Includes bibliographical references (p. 490-526) and indexes.

Machine generated contents note: Preface. -- Acknowledgements. -- Quick Reference List. -- Section I: Utilizing the DSM-IV-TR: Assessment, Planning, and Practice Strategy. -- Chapter 1: Getting Started. -- Beginning the Process. -- Making the Diagnostic Assessment: The Tools that Facilitate the Assessment Process. -- The Role of Social Workers and Other Mental Health Professionals. -- Development of the DSM Classification System: History and Reservations. -- DSM-I and the DSM-II. -- DSM-III and DSM-III-R. -- DSM-IV. -- DSM-IV-TR: Why another Text Revision. -- DSM-V: What Does the Future Hold? -- Diagnostic Labels. -- Another Mental Health Assessment Measure. -- Professional Training in the Professional Counseling Fields. -- Summary. -- Questions for Further Thought. -- Chapter 2: Basics and Application. -- Utilizing the DSM-IV-TR in the Practice Setting. -- Working as Part of a Team: Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Teams. -- Diagnosis and Assessment: Is There a Difference? -- A Combination Approach: The Diagnostic-Assessment. -- Completing the Diagnostic-Assessment Process. -- DSM-IV-TR Alone is not Enough -- Important Sections in the DSM-IV-TR. -- Culture, Age, and Gender-Related Information -- Cultural-Bound Syndromes. -- Diagnostic Assessment Factors Related to Age. -- Diagnostic Assessment with Children. -- Diagnostic Assessment with Older Adults. -- Diagnostic Assessment Factors Related to Gender. -- Subtypes and Course Specifiers. -- Use of the Principal and Provisional Diagnosis. -- Use of Not Otherwise Specified. -- Summary. -- Questions for Further Thought. -- Chapter 3: Documentation and The Multiaxial Diagnostic Assessment. -- Introduction to the Multi-axial Assessment System. -- Axis I and Axis II: MultiAxial Assessment System. -- Axis II: Application of Defense Mechanisms. -- Axis III: The Multiaxial Assessment System. -- Axis IV: The Multiaxial Assessment System. -- Axis V: The Multiaxial System. -- Supplements to Axis V: GARF and SOFAS. -- Putting in all Together: Use of the Multiaxial System. -- Summary. -- Questions for Further Thought. -- Chapter 4: Applications: Beyond the Diagnostic Assessment (Sophia F. Dziegielewski and RuthAnne Van Loon). -- Documentation, Treatment Planning, and Practice Strategy. -- Treatment and Intervention Planning. -- Developing the Treatment Plan. -- Selecting an Intervention Framework. -- Practice Strategy and Application. -- Types of Time-Limited Therapy in Mental Health Practice. -- Summary. -- Questions for Further Thought. --

Section II: Applications: Selected DSM-IV-TR Disorders. -- Chapter 5: Overview of Selected Childhood Disorders: The Disruptive Behavior Disorders (Sophia F. Dziegielewski and Shirley-Ann Amos). -- Overview of Disruptive Behavior Disorders. -- Children are not little adults. -- Childhood and Adolescent Disorders: Assessing Mental Health Factors. -- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. -- Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) and Conduct Disorder (CD). -- Conduct Disorder. -- Summary and Future Directions. -- Chapter 6: Selected Eating Disorders in Children and Adults (Sophia F. Dziegielewski, Janice L. Ricks and Janet D. Murray). -- Overview of the Selected Eating Disorders in Adults and Children. -- Eating Disorders in Children: Brief Overview and Criteria. -- Selected Childhood Eating Disorders: Assessment and Diagnosis. -- Eating Disorders in Adults. -- Historical Aspects and Intervention with Anorexia Nervosa. -- Case Example of M. -- Completion of the Diagnostic Assessment for M. -- Application of the Multiaxial Format with M. -- Treatment Plan and Intervention. -- Summary and Future Directions. -- Chapter 7: Substance-Related Disorders: Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD) (Carmen P. Chang-Arratia and Sophia F, Dziegielewski). -- Introduction. -- Introduction to Diagnostic Classification and Definitions for Substance Related Disorders. -- DSM-IV-TR: Definition of Alcohol-Related Disorders. -- Theories and Etiology of Alcohol Use Disorders. -- Risk Factors and Characteristics. -- Completion of the Diagnostic Assessment. -- The Case of Robert. -- Application of Multiaxial Assessment. -- Treatment Planning, Implementation, and evaluation. -- Intervention Strategies: Models and Treatment Modalities. -- An Integrated Approach: Implications for Practice. -- The Misuse of Prescription Medications and Psychothereaputic Drugs: An Emerging Problem. -- Case Example: The Case of Mrs. Brown. -- Application of Multiaxial Assessment. -- Summary and Future Directions . -- Chapter 8: Schizophrenia and the Psychotic Disorders (Sophia F. Dziegielewski, Shirleyann Amos and George Jacinto). -- Introduction. -- Schizophrenia and the Psychotic Disorders. -- Understanding Individuals that Suffer from the Psychotic Disorders. -- Overview of Schizophrenia and the Primary Psychotic Disorders. -- Differentiating Between Brief Psychotic Disorder, Schizophreniform and Schizophrenia. -- Factors Related to Schizophrenia. -- Factors Related to Schizophrenia. -- DSM-IV-TR and the Definition of Schizophrenia. -- Differential Diagnostic Considerations. -- Schizophrenia and Factors for Consideration in the Diagnostic Assessment. -- Case Example of John. -- Application of the Multiaxial Diagnostic System. -- Treatment Planning and Intervention Strategy. -- Acute Treatment Plan and Intervention. -- Transition Care Treatment Planning and Strategy. -- Chronic Care Treatment Planning and Strategy. -- Summary and Future Directions. -- Chapter 9: Selected Mood Disorders. -- Introduction. -- Overview of Mood Disorders. -- Clinical Depression and the Unipolar Disorders. -- The Depressive Disorders and the Diagnostic Assessment. -- Endogenous and Exogenous Depression: Making a Distinction. -- Completing the Diagnostic Assessment for the Unipolar Mood Disorders. -- Treatment for the Unipolar Disorders. -- DSM-IV-TR and the Definition of Bipolar Disorders. -- Diagnostic Assessment in Adults with Bipolar Disorder. -- The Case of D. -- Bipolar Disorder in Childhood and Adolescence. -- The Case of J. -- Treatment Strategy for the Bipolar Disorders. -- Summary and Future Directions. --

