1. General principles of interviewing / David S. Goldbloom --;2. The use of standardized rating scales in clinical practice / R. Michael Bagby, David S. Goldbloom and Fiona S.M. Schulte --;3. Documentation / David S. Goldbloom --;4. Cultural competence in psychiatric assessment / Lisa Francesca Andermann and Hung-Tat (Ted) Lo --;5. Assessment of patients with psychosis / Natasja Menezes and Robert Zipursky --;6. Assessment of patients with bipolar disorder / Andrea J. Levinson and L. Trevor Young --;7. Assessment of patients with anxiety disorders / Neil A. Rector and Paul D. Arnold --;8. Assessment of patients with personality disorders / Paul S. Links --;9. Assessment of patients with eating disorders / Allan S. Kaplan and Lara J. Ostolosky --;10. Assessment of patients with substance-related disorders / Peter Selby and Curtis Handford --;11. Suicide and suicidality / Isaac Sakinofsky --;12. Assessment of patients with somatization / Susan E. Abbey --;13. Forensic assessment / Philip Klassen and Percy Wright --;14. Emergency assessment / Jodi Lofehy --;15. Assessment of medical/surgical patients / Jarret D. Morrow, Mark R. Katz and Gary Rodin --;16. Assessment of patients with neurological disorders / Anthony Feinstein --;17. Assessment of patients with intellectual disabilities / Elspeth A. Bradley and Sheila Hollins --;18. Assessment of patients for insurance and disability / Barbara J. Dorian and Ash Bender --;19. Assessment of children / Joseph H. Beitchman and Corine E. Carlisle --;20. Assessment of adolescents / Pier Bryden and Mark Sanford --;21. Assessment of older adults / Kenneth I. Shulman and Ivan L. Silver --;22. Family assessment / Gabor I. Keitner, Christine E. Ryan and Nathan B. Epstein --;23. Assessment of patients with depression / Benjamin I. Goldstein and Anthony J. Levitt --;24. What matters to us : perspectives of patients and families / Scott Simmie and Julia Nunes.
A guide to interviewing and assessing people with psychiatric disorders. It explains how to gather clinical data while empowering patients and gaining their trust. It offers guidance that makes it easy for readers to conduct successful psychiatric interviews, make definitive diagnoses, and establish therapeutic alliances with their patients.