Diagnosing and treating mental illness
Subtitle: a guide for physicians, nurses, patients, and their families
By: John V. Wylie
Publisher: Demers Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Spokane, Wash
Language: eng
Number of pages: 154
ISBN-13: 9780981600260
Subjects: Mental illness; Mental Disorders; Treatment; Diagnosis; Therapy
Description: Provides a common sense method for diagnosing mental illnesses in a way that both caretakers and patients can better understand.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The nature of mental illness; title: Who should treat mental illness?; title: Pathological anxiety; title: Pathological depression: the shutdown response; title: Pathological anger: stress, frustration & violence; title: Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD); title: Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); title: Addiction, compulsion & impulse control; title: Bipolar disorder; title: Schizophrenia; title: Dementia; title: Final comment from the author.