Features
ISBN Number: 9780721670119
Subtitle: The Art of Understanding
Written by: Shea, Shawn Christopher
Published by: Saunders Book Company
Location: Philadelphia :
Subject: Reference
Subject: Mental Illness
Subject: Psychology & Psychiatry Profession
Subject: Physician-Patient Relations
Subject: Interviewing in psychiatry
Subject: Interview, Psychological
Subject: Psychology & Psychiatry Profession, General
Edition Number: 2
Edition Description: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Date of Publication: July 1998
Cover Type: Hardcover
Written in: English
Illustrations: Yes
Number of Pages: 759
Book Size: 9.18x6.46x1.51 in. 2.58 lbs.
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. Synopsis:
Provides solutions and a framework for gathering information while attending to the fears of the patient. Includes a revised chapter on suicide and violent ideation, appendices which provide an annotated 60-minute interview, and tips for passing the oral boards.
