Editorial Review:

The DSM IV Casebook facilitates the transition from the concepts and terms of the DSM IV to actual clinical situations by providing vignettes for illustration and study.

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

great learning tool:

this book is a great resource for honing diagnostic skills in general and helps the reader become more adept at considering differentials as well. the cases are very interesting and thought-provoking. another great resource is DSM-IV Made Easy: The Clinician's Guide to Diagnosis. this book offers more of an educational and explanatory approach to diagnosis AND includes case examples. it rates 5 stars for that extra elaboration.

Clinical Vignettes Galore:

The best thing about this book is the huge number of cases of varying kinds that are showcased. The reader just does never get bored of it and the excitement, intrigue and interest in the subject itself its enhanced by a thousandfold.

The book moves along the lines of a number of cases given in no particular order. The reader has the ability to read the case and come up with his own dignosis and then finally comparing it with the discussion presented after. The no particular order of presentation is... more info

Essential for Learning to Use the DSM-IV by Heart:

I bought a copy of this in my abnormal psych class. I will probably use it again when I study for my boards. It's a great book of vignettes, followed by a discussion of the case. Great practice for making DSM diagnoses. Indices allow studying material by disorder type, or the book can be worked through from the beginning. The cases are randomly ordered.

This all begs the question of the validity of the DSM or the usefulness of labeling people, but if you have to work within that system, this book will... more info

The casebook is a wonderful companion to the DSM IV.:

The casebook is an excellent companion to the DSM IV. The casebook provides real examples of the disorders presented in the DSM IV and splits them into child/adolescent and adult categories. In addition, each case is discussed in terms of DSM IV diagnosis. As a graduate student in clinical psychology I found this book essential in the study of the DSM IV and abnormal psychology.

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