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Dewey Decimal Number: 616.89075 EAN: 9780898625691 Edition: Revised ISBN: 0898625696 Label: The Guilford Press Manufacturer: The Guilford Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 317 Publication Date: November 18, 1994 Publisher: The Guilford Press Studio: The Guilford Press Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: 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. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Greatest Interview BookThis book is a WONDERFUL reference for doing interviews in a school, psychological or professional setting. This book gives examples of how to give a detailed interview, how to ask difficult questions, how to approach clients. I will be using this book for years to come. It was made to accompany the DSM-IV, but even if you don't use the DSM, this book will definitely give you insight as to how to ask inquiries of your client. I use this book constantly, as an M.A. counseling student, and I know that ... Read More Rating: - Great addition to DSM -IVAs a student, this book is great for using when studying how to interview and work in the DSM IV. Lots of valuable information and great reference charts. Worth is to have on hand. Rating: - Very useful I purchased this book for a psychology class and I found it easy to read and easy to implement the suggestions offered within the book. Rating: - Excellent, practical methodologythis book is very well-organized and easy to read. it is comprehensive and thoroughly addresses all the possible components to an intake interview that one could imagine! sections of particular interest to me were how to address sensitive subjects and how to get patients to get in touch with feelings (people are often too much in their heads), mental status exam aspects, signs and symptoms, and dealing with difficult patients (lying, hostility, etc.). also useful was information on presenting findings ... Read More Rating: - Written by a great academic teacherA wonderful book! I have an MA in Psychology (and a PhD in an unrelated field) and have been working in emergency psychiatric evaluations for two years now. This is the one most helpful book that I have found on the question: How do I talk to a person for one hour and know what's going on with them psychiatrically? What I like about it: a) It guides you through the phases of an interview: opening; developing rapport; finding out the client's/patient's chief concern; enquiring about necessary ... Read More 
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