The most accessible, integrated source of clinical psychiatric information--completely updated! .. CURRENT Diagnosis And Treatment: Psychiatry, Second Edition is the ultimate reference for quickly answering day-to-day questions on psychiatric illness in both adults and children. Comprehensive in scope, yet streamlined in its coverage, this time-saving clinical companion reviews essential psychopharmacologic and psychotherapeutic approaches to the full range of psychiatric disorders. .. FEATURES .. * The most effective interviewing techniques and approaches .. * Important evaluation, testing, and decision-making tools and criteria.. * Ready-to-use information on psychiatry and the law, psychological testing, emergency psychiatry, evaluating infants, and more.. * Authoritative coverage of developmental psychology, neuropsychopharmacology, psychiatric genetics, psychoanalysis, and other related areas .. * Helpful section on the principles of evaluating and diagnosing patients, as well as treatment strategies.. * Core sections on adult disorders and pediatric psychiatric problems.. * NEW! Critical updates to key diagnostic, psychopharmacologic, and psychotherapeutic modalities.. * NEW! Section on psychiatric practice in special settings .. ..... ..