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Clinical Interviewing

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ISBN-10: 0471415472

ISBN-13: 9780471415473

Edition: 3rd 2003 (Revised)

Authors: John Sommers-Flanagan, Rita Sommers-Flanagan

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Description:

This text blends a personal and easy-to-read style with an emphasis on both the scientific basis and interpersonal aspects of mental health interviewing. Completely updated, the new edition features teaching tools and new case studies.
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Book details

List price: $100.00
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/11/2002
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 456
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.75" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.244
Language: English

Becoming a Mental Health Professional
Introduction: Philosophy and Organization
Welcome to the Journey
Teaching Philosophy
Theoretical Orientations
Basic Requirements for Clinical Interviewers
Goals and Objectives of This Book
Summary
Suggested Readings and Resources
Foundations and Preparations
Toward a Definition of Clinical Interviewing
Self-Awareness
Effective Interviewing: Seven Vocational Perspectives
The Physical Setting
Professional and Ethical Issues
Summary
Suggested Readings and Resources
Listening and Relationship Development
Basic Attending, Listening, and Action Skills
Attending Behavior
Moving Beyond Attending
Nondirective Listening Responses
The Pull to Reassurance
Directive Listening Responses
Summary
Suggested Readings and Resources
Directives: Questions and Action Skills
Using Questions
Directive Action Responses
Summary
Suggested Readings and Resources
Relationship Variables and Clinical Interviewing
Carl Rogers's Core Conditions
Psychoanalytic and Interpersonal Relationship Variables
Relationship Variables and Behavioral and Social Psychology
Feminist Relationship Variables
Integrating Relationship Variables
Summary
Suggested Readings and Resources
Structuring and Assessment
An Overview of the Interview Process
Structural Models
The Introduction
The Opening
The Body
The Closing
Termination
The Science of Clinical Interviewing
Summary
Suggested Readings and Resources
Intake Interviewing and Report Writing
What Is an Intake Interview?
Objectives of Intake Interviewing
Factors Affecting Intake Interview Procedures
Interviewing Special Populations
Brief Intake Interviewing: A Managed Care Model
The Intake Report
Summary
Suggested Readings and Resources
The Mental Status Examination
What Is a Mental Status Examination?
The Generic Mental Status Examination
When to Use Mental Status Examinations
Summary
Suggested Readings and Resources
Suicide Assessment
Personal Reactions to Suicide
Suicide Statistics
Considering Suicide Myths
Suicide Risk Factors
Conducting a Thorough Suicide Assessment
Crisis Intervention with Suicidal Clients
Professional Issues
Summary
Suggested Readings and Resources
Diagnosis and Treatment Planning
Principles of Psychiatric Diagnosis
Diagnostic Assessment: Methods and Procedures
The Science of Clinical Interviewing,
Diagnostic Reliability and Validity
A Balanced Approach to Conducting Diagnostic Clinical Interviews
Treatment Planning
An Integrated (Biopsychosocial) Approach to Treatment Planning
Summary
Suggested Readings and Resources
Interviewing Special Populations
Interviewing Young Clients
Special Considerations in Working with Children
The Introduction
The Opening
The Body
The Closing
Termination
Summary
Suggested Readings and Resources
Interviewing Couples and Families
Some Ironies of Interviewing Couples and Families
Interviewing Stages