and Community Psychiatry. Includes topics such as the myths of mental illness, managing the aggressive patient, and dealing with major mental health issues. Reviews instructional videotapes for use in family ...

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Since the DSM-IV® was published in 1994, weÂve seen many advances in our knowledge of psychiatric illness. This Text Revision incorporates information culled from a comprehensive literature review of research about mental disorders...

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Covers guidlines on confidentiality from the American Psychiatric Association, including confidentiality in special situations, confidentiality and records, confidentiality in special settings and confidentiality and the legal process.

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Since the development of pharmacoconvulsive therapy in 1934 and of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in 1938, ECT has proven far more valuable than just the intervention of last resort. In comparison with psychotropic medications, we now know that E...

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In recent years, patients, lay publications, and consumer groups have expressed concern about whether benzodiazepines are overprescribed. Psychiatrists have raised questions about the potential for these medications-especially some of the newer, h...

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Since the APA's last report on tardive dyskinesia in 1979, considerable research has been conducted on the prevalence, incidence, and risk factors associated with the development of late-occurring neuroleptic side effects. This book summarizes the...

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Rising violence among youth, the alarming explosion of illicit drug use and an increasing incidence of child abuse underscore the need to involve mental health professionals in the juvenile court system. This practical handbook for practitioners e...

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This handbook provides clinicians with timely and useful information that will help psychiatrists obtain optimal coverage of services for patients. Among the issues addressed are frequently encountered problems, confidentiality, contracting, and t...

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This task force report from the American Psychiatric Assocation covers clinician safety, including assaults against clinicians, current treatment perspectives to facilitate clinician safety, recommendations to the APA, and brief case reports.

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This book covers the American Journal of Psychiatry from 1844 to 1994.

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The original task force report, completed in the summer of 1994, reflected the current state of addiction treatment and provided recommendations for improving these services in the future. That monograph is reproduced in this book, which accomplis...

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Topics in this volume on sexually dangerous offenders include: epidemiology of sex offenders; sexual predator commitment laws; juvenile sex offenders; and pharmacological treatment of sexual offenders.

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The shifting demographic toward a "graying" population-coupled with today's reality of managed care-makes the need for high-quality, cost-effective psychiatric services within the nursing care setting more urgent than ever. As we increas...

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