The Psychiatric Interview A Practical Guide

includes index and biblioraphy

section 1. general principle of effective interviewing 1. the initial interview: a preview 2. logistics preparation: what to do before the interview 3. therapeutic alliance: what it is, why it`s important,and how to establish it 4. asking question 1: how to approach threatining topics 5. asking question 2: tricks for improving patient recall 6. asking question 3: how to change topic abd style 7. technique for the reluctent patient 8. technique for the overly talkative pateint 9. technique for the malingering patient 10. technique for the adolescent patient 11. technique for challenging situations 12. practical psychodynamics in the diagonastic interview SECTION 2. The psychiatric history 13. obtaining the history of the resent illness 14. obtaining the psychiatric history 15. screening for the general medical conditions 16. family psychiatric history 17. obtaining the social and developmental history SECTION 3. INTERVIEWING FOR DIAGONOSIS: The psychiatric review of symptoms 18. how to memorize the DSM-IV-TR Criteria 19. INTERVIEWING FOR DIAGONOSIS: the art of hypothesis 20. Mental staus examination 21. Assessing suicidal and homicidal 22. Assessing mood disorder 1. depressive disorder 23. Assessing mood disorder 2. bipolar disorder 24. Assessing anxeity disorder 25. Assessing alocohol dependence and drug abuse 26. Assessing psychotic disorder 27. Assessing demencia and delitrium 28. Assessing eating disorder and somatization disorder 29. Assessing attention-deficiet hyperactivity 30. Assessing personality disorder SECTION 4. INTERVIEW FOR TREATMENT 31. How to educdate your patient 32. negotiating a treatment plan 33. writing up the results of the interview