Making Sense of the ICD-11: For Mental Health Professionals (Royal College of Psychiatrists)

Many pages are missing!

Good, quick read, good intro into the changes for the new ICD-11 and assisted me with my Masters degree.

Già dalla prefazione si ha una ottima spiegazione di una classificazione lineare, completa ed utilizzabile per la A.I.

“An essential text to make sense of the new classification and how best to put it in to practice”? This was the promise but reality is very different. This book is a deficient work that only scratches the surface of the new ICD 11. In some of the chapters (for example Personality disorders) the author seems more preoccupied with defending his stance than providing actual advice on how to implement the new ICD. I honestly don’t care about their personal opinions on the matter, I also have my own but that doesn’t change the fact that the classification is here to stay and we have to live with it. In depth Criteria would have been nice. Instead we get a book which seems to be written in between misguided meetings. The price is outrageous for this “draft” of a book. The 3 stars are for the rare chapters where the authors actually made the effort of trying to offer guidance or point out pittfalls to look out for in the new classification. All in all poor execution of a much needed guide. Hopefully the next years will bring better offerings.