The First Interview, Third Edition
ISBN: 9781593856366 | 1593856369
Edition: 3rdFormat: Trade Book
Publisher: The Guilford Press
Pub. Date: 12/13/2007
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This indispensable clinical guidebook, now in a revised and expanded third edition, describes and illustrates how to conduct a successful diagnostic mental health interview. James Morrison details effective methods for posing clinical questions; what the clinician should ask to obtain complete, accurate information; and how to select the best strategy to meet any clinical situation. Throughout the book, Morrison interweaves the latest research on what works with fresh insights on how to build rapport and enhance patient motivation. Compelling n... MORE
| Introduction: What Is Interviewing? | |
| Openings and Introductions | |
| Chief Complaint and Free Speech | |
| Developing Rapport | |
| Managing the Early Patient Interview | |
| History of the Present Illness | |
| Getting the Facts about the Present Illness | |
| Interviewing about Feelings | |
| Personal and Social History | |
| Sensitive Subjects | ... MORE|
| Control of the Later Interview | |
| Mental Status Exam I: Behavioral Aspects | |
| Mental Status Exam II: Cognitive Aspects | |
| Signs and Symptoms in Areas of Clinical Interest | |
| Closure | |
| Interviewing Informants | |
| Meeting Resistance | |
| Special or Challenging Patient Behaviors and Issues | |
| Diagnosis and Recommendations | |
| Sharing Your Findings with the Patient | |
| Communicating Your Findings to Others | |
| Troubleshooting Your Interview | |
| Summary of the Initial Interview | |
| Description and Diagnostic Criteria for Selected Disorders | |
| Sample Interview with Report | |
| A Semistructured Interview | |
| Assessing Your Interview | |
| Bibliography and Recommended Reading | |
| Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved. |
James Morrison, MD, graduated from Reed College and earned his MD at Washington University in St. Louis, where he trained in psychiatry. He is currently Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland. Dr. Morrison’s other books for professionals include Diagnosis Made Easier, DSM-IV Made Easy, When Psychological Problems Mask Medical Disorders, and Interviewing Children and Adolescents. In 2002 he wrote a comprehensive guide for patients and their relatives, Straight Talk about Your Mental Health.
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