The First Interview Fourth Edition - James Morrison

This trusted practitioner resource and course text is grounded in James Morrison's experience with more than 15000 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. See also Morrison's DSM-5 (R) Made Easy which explains DSM-5 diagnoses in clear language illustrated with vivid case vignettes; Diagnosis Made Easier Second Edition which offers principles and decision trees for integrating diagnostic information from multiple sources; and The Mental Health Clinician's Workbook which uses in-depth cases and carefully constructed exercises to build the reader's diagnostic skills.

TITLE: The First Interview Fourth Edition

AUTHOR: James Morrison

SKU: 9781462515554

PUBLISHER: Guilford Publications

DATE PUBLISHED: 29/05/2014

PLACE PUBLISHED: United States

PAGES: 369

BINDING: Hardback

LANGUAGE: English

DIMENSIONS: 152 mm x 229 mm

WEIGHT: 652 gr