Benzodiazepine Dependence, Toxicity, and Abuse provides clinicians with a review of the available information on the potential hazards of benzodiazepine treatment and offers suggestions for the rational prescription of these medications.

Benzodiazepine Dependence, Toxicity, and Abuse: A Task Force Report of the American Psychiatric Association

Health, Fitness & Dieting

American Psychiatric

Psychology & Counseling

American Psychiatric Publishing

This book summarizes the progress made over the last decade in understanding the differential diagnosis and epidemiology of tardive dyskinesia, as well as risk factors, course, and treatment.

Tardive Dyskinesia: A Task Force Report of the American Psychiatric Association

This handbook provides clinicians with timely and useful information that will help psychiatrists obtain optimal coverage of services for patients. Among the issues addressed are frequently encountered problems, confidentiality, contracting, and the process of utilization management.

Utilization Management: A Handbook for Psychiatrists

Medical Books

Medicine

This is a task force report on dangerous sex offenders.

Dangerous Sex Offenders: A Task Force Report of the American Psychiatric Association

Developed by psychiatrists who are in active clinical practice, this practical guideline offers invaluable information to psychiatrists who care for patients with delirium. It summarizes the current data available on this topic and provides recommendations for treatment. In helping the clinician provide treatments that address the underlying etiology of the delirium, it discusses psychiatric management, environmental and supportive interventions, and specific pharmacologic treatments.This text examines clinical features influencing treatment including comorbid psychiatric disorders and general medical conditions. It also provides guidance for educating the patient and family and assessing and ensuring patient safety. Ultimately, this guideline can assist psychiatrists in their clinical decision making and improve the care of their patients.

Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients with Delirium (Includes Treating Delirium: A Quick Reference Guide for Psychiatrists)

Amer Psychiatric Pub Inc

This practice guideline seeks to summarize data and specific forms of treatment regarding the care of patients with HIV/AIDS. The purpose of this guideline is to assist the psychiatrist in caring for a patient with HIV/AIDS by reviewing the treatments that patients with HIV/AIDS may need.

Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients with HIV/AIDS (American Psychiatric Association Practice Guidelines,)

The book provides treatment recommendations for bipolar patients, a review of evidence about bipolar disorder, and states research needs

Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients with Bipolar Disorder

Mental Health

The American Psychiatric Association practice guidelines provide recommendations to help psychiatrists and other physicians make treatment decisions that are supported by the best available evidence. The Pocket Guideline for the Assessment and Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder provides the essential recommendations from APA's practice guideline on major depressive disorder as well as the DSM-IV-TR criteria for diagnosis of the disorder.The Pocket Guideline for the Assessment and Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder is a quick, useful tool to remind psychiatrists, primary care physicians and other clinicians, medical students, and residents the essential recommendations for assessment and treatment of this devastating illness. This handy tool includes Important symptoms of major depressive disorder Diagnostic criteria for evaluation Psychotherapeutic and pharmacologic treatments that should be considered What to monitor during treatment How long to continue treatment and when to reassess adequacy of response Starting and usual dosages of antidepressant medications How to manage side effects What to consider when discontinuing treatmentDeveloped by the APA to assist in clinical decision making, The Pocket Guideline for the Assessment and Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder is a valuable clinical tool for the assessment and treatment of depression.

Pocket Guideline for the Assessment And Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder (Pocket Guidelines)

La Guía de consulta de los criterios diagnósticos del DSM-5TM es una ayuda concisa y asequible para la referencia psiquiátrica fundamental, el DSM-5TM. Incluye la clasificación diagnóstica completa revisada, así como todos los criterios diagnósticos del DSM-5TM en un formato en rústica fácil de utilizar. Esta cómoda referencia proporciona un acceso rápido a la información esencial para emitir un diagnóstico. Diseñado como complemento del DSM-5TM, esta cómoda guía ayudará a los profesionales de la salud mental a incorporar los criterios diagnósticos del DSM-5TM en sus diagnósticos. El Manual diagnóstico y estadístico de los trastornos mentales es la máxima referencia autorizada para la práctica clínica en el campo de la salud mental. Los cambios estructurales y diagnósticos de la quinta edición son un material que todos los clínicos deben conocer . La Guía de consulta de los criterios diagnósticos del DSM-5TM condensa la información diagnóstica actualizada esencial de este manual para ofrecer a los clínicos un recurso inestimable para diagnosticar con eficacia los trastornos mentales, desde el de mayor prevalencia al menos frecuente.

Guía de Consulta de Los Criterios Diagnósticos del Dsm-5(r): Spanish Edition of the Desk Reference to the Diagnostic Criteria from Dsm-5(r)

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Text Revision Dsm-5-tr

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-5-TR), is the most comprehensive, current, and critical resource for clinical practice available to today's mental health clinicians and researchers. DSM-5-TR includes the fully revised text and references, updated diagnostic criteria and ICD-10-CM codes since DSM-5 was published in 2013. It features a new disorder, Prolonged Grief Disorder, as well as codes for suicidal behavior available to all clinicians of any discipline without the requirement of any other diagnosis. With contributions from over 200 subject matter experts, this updated volume boasts the most current text updates based on the scientific literature. Now in four-color and with the ability to authenticate each printed copy, DSM-5-TR provides a cohesive, updated presentation of criteria, diagnostic codes, and text. This latest volume offers a common language for clinicians involved in the diagnosis and study of mental disorders and facilitates an objective assessment of symptom presentations across a variety of clinical settings--inpatient, outpatient, partial hospital, consultation-liaison, clinical, private practice, and primary care. Stay current with these important updates in DSM-5-TR: * Fully revised text for each disorder with updated sections on associated features, prevalence, development and course, risk and prognostic factors, culture, diagnostic markers, suicide, differential diagnosis, and more.* Addition of Prolonged Grief Disorder (PGD) to Section II--a new disorder for diagnosis* Over 70 modified criteria sets with helpful clarifications since publication of DSM-5* Fully updated Introduction and Use of the Manual to guide usage and provide context for important terminology* Considerations of the impact of racism and discrimination on mental disorders integrated into the text* New codes to flag and monitor suicidal behavior, available to all clinicians of any discipline and without the requirement of any other diagnosis* Fully updated ICD-10-CM codes implemented since 2013, including over 50 coding updates new to DSM-5-TR for substance intoxication and withdrawal and other disorders* Updated and redesigned Diagnostic Classification This manual is a valuable resource for other physicians and health professionals, including psychologists, counselors, nurses, and occupational and rehabilitation therapists, as well as social workers and forensic and legal specialists. The new DSM-5-TR is the most definitive resource for the diagnosis and classification of mental disorders.

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, Text Revision (Dsm-5-Tr(r))

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