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"The goal of this guideline is to improve the quality of care and treatment outcomes for patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) as defined in Section II of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition, Text Revision. Since publication of the last American Psychiatric Association (APA) practice guideline, there have been many studies on psychotherapies for individuals with BPD as well as some studies on pharmacotherapies. Despite this, there are still misconceptions about BPD and substantial gaps in the availability of evidence-based treatments for individuals with BPD. This practice guideline aims to help clinicians improve the care and well-being of their patients by reviewing current evidence and providing evidence-based statements that are intended to enhance knowledge and optimize treatment of BPD"--

This handy DSM-5-TR Classification provides a ready reference to the DSM-5-TR classification of disorders, as well as the DSM-5 listings of ICD-10-CM codes for all DSM-5-TR diagnoses.

The Desk Reference to the Diagnostic Criteria From DSM-5-TR is a concise, affordable companion to the ultimate psychiatric reference, DSM-5-TR. It includes the fully revised diagnostic classification, as well as all the diagnostic criteria from DSM-5-TR in an easy-to-use format.

An indispensable guide to medications for the treatment of depression, including vital information on the approved indications, usual dosages, and maximum dosages for antidepressant medications.

Focuses specifically on evidence-based pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments for schizophrenia and includes statements related to assessment and treatment planning, which are an integral part of patient-centered care. It provides direction on implementing these recommendations into clinical practice.

This new pocket guide, based on the 2015 edition of Practice Guidelines for the Psychiatric Evaluation of Adults, focuses on the initial psychiatric evaluation, including additional domains of evaluation relevant to CPT documentation requirements.

The guideline offers clear, concise, and actionable recommendation statements to help clinicians to incorporate recommendations into clinical practice, with the goal of improving quality of care. Each recommendation is given a rating that reflects the level of confidence that potential benefits of an intervention outweigh potential harms.

Correctional psychiatry is an evolving field, and serious questions remain. The work group sees an expanded role for clinicians as physician leaders, managers, and directors, more effectively advocating for their patients and helping to shape optimal care delivery systems that empower patients and support successful transition back to the community.

Each guideline recommends or suggests topics to include during an initial psychiatric evaluation. Findings from an expert opinion survey have also been taken into consideration in making recommendations or suggestions.

This is the Spanish Edition of the Desk Reference to the Diagnostic Criteria From DSM-5. It includes the fully revised diagnostic classification and all of the diagnostic criteria from DSM-5. This convenient guide will assist all mental health professionals as they integrate the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria into their diagnoses.

The book provides treatment recommendations for bipolar patients, a review of evidence about bipolar disorder, and states research needs

The original task force report, completed in the summer of 1994, reflected the current state of addiction treatment and provided recommendations for improving these services in the future. That monograph is reproduced in this book.

This book summarizes the progress made over the last decade in understanding the differential diagnosis and epidemiology of tardive dyskinesia, as well as risk factors, course, and treatment.

This practice guideline seeks to summarize data and specific forms of treatment regarding the care of patients with HIV/AIDS. The purpose of this guideline is to assist the psychiatrist in caring for a patient with HIV/AIDS by reviewing the treatments that patients with HIV/AIDS may need.

This book presents today's ethical dilemmas regarding boundary violations; children, adolescents, and families; geriatric populations; involuntary hospitalization; managed care; confidentiality; gifts; duty to report colleagues who engage in fraud or deception; emergency care; forensic psychiatry; and consultations and second opinions.

This practical guideline offers invaluable information to psychiatrists who care for patients with delirium. In helping the clinician provide treatments that address the underlying etiology of the delirium, it discusses psychiatric management, environmental and supportive interventions, and specific pharmacologic treatments.

The book discusses depression, its symptoms, causes, treatment and phases, medications, and suicide risk. This is a package of 5.

This is a task force report on dangerous sex offenders.

This handbook provides clinicians with timely and useful information that will help psychiatrists obtain optimal coverage of services for patients. Among the issues addressed are frequently encountered problems, confidentiality, contracting, and the process of utilization management.

Benzodiazepine Dependence, Toxicity, and Abuse provides clinicians with a review of the available information on the potential hazards of benzodiazepine treatment and offers suggestions for the rational prescription of these medications.

This covers guidlines on confidentiality from the American Psychiatric Association.

The is a compilation of articles from Hospital and Community Psychiatry on the management of the violent patient.

The book reviews the research on mental illness and addictive disorders.

Health Care Reform: A Primer for Psychiatrists is a compilation of resources designed to educate psychiatrists and other mental health professionals about key elements of the reform law. Each article addresses a key question for the organization and financing of mental health and substance abuse care under health care reform.

This book stands out because it focuses on the "how"-not the "why"-of nursing home care. Of exceptional importance is its detailed discussion of the Minimum Data Set (MDS), a structured assessment required by both Medicare and Medicaid for all residents of skilled nursing facilities.

This compelling monograph combines-for the first time-the reports from two American Psychiatric Association task forces on quality in psychiatric care, offering a clinical framework for quality measurement that provides sample indicators of quality for health plans, facilities, and systems of care.

As the first attempt to synthesize the movement toward widespread implementation of evidence-based mental health practices, this groundbreaking collection articulates the basic tenets of evidence-based medicine and shows how practices proven effective by clinical services research could improve the lives of many people.