Clinical Assessment Workbook: Balancing Strengths and Differential Diagnosis

Book Description This practical workbook facilitates readers' understanding of the DSM-5 and other texts related to the diagnoses of mental disorders, enhancing their ability to assess their clients' strengths and to diagnose any emotional difficulties the clients may be experiencing. As a workbook, it offers a wealth of real life examples and exercises, providing users with the opportunity to practice their assessment skills in a classroom environment prior to entering the field as a mental health professional. Readers learn the various diagnostic categories of the DSM-5-along with dual diagnoses, symptom formulation, and the overlap between diagnostic categories-as well as how to apply these categories to clients they will be seeing in practice.
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Content

Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Chapter 3. Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders
Chapter 4. Bipolar and Related Disorders
Chapter 5. Depressive Disorders
Chapter 6. Anxiety Disorders
Chapter 7. Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
Chapter 8. Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders
Chapter 9. Dissociative Disorders
Chapter 10. Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders
Chapter 11. Feeding, Eating and Elimination Disorders
Chapter 12. Sleep-Wake Disorders
Chapter 13. Sexual Dysfunctions Disorders
Chapter 14. Gender Dysphoria
Chapter 15. Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorders
Chapter 16. Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders
Chapter 17. Neurocognitive Disorders
Chapter 18. Personality Disorders
Chapter 19. Paraphilic Disorders
Chapter 20. Other Conditions That May Be a Focus of Clinical Attention
Chapter 21. Additional Cases for Assessment