Philip R. Muskin, M.D., M.A., DLFAPA, LFACLP, is Professor of Psychiatry and Senior Consultant in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry at Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York. Anna L. Dickerman, M.D., FAPA, FACLP, is Chief, Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Service, Program Director, Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Fellowship; Associate Attending Psychiatrist at New York-Presbyterian Hospital; and Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York. Andrew T. Drysdale, M.D., Ph.D., is Assistant in Clinical, Department of Psychiatry, at Columbia University Irving Medical Center; Postdoctoral Clinical Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, at Columbia University Irving Medical Center; and Fellow at New York State Psychiatric Institute/Columbia University in New York. Claire C. Holderness, M.D., DFAPA, is Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and Attending Psychiatrist at New York State Psychiatric Institute in New York. Maalobeeka Gangopadhyay, M.D., is Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University Irving Medical Center; Director of Acute Services, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, at New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital; and Medical Director, Quality and Patient Safety NYP-Columbia, Department of Psychiatry, at New York-Presbyterian in New York.
The DSM is arguably the most influential book for categorical diagnosis in psychiatry, and this book is an excellent companion that allows one to challenge oneself to understand the intricacies in its diagnostic structure. As opposed to just reading the DSM itself and understanding it from an academic perspective, this companion challenges readers to apply DSM categorization to common vignettes to understand differential criteria. This book would be a worthy addition to the bookshelf of a broad audience, right next to their copy of the DSM-5-TR. This updated edition certainly justifies replacing the previous edition; the DSM-5-TR changes with the times, and as such its companion books must as well. Not only does it update the diagnoses, but it also has questions that specifically focus on differences between older editions and the current edition. -- John Frederick, MD * Doody *