Treatments of Psychiatric Disorders, Vol. 1

Although it emphasizes the results of randomized controlled trials whe n available, the text also includes data from uncontrolled studies and accumulated clinical wisdom when there is little empirical research f rom which to draw. Further, this definitive compendium combines these data with highly sophisticated integrative models of treatment to help clinicians select among the available modalities to create rational c onceptual frameworks that maximize the effectiveness of the overall tr eatment plan. At the same time as it presents complex material in a r eader-friendly format, this collection of expert opinions-including di scussions of sometimes-controversial treatments-retains its central th eme that the art and science of clinical psychiatry is found in adjust ing the treatment to the needs of a particular patient.