Clinical Interviewing—now in its Fifth Edition— guides clinicians through elementary listening skills onward to more advanced, complex clinical assessment processes such as intake interviewing, mental status examination, and suicide assessment.

Clinical Interviewing has been updated with the latest content from the DSM-5, including:

• Defining psychological and emotional disorders (Chapter 6: An Overview of the Interview Process)
• Diagnostic impressions (Chapter 7: Intake Interviewing and Report Writing)
• Assessing for depression (Chapter 9: Suicide Assessment)
• History and evolution of the DSM, defining mental disorders, specific diagnostic criteria, diagnostic assessment, diagnostic interviewing, and using diagnostic checklists (Chapter 10: Diagnosis and Treatment Planning)
• Violence assessment (Chapter 12: Challenging Clients and Demanding Situations)

Featuring an accompanying DVD with real-life scenarios of actual counselors and clients demonstrating techniques for effective clinical interviews, the new edition presents:

• A greater emphasis on collaborative goal setting and the client as expert
• New discussion on multicultural orientation and multicultural competency
• Non-face-to-face assessment and interviewing—including a structured protocol-- via email, telephone, texting, videoconferencing/Skype, instant messaging, and online chatting
• An increased focus on case formulation and treatment planning

Part One: Becoming a Mental Health Professional

Chapter 1: Introduction

Philosophy and Organization

Chapter 2: Foundations and Preparations

Part Two: Listening and Relationship Development

Chapter 3: Basic Attending, Listening, and Action Skills

Chapter 4: Directives: Questions and Action Skills

Chapter 5: Evidence-Based Relationships

Part Three: Structuring and Assessment

Chapter 6: An Overview of the Interview Process

Chapter 7: Intake Interviewing and Report Writing

Chapter 8: The Mental Status Examination

Chapter 9: Suicide Assessment

Chapter 10: Diagnosis and Treatment Planning

Part Four: Interviewing Special Populations

Chapter 11: Interviewing in a Diverse and Multicultural World

Chapter 12: Challenging Clients and Demanding Situations


Chapter 13: Interviewing and Working with Young Clients

Chapter 14: Principles and Tips for Interviewing Couples and Families


Chapter 15: Interviewing in Online and Other Non–Face-to-Face Environments

References 

Appendix Extended Mental Status Examination—Interview Protocol