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Psychiatric diagnosis challenges and prospects /

Psychiatric diagnosis is one of the most important topics within the broad field of psychiatry. Clear, accurate definitions of the various disorders are essential for clinicians around the world to be confident that they are classifying patients in the same way, thereby enabling comparisons of treat...

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Corporate Authors: Wiley InterScience Online service
Group Author: Salloum, Ihsan M; Mezzich, Juan E
Published:
Literature type: Electronic eBook
Language: English
Series: World Psychiatric Association evidence and experience in psychiatry series
Subjects:
Mental illness > Classification
Psychodiagnostics
Mental illness
Mental Disorders > classification
Mental Disorders > diagnosis
Comorbidity
Models, Psychological
MEDICAL > Psychiatry > General
PSYCHOLOGY > Psychopathology > General
PSYCHOLOGY > Clinical Psychology
PSYCHOLOGY > Mental Illness
MEDICAL > Mental Health
Diagnose
Psychiatrie
Electronic books
Classification
Online Access: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9780470743485
Summary: Psychiatric diagnosis is one of the most important topics within the broad field of psychiatry. Clear, accurate definitions of the various disorders are essential for clinicians around the world to be confident that they are classifying patients in the same way, thereby enabling comparisons of treatment regimens and their outcomes. There are two major classification systems in use, one produced by the World Health Organization, the WHO International Classification of Diseases, Mental Disorders Chapter, and one by the American Psychiatric Association, the well known Diagnostic and Statistical
Carrier Form: xvi, 313 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780470743485
0470743484
9780470743454 (electronic bk.)
047074345X (electronic bk.)
1282123440
9781282123441
Index Number: RC455
CLC: R749
Contents: Psychiatric Diagnosis: Challenges and Prospects; Contents; List of contributors; Preface; SECTION I CONCEPTS OF MENTAL ILLNESS AND HEALTH ACROSS THE WORLD; 1 Historical Roots of the Concept of Mental Illness; 2 Philosophical Perspectives on Health, Illness and Clinical Judgement in Psychiatry and Medicine; 3 Culture and Mental Illness: Social Context and Explanatory Models; 4 Quality of Life in Illness and Health; 5 Recovery and Resilience; 6 Positive Health and Health Promotion: The WPA Institutional Programme of Psychiatry for the Person in a European Public Health Perspective.

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