CURRENT Diagnosis and Treatment Psychiatry (Lange Current Series)

The most accessible, integrated source of clinical psychiatric information--completely updated! For more than 70 years, professors, students, and clinicians have trusted LANGE for high-quality, current, concise medical information in a convenient, affordable, portable format. Whether for coursework, clerkships, USMLE prep, specialty board review, or patient care, there's a LANGE book that guarantees success. CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Psychiatry, Second Edition is the ultimate reference for quickly answering day-to-day questions on psychiatric illness in both adults and children. Comprehensive in scope, yet streamlined in its coverage, this time-saving clinical companion reviews essential psychopharmacologic and psychotherapeutic approaches to the full range of psychiatric disorders. FEATURES The most effective interviewing techniques and approaches Important evaluation, testing, and decision-making tools and criteria Ready-to-use information on psychiatry and the law, psychological testing, emergency psychiatry, evaluating infants, and more Authoritative coverage of developmental psychology, neuropsychopharmacology, psychiatric genetics, psychoanalysis, and other related areas Helpful section on the principles of evaluating and diagnosing patients, as well as treatment strategies Core sections on adult disorders and pediatric psychiatric problems NEW! Critical updates to key diagnostic, psychopharmacologic, and psychotherapeutic modalities NEW! Section on psychiatric practice in special settings