Chapter 10: Anxiety Disorders (Carmen P. Chang-Arratia and Sophia F. Dziegielewski). -- Introduction. -- DSM-IV-TR Classification and Definition for Anxiety Disorders. -- Theories and Etiology of Anxiety Disorders. -- DSM-IV-TR Definition: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. -- Risk Factors Associated with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. -- Completion of the Diagnostic Assessment. -- Case Example: The Case of K. -- Multiaxial Assessment of K. -- Treatment Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation. -- DSM-IV-TR: Definition of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. -- Risk factors Associated with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. -- PTSD: Completion of the Diagnostic Assessment. -- Case Presentation: The Case of Mrs. Radek. -- Mrs. Radek: Multiaxial Assessment System. -- Mrs. Radek's Evaluation and Treatment Planning. -- Intervention Strategy. -- Models to Treat Anxiety Disorders. -- Integrated Approach. -- Summary and Future Directions. -- Chapter 11: Delirium, Dementia, and Amnestic and Other Cognitive Disorders (Carmen P. Chang-Arratia). -- Introduction to Diagnostic Classification and Definitions for Cognitive Disorders. -- Theories and Etiology of Cognitive Disorders. -- DSM-IV-TR: Definitions of Delirium. -- Completion of the Diagnostic Assessment. -- Case Presentation: The Case of Mr. Zellner. -- Application of the Multiaxial Assessment -- Delirium: Treatment Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation. -- DSM -IV- TR: Definition of Dementia. -- Completion of the Diagnostic Assessment. -- Case Example: The Case of Mrs. Oliver. -- Application of the Multiaxial System. -- Dementia: Treatment Planning, Implementation and Evaluation. -- Intervention Strategies. -- Integrated Approach. -- Summary and Future Directions. -- Chapter 12: Selected Sexual Disorders (Gary Dick and Sophia F Dziegielewski). -- Introduction. -- Overview of the Sexual Dysfunctions: Orgasmic and Sexual Arousal and Desire Disorders. -- The Orgasmic Disorders. -- Assessment and Treatment of the Female and Male Orgasmic Disorders. -- Sexual Desire and Arousal Disorders. -- Assessment and Treatment of the Sexual Desire and Arousal Disorders. -- Completing the Diagnostic Assessment. -- Selected Assessment Scales and Methods for Treating the Sexual Disorders. -- Case Example. -- Overview of Treatment Methods for the Sexual Disorders. -- Summary and Future Directions. -- Chapter 13: Personality Disorders (Sophia F. Dziegielewski and George Jacinto). -- Overview. -- The Personality Disorders as Defined Within the DSM. -- What is a Personality Disorder. -- Application of Borderline Personality Disorder. -- Overview of Borderline Personality Disorder. -- DSM-IV-TR Multiaxial System. -- Measurement Instruments and Diagnostic Assessment. -- The Case of C. -- Application of the Multiaxial System. -- Treatment Planning Considerations. -- Intervention Strategy. -- Summary and Future Directions. -- Appendix A: Glossary. -- Appendix B: Quick References: Criteria and Treatment Plans. -- References. -- About the Author.

"The DSM-IV-TR TM is the primary tool mental health clinicians depend upon to diagnose psychopathology in their clients. DSM-IV-TR TM in Action, Second Edition brings the DSM-IV-TR TM to life by providing clear instruction on how to plan for an assessment, accurately diagnose clients, and prepare a comprehensive treatment plan. This thoroughly updated edition highlights new material in the DSM TM revision with specific applications of diagnostic and psychotherapeutic considerations for many commonly treated disorders. This is a must-have resource for mental health professionals and students in social work, counseling, psychology, and psychiatry"--Provided by publisher.