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Book Detail
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Psychiatric Interviewing:
The Art of Understanding
Shea, Shawn Christopher
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Previous ISBN (13): 9780721617480 Publisher: Elsevier Health Science Affiliation: UNIV OF PITTSBURGH, PA Audience: Professional and scholarly Dimensions: 9.25 x 1.5 x 6.25 in
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Synopsis:
The 2nd edition of this clinically based guidebook that focuses on the initial psychiatric interview provides practical suggestions for anal yzing and altering the interview to mesh with the specific needs of th e patient. Contains detailed discussions of how to open an interview, how to interpret nonverbal communication, how to make more natural tra nsitions, and how to arrive at accurate diagnoses. Offers special tech niques for eliciting information from depressed, psychotic, and person ality-disordered patients. This edition presents updated DSM-IV criter ia, new strategies in suicide assessment, and an annotated interview s ection accompanied by sample write-ups with tips in the appendix.
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