RT Book, Section
A1 Shelton, Richard C.
A2 Ebert, Michael H.
A2 Leckman, James F.
A2 Petrakis, Ismene L.
SR Print(0)
ID 1158257965
T1 Psychopharmacologic Interventions
T2 Current Diagnosis & Treatment: Psychiatry, 3e
YR 2019
FD 2019
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071754422
LK neurology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1158257965
RD 2024/04/19
AB Most  psychiatric  disorders  remain  without  well-established  biological  substrates;  however,  standardized  diagnostic  nosology  has  gained  acceptance,  primarily  in  the  form  of  the  Diagnostic  and  Statistical  Manual  of  Mental  Disorders,  Fourth  Edition  (DSM-4).  As  with  other  areas  of  medicine,  there  is  no  substitute  for  a  careful  diagnostic  evaluation  using  externally  validated  diagnostic  criteria.  Whenever  possible,  the  diagnostic  evaluation  should  draw  on  a  comprehensive  database  that  includes  family  members,  previous  or  concurrent  providers,  and  other  sources  of  information,  and  the  evaluation  should  focus  more  on  longitudinal  data  than  just  acute  presentation.