Joel Paris

The Bipolar Spectrum

Diagnosis or Fad?

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Dr. Paris opens discussion about the over-diagnosis of bipolar disorder and the negative impact of this development on clinical care. Combining research findings and personal experiences, Dr. Paris documents the damage of over-diagnosis and explores alternative treatments patients could benefit from.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 120
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 160mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 295g
• ISBN-13: 9780415891813
• ISBN-10: 0415891817
• Artikelnr.: 36531499

Autorenporträt

Joel Paris, MD, is Professor of Psychiatry at McGill University. He is also a Research Associate at the SMBD-Jewish General Hospital, and heads personality clinics at two hospitals. He is Editor-in-Chief of The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. Part I: Concepts. The Bipolar Diagnosis. "Diagnostic Creep"
in the Bipolar Spectrum. Affective Instability. Part II: Disorders.
Differential Diagnosis of Unstable Mood. Bipolarity and Personality
Disorders. Bipolarity and Childhood Behavioral Disorders. Part III:
Implications. How Psychiatric Fads Develop. The Impact of Overdiagnosis.