The Psychiatric Interview: The Art of Understanding
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- Synopsis
- The 2nd edition of this clinically based guidebook that focuses on the initial psychiatric interview provides practical suggestions for analyzing and altering the interview to mesh with the specific needs of the patient. Contains detailed discussions of how to open an interview, how to interpret nonverbal communication, how to make more natural transitions, and how to arrive at accurate diagnoses. Offers special techniques for eliciting information from depressed, psychotic, and personality-disordered patients. This edition presents updated DSM-IV criteria, new strategies in suicide assessment, and an annotated interview section accompanied by sample write-ups with tips in the appendix.
- Copyright:
- 1988
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 570 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780721617480
- Publisher:
- W. B. Saunders Company
- Date of Addition:
- 09/28/15
- Copyrighted By:
- W. B. Saunders Company
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Textbooks, Psychology
- Grade Levels:
- Graduate Student
- Submitted By:
- Daproim Africa
- Proofread By:
- Daproim Africa
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.