Your Mental Health A Layman's Guide to the Psychiatrist's Bible Tapa dura - 1999 - 1st Edición

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Appearing in 1994, the most recent edition of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-IV) became the standard reference for clinicians in the mental health field when diagnosing and treating psychiatric conditions. To everyone's surprise, it has sold over a million copies, including hundreds of thousands to lay readers who have had to struggle to interpret its technical jargon.

Now Dr. Allen Frances, who chaired the task force that wrote the DSM-IV and whom Daniel Goleman called "the most powerful psychiatrist in America", and Dr. Michael First, editor of the DSM-IV, have translated that work's insights into clear and lively prose. Millions of Americans, desperate for an understanding of the mental disorders and substance-abuse problems that ravage the lives of one in five persons, will find a screening questionnaire to help in self-diagnosis, while chapters on specific disorders describe available treatment approaches. The result is a much-needed volume that can allay fears, point the way to appropriate care, and reassure readers.