The DSM-IV Training Guide, an all new greatly expanded edition that has been completely rewritten to cover every aspect of the DSM-IV, will greatly assist thousands of mental health professionals in their understanding and application of the multiaxial evaluation system. Whether used by clinicians as a step-by-step guide in understanding and applying the DSM-IV, or as a training resource for individuals, groups, or students, the DSM-IV Training Guide, now in a 7 x 10 format, includes many new features not found in any other volume, making it an indispensable companion to the DSM0IV. Only the DSM-IV Training Guide: * Meticulously addresses the differences between DSM-IV and DSM-III-R * Conveniently highlights all of these differences with each disorder, as opposed to a separate listing of the differences in one place and without code numbers * Provides ICD-10 classification codes alongside the DSM-IV classifications * Includes 37 new case studies that illuminate the day-to-day use of the system Written by William H. Reid, M.D., M.P.H.

and Michael G. Wise, M.D., two highly experienced clinicians who are the authors and originators of the very successful prior editiion of the training guide, the new DSM-IV Training Guide continues to provide comprehensive coverage of the DSM-IV evaluation system including: * Clarification of the essential features of every classified disorder (and associated disorders, if any), differential diagnosis, and diagnostic criteria * Explanations of the multiaxial system and how to use each of the five axes, as well as the meaning of diagnostic codes * Outlines the evolution and direction of the DSM-IV * Descriptions of the main features of the DSM-IV Appendices and their significance Like its predecessors, the DSM-IV Training Guide will prove to be a lucid and remarkably useful tool for mental health professionals and students using the system in many different settings . both for self-instruction and as a curriculum guide. (This guide is not written or sponsored by the APA).