DSM-IV MADE EASY
A Clinician's Guide to Diagnosis
James Morrison, M.D.
Guilford Publications, 1995
LEARNING OBJECTIVES - This course was designed to allow the reader to:
• Learn in detail how to do a differential diagnosis
• Learn how to rule out other possible diagnoses
• Learn about all adult mental disorders
• Learn from historical information, clinical vignettes and editorial asides
• Learn how delirium in medical wards is commonly mistaken for other disorders
• Learn the difference between a diagnosis of Substance Dependence and Substance Abuse
• Learn about the subtypes of Schizophrenia
• Learn about Shared Psychotic Disorder
• Learn the classic triad of symptoms for Manic Episode
• Recognize the difference between Dsythymic Disorder and Major Depressive Episodes
• Understand that symptoms of anxiety are found in almost all mental disorders
• Learn about the various sexual disorders
• Learn criteria to use when evaluating a mental health patient
• Know the rule of parsimony, a staple of mental health diagnosis
James Morrison, M.D., is currently Chief of Staff at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Coatesville, PA., and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Temple University.
15 CE credits; 594 pages
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