Essential Psychopathology & Its Treatment by Mark D. Kilgus, ... - 9781324083511

Essential Psychopathology & Its TreatmentAuthor(s): Mark D. Kilgus, Nicolas Badre\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: WW Norton & Co, United States\nImprint: WW Norton & Co\nISBN-13: 9781324083511, 978-1324083511\nSynopsis\nPsychiatry stands at a crossroads, balancing heightened societal expectations with pointed criticism. Meeting these challenges requires more than diagnosisit demands a broader approach. Any clinician who assesses a patient solely through DSM or ICD criteria misunderstands the process. Good care begins with accurate diagnosis but extends to the patients context: family, upbringing, genetics, physical health, stressors and psychodynamics. Long considered a leading text on the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric disorders, this book rejects the caricature of modern psychiatry, offering instead a dedicated, humanistic and commonsense approach.\n\nThis latest revision includes cuttingedge updates in psychopharmacology, computational neuroscience an.