CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment Psychiatry, Second Edition

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, theres 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