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Mini-D 5, diagnostiska kriterier enligt DSM-5-TR, ger en välunderbyggd och samlad konsensusbild av aktuell kunskap om de mest framträdande och relevanta symtomen vid de olika formerna av psykiska störningar och sjukdomar. Ett grundsyfte med kriter...

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Psychiatrists are in a unique position to understand the personalities, needs, and motivations of cult leaders and followers. This report assumes that unique vantage point in its review of the cult phenomenon. What are the psychiatric attributes o...

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The book reviews the research on mental illness and addictive disorders. Beginning with the magnitude of problem, and presenting major perspectives within the field, this book then examines research progress on the major disorders and special popu...

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The book is a compendium of articles from Hospital and Community Psychiatry on the young adult chronic patient.

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The rights of the mental disabled are highlighted in the book.

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The book is a compendium of articles from Hospital and Community Psychiatry on tardive dyskinesia.

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This is a compilation of articles from Hospital and Community Psychiatry on the management of the violent patient.

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A compendium of articles from Hospital and Community Psychiatry on law and psychiatry. It examines such important issues such as refusing treatment, protecting child witnesses in sexual abuse cases, and housing and the mentally ill.

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A compendium of articles from Hospital and Community Psychiatry. Includes topics such as the myths of mental illness, managing the aggressive patient, and dealing with major mental health issues. Reviews instructional videotapes for use in family ...

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Covers guidlines on confidentiality from the American Psychiatric Association, including confidentiality in special situations, confidentiality and records, confidentiality in special settings and confidentiality and the legal process.

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Since the development of pharmacoconvulsive therapy in 1934 and of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in 1938, ECT has proven far more valuable than just the intervention of last resort. In comparison with psychotropic medications, we now know that E...

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Since the APA's last report on tardive dyskinesia in 1979, considerable research has been conducted on the prevalence, incidence, and risk factors associated with the development of late occurring neuroleptic side effects. This report summarizes p...

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This task force report from the American Psychiatric Assocation covers clinician safety, including assaults against clinicians, current treatment perspectives to facilitate clinician safety, recommendations to the APA, and brief case reports.

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This book covers the American Journal of Psychiatry from 1844 to 1994.

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Topics in this volume on sexually dangerous offenders include: epidemiology of sex offenders; sexual predator commitment laws; juvenile sex offenders; and pharmacological treatment of sexual offenders.

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This book stands out because it focuses on the "how"-not the "why"-of nursing home care. Of exceptional importance is its detailed discussion of the Minimum Data Set (MDS), a structured assessment required by both Medicare and Medicaid for all res...

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Purchasers of mental health care want clear, reliable, meaningful and comparable information on what care is provided and with what results. APA convened these two task forces to lend its professional expertise to that issue, to advise on how to d...

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As the first attempt to synthesize the movement toward widespread implementation of evidence-based mental health practices, this collection articulates the basic tenets of evidence-based medicine and shows how practices proven effective by clinica...

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Developed by psychiatrists who are in active clinical practice, this guideline offers useful information to psychiatrists who care for patients with delirium. It summarizes the current data available on this topic and provides recommendations for ...

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This volume features the American Psychiatric Association's practice guidelines for the treatment of patients with HIV/AIDS. It is divided into sections which explore: the background information and treatment recommendations for patients with HIV/...

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The most common personality disorder here and abroad, borderline personality disorder is often misdiagnosed or underdiagnosed. Left untreated, it causes marked distress and impairment in social, occupational, and role functioning, with high rates ...

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This volume contains guidelines by the American Psychiatric Association on the treatment of bipolar disorder. It is a supplement to the American Journal of Psychiatry.

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This book contains Quick Reference Guides (QRGs) to all of the published APA Practice Guidelines. QRGs are created by abstracting the crucial information from the text of the full guideline, with greatest emphasis placed on retaining the material ...

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