Acclaimed for its thorough yet concise overview of the natural history of psychiatric disorders, Goodwin & Guze's Psychiatric Diagnosis has been newly and extensively updated in this seventh edition. As in previous editions, each chapter systematically covers the definition, historical background, epidemiology, clinical picture, natural history, complications, family studies, differential diagnosis, and clinical management of each disorder. Terminology has been updated for consistency with changes made in DSM-5®. Recent epidemiologic and neurobiological findings are provided, including the long term course of mood disorders, genetics and neuroimaging of schizophrenia and mood and other disorders, cognitive changes in relation to depression and dementia, brain stimulation techniques, outcome studies of eating disorders, and epidemiology of substance use disorders.
 
About the Author
An Iowa native, Dr. Carol S. North completed her medical education, internship and residency, postdoctoral fellowship training, and master's degree in psychiatric epidemiology at Washington University in St. Louis. She remained there as a faculty member for 18 years, providing major contributions to patient care, teaching, and research while becoming widely recognized for her research in areas of psychiatric epidemiology. Currently Dr. North serves as Medical Director of the Altshuler Center for Education & Research at Metrocare Services in Dallas, Texas. She holds The Nancy and Ray L. Hunt Chair in Crisis Psychiatry as a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. Dr. North is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and past president of the American Psychopathological Association and the American Academy of Clinical Psychiatrists.
Dr. Sean H. Yutzy completed medical school at Eastern Virginia Medical School in 1982, then trained at Washington University in St. Louis for Internship and Residency from 1983-1987. Subsequently, he did a fellowship in Forensic Psychiatry at Case Western Reserve in Cleveland Ohio. Returned to Washington University as faculty for 12 years concentrating on teaching, assessment, research and practice directly related to psychiatric nosology. He then completed 10 years at the University of New Mexico Department of Psychiatry focusing on teaching, assessment and practice directly related to psychiatric nosology. He returned to Washington University to be Professor of Psychiatry, Adjunct in 2011.