Publisher's Synopsis
This is an updated edition of the clinically-based, single-volume text covering all topics of critical importance to today's psychiatrist. The 90 contributors incorporate their combined clinical expertise and research experience into this 1600-page volume. Each of the 45 chapters covers its subject in depth. Throughout the volume, material is correlated with DSM-IV, and a separate appendix features the diagnostic criteria from DSM-IV. Another appendix features excerpts from the sixth edition of the "American Psychiatric Glossary".
