The First Interview

This trusted practitioner resource and course text is grounded in James Morrison's experience with more than 15,000 mental health patients. Morrison provides a complete framework for interviewing adult patients about their current symptoms, personal and family history, mental status, behavioral risks, and other relevant issues. He offers guidance for selecting the best strategy for any clinical situation, building rapport, overcoming common challenges, and communicating findings. Appendices include a detailed semistructured interview and a self-assessment tool for interviewers, both with permission to photocopy. Purchasers also get access to a Web page where they can download and print the reproducible materials in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size. New to This Edition *Revised throughout for DSM-5. *Updated resources and suggested readings. 9781462515554 146251555X 385 Medical NOT_MATURE http://books.google.com/books/content?id=y7ZxAwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&edge=curl&source=gbs_api en

• • Author: James Morrison
• • Publisher: The Guilford Press
• • Publication Date: Apr 22, 2014
• • Number of Pages: 369 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Hardcover
• • ISBN-10: 146251555X
• • ISBN-13: 9781462515554