Diagnosis And Treatment Of Mental Disorders Across The Lifespan, Second Edition

Diagnosis and Treatment of Mental Disorders Across the Lifespan is both a clinical diagnostic training manual for graduate level students and an essential reference for experienced mental health professionals. It provides all of the essentials of clinical practice, including placement, interviewing, crisis intervention, and diagnosis, treatment, and clinical management of specific disorders. Divided into 2 sections, the first part of the text presents the foundation of clinical skill development and the second part emphasizes the application of those skills as they relate to specific client problems. Information is presented at both basic and advanced levels, making this text valuable for both novices and seasoned clinicians. Unlike other texts, this book takes a lifespan approach to psychopathology, including information on etiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of a wide range of DSM disorders that occur in people of all ages.

STEPHANIE M. WOO, PHD, is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology with an Emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy Program (Malibu Campus) at the Graduate School of Education and Psychology at Pepperdine University in Los Angeles, California. She has also served as a consultant to the RAND Corporation.

CAROLYN KEATINGE, PHD, is Senior Lecturer and Assessment Supervisor at the Graduate School of Education and Psychology at Pepperdine University in Los Angeles, California. She coauthored Wiley's Rapid Psychological Assessment and is a consultant for Boys Hope Girls Hope.