Hans-Ulrich Wittchen – författare

Since its initial publication more than 50 years ago, the DSM has systematized the complex intellectual and clinical process of diagnosing mentally ill persons through the use of categories and classification. The manuals have provided a consistent diagnostic language for clinical work, research, and teaching; have established a common international taxonomic standard; and have provided psychiatrists with a means of communicating with patients and the public. With a new iteration of the DSM on the horizon, the APA has initiated a multiphase research review process designed to set the stage for the fifth revision, due to be published in 2013.

This book brings together the most promising research presented at the conference "The Future of Psychiatric Diagnosis: Refining the Research Agenda," which was convened by the APA, in collaboration with the World Health Organization and the U.S. National Institutes of Health. Conferees were challenged to go beyond the current categorical definitions set forth in DSM-III and DSM-IV and suggest ways of incorporating more quantitative, dimensional concepts into DSM-V. The resulting work: • Addresses the challenge of creating dimensional measures that are compatible with existing categorical definitions and do not unduly disrupt clinical practice• Applies a dimensional approach to a broad range of diagnoses, including substance dependence, major depressive episode, psychosis, anxiety disorders, developmental psychopathology, and personality disorders• Facilitates the development of broadly agreed upon criteria that researchers worldwide can use in planning and conducting future research exploring the etiology and pathophysiology of mental disorders• Identifies and encourages the empirical research necessary to allow informed decision making regarding deficiencies acknowledged in DSM-IV• Promotes international collaboration with the objective of eliminating the remaining disparities between DSM-V and the International Classification of Diseases Mental and Behavioural Disorders Section, the next edition of which is due to be released in 2014.

The book''s painstaking scholarship and thoughtful conclusions should stimulate interest in finding new ways of combining categorical and dimensional approaches in psychiatric nosology. Clinicians and researchers in the United States and the international psychiatric community will discover, in these pages, the beginnings of a new, quantitative methodology that represents the next stage in the evolution of DSM.

Despite the fact that methods of exposure therapy have proven to be highly effective in various empirical studies, they are still underused and sometimes subject to controversial discussion.

There have been significant developments: In recent years, methods of exposure therapy have been applied in various areas of therapy, including body dysmorphic disorder and hypochondriasis. Exposure techniques also play an important role in the so called “third wave therapies” (Acceptance & Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy).

And there is more recently a revival of exposure in panic and agoraphobia and GAD. On the other hand, a large number of scientific articles discuss the practical applications (ethical aspects, amount of exposure) and the theoretical foundations (habituation) of exposure therapy.

In order to provide an overview of the current debate and to point out the latest developments in the area of exposure therapy, we have decided to present the current state of discussion (most contributors are scientist-practitioners) to an interested professional audience.

Das Lehrbuch Klinische Psychologie - DER Einstieg in das beliebteste Fachgebiet der Psychologie! Die erste Auflage wurde in kürzester Zeit zu einem der beliebtesten Lehrbücher dieses Fachs. Denn dieses Buch ist inhaltlich und optisch top: Der Inhalt stammt von einem Spitzenteam namhafter klinischer Psychologen. Die 49 Beiträge sind sinnvoll eingeteilt in Grundlagen der klinischen Psychologie (mit Klassifikationen psychischer Störungen), Basiskurse zu psychotherapeutischen Verfahren und Vertiefungskurse zu allen wichtigen Störungsbildern und Anwendungsfeldern – mit Hinweisen auf die Relevanz der Inhalte im Hinblick auf Bachelor- und Masterstudiengänge.

Der Stoff ist didaktisch hervorragend aufbereitet (veranschaulicht durch zahlreiche Fallbeispiele und Studien) und die Prüfungsrelevanz steht im Mittelpunkt (Prüfungsfragen; Glossar der wichtigsten Fachbegriffe).

Die zweite Auflage wartet mit neuen Kapiteln zu psychischen Störungen im Kindes- und Jugendalter, pathologischem Glücksspiel und bipolaren Störungen sowie mit grundlegenden Überarbeitungen zahlreicher bestehender Kapitel auf.

Die Optik ist preisgekrönt: Das Werk wurde von der Stiftung Buchkunst als eines der schönsten Bücher des Jahres ausgezeichnet.

Doch das Buch bietet noch mehr: Eine Begleitwebsite enthält interaktive Lerntools für Studierende und Lehrmaterialien für Dozenten. – Klare Diagnose: Dieses Buch gehört in jedes Regal!