Product Description

Study Guide to DSM-IV-TR demonstrates the fundamental features of DSM- IV-TR disorders through brief clinical vignettes, and questions and an swers. These vignettes help beginning students and experienced clinicians visualize a disorder in the context of a multidimensional patient who is characterized by more than just the fulfillment of individual diagnostic criteria.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #53550 in Books
• Published on: 2002-01
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 424 pages

Doody’s Publishing, March 2002
"This is an extremely useful book that should be studied and referenced when using the DSM-IV-TR."

Book Info
Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Demonstrates the fundamental features of DSM-IV-TR disorders through brief clinical vignettes, and questions and answers. For students and clinicians. Softcover. DNLM: Psychiatric Status Rating Scales.

About the Author
Michael A. Fauman, Ph.D., M.D., is Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Michigan School of Medicine in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He is also Medical Director and Vice President for Medical Services at Magellan Behavioral of Michigan, Inc. in Farmington Hills, Michigan.

Customer Reviews

This Guide Will Help You Tame "The Beast"
Whether you are a graduate student, intern, novice clinician,or a veteran, you know from experience that the DSM-IV-TR is a beast of a book in terms of navigation.

Dr. Fauman has provided a cogent guide to help you tame this beast. What I find most helpful are the clinical vignettes and the way he attempts to tease out over-lapping, and/or mutually exclusive diagnoses. I am using this book (by recommendation) to review for my state's counselor license exam as I was told that this resource would provide more than adequate assistance for this purpose.

The only downside to this text is the price. APA books are just plain bloody expensive, but like anything else, you get what you pay for. The information contained in this book while a tad overpriced, will be worth it in the long-run, I feel.

Invaluable resource in learning the DSM-IV-TR
I bought this book as a study aid to assist me in preparing for my counseling licensure exam. I own the DSM-IV-TR but found that it was difficult for me to learn with it because it was so technical. The study guide breaks the diagnoses down into simpler descriptions, gives case examples of clients with the various disorders, and provides study questions to help you evaluate your progress in learning. It goes over important definitions, key diagnostic points and how to make a differential diagnosis. Since using this to study, my confidence in making a diagnosis has increased greatly. I highly recommend this book to any clinician or graduate student.