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This volume, revised to incorporate the new DSM-IV criteria, covers a broad range of personalities and problems typically encountered in the first psychiatric interview, offering insight on eliciting diagnostic details from even the most difficult patients. Clinical vignettes illustrate techniques for each stage of the interview and offer ways to establish rapport and determine symptoms. Appendices provide a summary of the initial interview, describe criteria for selected disorders, and include a sample interview and written report. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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Designed for students in all mental health disciplines and for professionals who wish to hone their skills, this user-friendly, jargon-free text clearly shows how to conduct a successful diagnostic interview. The book covers a broad range of personalities and problems, offering fresh insight on how to elicit key information from even the most challenging patient. Focusing on both content and process, it details what should be asked and describes the best methods for posing clinical questions. Many illustrative clinical vignettes enliven the presentation throughout. Appendixes feature a sample interview and written report, abbreviated DSM-IV diagnoses for easy reference, and more.
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