Desk Reference to the Diagnostic Criteria From DSM-IV-TR,   ISBN:9780890420270

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I purchased the DSM IV because I am almost done completing my BS in Psychology and with all the papers I have to write, having this as a reference is amazing. I am looking forward to the 6th edition!

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We purchase this book for all new clinicians at our community mental health center. It is incredibly helpful to them and the consumers we served on establishing a diagnosis. My only reason for 4 stars rather than 5 is price of each copy, granted better than full DSM-IV but still gets pricey when buying 10 copies.

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Ok, I already had the big one in one office, but I work out of two. I purchased this because it is portable, and the spiral binding is more resilient. However, I really miss the differential diagnosis information, the epidemiology and prevalence information. It is nice to have the criteria, but you can get that easily enough online nowadays. I would buy the big one if you are only getting one or two, so you can get the useful information that was omitted from this edition for the sake of size.

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This tiddy little reference book is exactly what I needed in leiu of carrying my full size DSM all of the time.

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This version is extremely helpful. The copy I was using before was falling apart due to binding issues and over use. This book has a spiral binding and is a breeze to use when looking anything up.