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 - A great guide for beginning students in need of a crutchI recommend this text for all social work, psychology, psychiatry and medicine students who will be conducting assessments with psychiatric clients/patients. This is an excellent guide which offers direct lines of questioning for easy reference in conducting a competency based assessment for diagnostic purposes. The price is right and it's so small students can keep it with them at all times. Strongly recommended for those who are unsure of what to ask or how to respond to psychiatric patients. A great teaching tool. Rating:  - Easy to follow, helpful questions,and it got my 4 stars dispite the downfall I find so typical in every DSM I read. The positives first. The questions provided will definately help beginning therapists, etc, access enough information to begin formulating a diagnostic picture. In my experience, clients range from open to guarded, chatty to quiet. The one constant is the time takes for clients to develope trust. I never get exactly what I need to make an informed eval within the first few sessions without precise information. I ask the questions, and then ask them to give me an example. The criteria necessary to justify a label is concrete....How often..?..What are the triggers...? When....? How much......? What reduces.....? The problem I have with this and all DSM's is the weak framework within which axis II factors are diagnosed. No matter how many texts I read, Personality Disordervery difficult to diagnose and often imitate each other on so many levels. This Manual doesn't explain how many boundaries are blended and behavioral. etc histories are similar. Still, if you are learning to become an effective diagnostician, I think this book provides a perfect way to access info. Rating:  - Unxpectedly smallI think the book is great in content, and for $11 I jumped at buying it. The only disappointment I had was how small the book was. Its literally pocket-sized, and I didnt remember seeing that in the product descriptions, so if you have reading glasses, you will need them for this small book Rating: - Small, concise and helpful.This is a great small tool to use while assessing and diagnosing a client. In addition to DSM content, it suggests questions to ask in your interview to help determine diagnoses. Rating: - Must have for all cliniciansThis is a great tool for all clinicians. It would also be helpful to those that are not in the mental health field as well. I cannot say enough great things about this book. It breaks down the DSM into questions and an interview. The questions are simple, apply to all patients, and makes diagnosing easy. In association with Amazon.com | |