Table of Contents

Part I: Diagnostic Principles
Chapter 1-Introduction
Chapter 2-The history of diagnosis in psychiatry
Chapter 3-How diagnostic manuals are made
Chapter 4-What is and is not a mental disorder
Chapter 5-Diagnostic validity
Chapter 6-Dimensionality
Chapter 7-Clinical utility

Part II: Specific Diagnoses
Chapter 8-Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychoses
Chapter 9-Bipolar and related disorders
Chapter 10-Depressive disorders
Chapter 11-Anxiety disorders, trauma, and the OCD spectrum
Chapter 12-- Substance abuse, eating, and sexual disorders
Chapter 13-Neurodevelopmental and disruptive behavioral disorders
Chapter 14-Personality disorders
Chapter 15--Other diagnostic groups

Part III--Overview
Chapter 16-Responses to DSM-5
Chapter 17-DSM-5 in practice
Chapter 18-A guide for the perplexed

About the Author

Dr. Joel Paris was born in New York City, but has spent most of his life in Canada. Dr. Paris' research interest is in borderline personality disorder. Dr. Paris has 193 peer-reviewed articles, and is the author of 17 books and 40 book chapters. Dr. Paris is an educator who has has won awards for his teaching.

Reviews

"[T]his is an excellent critique of the DSM-5 that astutely assesses the shortcomings as well as improvements of this latest DSM." --Doody's