Psychiatric Diagnosis: Challenges and Prospects (Google eBook)

Ihsan M. Salloum, Juan E. Mezzich

John Wiley & Sons, Mar 23, 2009 - Medical - 332 pages

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 Manual of Mental Disorders. Both of these are being revised so this book from the prestigious World Psychiatric Association is especially timely.

In this book, leading experts in the field provide a broad and integrated coverage of the concepts, structure and context of psychiatric diagnosis. It begins by addressing mental health and illness around the world from historical, philosophical and cultural perspectives. Health is approached comprehensively, to include such aspects as resilience, resources and quality of life. The book then covers major specific psychopathology topics in Section II, including new categorizations and dimensional approaches. Section III concentrates on the complex problem of comorbidity, a primary challenge for modern diagnostic classifications in psychiatry. Finally, Section IV reviews emerging international diagnostic systems in psychiatry, considering innovative models and adaptations.

This book will be essential reading for anyone involved in the diagnosis of psychiatric disorders.

Contents

• Challenges and Prospects 1 Historical Roots of the Concept of Mental Illness: 3
• Challenges and Prospects 2 Philosophical Perspectives on Health Illness and Clinical Judgement in Psychiatry and Medicine: 15
• Challenges and Prospects 3 Culture and Mental Illness Social Context and Explanatory Models: 29
• Challenges and Prospects 4 Quality of Life in Illness and Health: 41
• Challenges and Prospects 5 Recovery and Resilience: 49
• Challenges and Prospects 6 Positive Health and Health Promotion The WPA Institutional Programme of Psychiatry for the Person in a European Publ...: 61
• Challenges and Prospects SECTION II PSYCHOPATHOLOGY: 69
• Challenges and Prospects 7 Dementia: 71
• Challenges and Prospects 8 Schizophrenia and Related Disorders: 85
• Challenges and Prospects 9 Mood Disorders: 95
• Challenges and Prospects 10 Anxiety and ObsessiveCompulsive Disorders: 103
• Challenges and Prospects 11 SubstanceUse Disorders: 119
• Challenges and Prospects 12 Advances in Diagnosis and Classification of Sexual Disorders: 129
• Challenges and Prospects 13 Personality Disorders: 135
• Challenges and Prospects 14 Intellectual Disabilities: 141
• Challenges and Prospects 15 Specificities of Diagnosis and Classification in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: 147
• Challenges and Prospects 16 Classification in Infant and Child Psychiatry: 155
• Challenges and Prospects 17 PeriNatal Mental Disorders: 171
• Challenges and Prospects 18 Suicide: 179
• Challenges and Prospects SECTION III COMORBIDITY IN MENTAL AND GENERAL HEALTH: 187
• Challenges and Prospects 19 Conceptual and Methodological Considerations in Comorbidity: 189
• Challenges and Prospects 20 Mental and General Health Comorbidities in Persons Presenting in Primary Care: 197
• Challenges and Prospects 21 Comorbidity Positive Health and Integration of Services: 213
• Challenges and Prospects SECTION IV DIAGNOSTIC MODELS: 219
• Challenges and Prospects 22 The Validity of Psychiatric Diagnosis Etiopathogenic and Clinical Approaches: 221
• Challenges and Prospects 23 The Overall Development of ICD11: 233
• Challenges and Prospects 24 The Revision of ICD Classification of Mental and Behavioural Disorders: 247
• Challenges and Prospects 25 Experience with the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders and Preparations for the Future: 255
• Challenges and Prospects 26 Experience and Implications of the Latin American Guide for Psychiatric Diagnosis: 263
• Challenges and Prospects 27 Chinese Classification and its Future Perspectives: 273
• Challenges and Prospects 28 Multiaxial Schemas for Psychiatric Diagnosis: 279
• Challenges and Prospects 29 The Science of WellBeing and Comprehensive Diagnosis: 289
• Challenges and Prospects 30 Towards a Personcentred Integrative Diagnosis: 297
• Challenges and Prospects Index: 303

About the author

Ihsan M. Salloum, Professor of Psychiatry and Director, Division of Alcohol and

Substance Abuse:Treatment and Research, University of Miami Miller School of

Medicine, FL, USA; Section on Classification, Diagnostic Assessment and

Nomenclature, World Psychiatric Association

Juan E. Mezzich, Past President, World Psychiatric Association

Professor of Psychiatry and Director,Division of Psychiatric Epidemiology,

International Center for Mental Health, Mount Sinai School of Medicine,

New York University, NY, USA

Bibliographic information

• Title: Psychiatric Diagnosis: Challenges and Prospects; Volume 8 of World Psychiatric Association
• Editors: Ihsan M. Salloum, Juan E. Mezzich
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2009
• ISBN: 047074345X, 9780470743454
• Length: 332 pages
• Subjects: Medical / Psychiatry / General