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Thorough, yet succinct enough to be carried in a coat pocket, the guide is DSM-5 compatible and provides an easily accessible, authoritative introduction to psychiatry.
A practical guide for psychiatrists and other mental health professionals seeking to exploit the enormous potential of today's innovative digital technologies to improve the quality, accessibility, and cost-effectiveness of care for patients with psychiatric disorders.
An indispensable primer on child and adolescent psychiatry for medical and mental health students and clinical trainees, this guide also serves as an ideal, quick-reference update for practicing physicians, nurses, and advanced practice nurses.
Updated to reflect new medications that have come into the marketplace and changes to the dosing, format, and methods of prescription of existing medications, the book evaluates each medication in eight categories
Twenty concise chapters accessibly address a broad spectrum of topics, including the fundamentals of addiction; specific substances and addictive behaviors, including gambling disorder; and treatment approaches, including special issues with psychiatric and medical comorbidities.
Youth Substance Abuse and Co-occurring Disorders not only offers hands-on techniques for diagnosing and treating adolescents with SUD, it advocates for continued clinical and research investment in the dual-diagnosis domain, making it a must for clinicians, researchers, and addiction specialists.
This book is designed to bring positive mental health ideas and interventions into mainstream psychiatric research, training, and clinical practice. The book successfully brings the unique skill sets and methods of psychiatry to the larger positive health movement.
The Study Guide to DSM-5 (R) is an indispensable instructional supplement to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition. The Study Guide is intended to assist readers in understanding diagnostic criteria and concepts from DSM-5 (R), as well as how to apply them.
Working at the Interface of Primary Care and Behavioral Health
This text thoroughly reviews the evidence base and core principles that support integrated care models. The book includes full coverage of key concepts such as population-based care, measurement-based care, and stepped care and emphasizes how health reform initiatives are stimulating rapid dissemination of these models.