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Psychiatric Clinical Skills

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ISBN13: 9780323031233
ISBN10: 0323031234
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Heres a succinct, hands-on guide to interviewing and assessing people with psychiatric disorders! Written by practicing psychiatrists, it clearly explains how to gather clinical data while empowering patients and gaining their trust. Consistently organized chapters and step-by-step guidance make it easy for readers to conduct successful psychiatric interviews, make definitive diagnoses, and establish therapeutic alliances with their patients.

  • Focuses on the practical skills readers need most what to ask and how to ask it. Provides diagnostic criteria from the DSM-IV-TR when relevant.Explains how to apply ratings scales for both diagnosis and symptom severity to clinical practice.Discusses psychiatric interviews in the full range of settings: clinic, inpatient unit, emergency room, and home.Helps readers interview patients of diverse cultural, ethnic, and linguistic backgrounds.Integrates the knowledge and experience of a respected team of senior academic subspecialty clinicians.Presents a wealth of reader-friendly features, including clinical vignettes, chapter overviews,

    key-point boxes, and an informal writing style.Includes selected references and suggested readings in each chapter.

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    Goldbloom (psychiatry, U. of Toronto, Canada) presents a text of 24 chapters, written by academic clinicians from Canada, the US, and the UK in psychiatry, psychology, and other mental health fields for students in these professions. The chapters, on psychiatric assessment and engagement in various settings, begin with the principles of interviewing, then move through the use of rating scales and documentation, cultural competence, suicide, and forensic and emergency assessment. The evaluation of families, patients with specific disorders, medical conditions, disabilities, or at different ages is then covered. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

    Synopsis:

    Here's a succinct, hands-on guide to interviewing and assessing people with psychiatric disorders! Written by practicing psychiatrists, it clearly explains how to gather clinical data while empowering patients and gaining their trust. Consistently organized chapters and step-by-step guidance make it easy for readers to conduct successful psychiatric interviews, make definitive diagnoses, and establish therapeutic alliances with their patients.
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    ISBN:
    9780323031233
    Author:
    Goldbloom, David S.
    Publisher:
    C.V. Mosby
    Subject:
    General
    Subject:
    Psychiatry
    Subject:
    Mental Illness
    Subject:
    Mental Disorders
    Subject:
    Mental disorders -- Diagnosis.
    Publication Date:
    October 2005
    Binding:
    Hardcover
    Language:
    English
    Illustrations:
    Y
    Pages:
    387
    Dimensions:
    10.80x8.46x.57 in. 2.13 lbs.
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