Ekkehard Othmer, Sieglinde C. Othmer
Ekkehard Othmer y Sieglinde C. Othmer ofrecen habilidades claras, prácticas y potentes estrategias de evaluación para dominar la entrevista clínica y las evaluaciones psiquiátricas.
This new edition, thoroughly revised and completely updated to align with the DSM-IV-TR, distills the authors' extensive professional experience and clinical insights into a collection of eminently clear, concise, practical, and readily learnable skills, ensuring practitioners can effectively integrate these techniques into their daily practice. The text provides comprehensive instruction on how to individually master each of the four fundamental components essential to the clinical interview process. Furthermore, it meticulously details strategies for ensuring these components interact seamlessly and optimally across the five distinct phases of the patient interview, thereby facilitating a more effective and insightful interaction. A valuable feature of this edition is the inclusion of a meticulously crafted example of a psychiatric evaluation write-up. This template is designed not only to meet but to exceed the reporting requirements of most third-party payers, streamlining the reimbursement process. The authors guide the reader through this write-up in a step-by-step manner, demonstrating its inherent flexibility and showing how it can be readily adapted to suit virtually any specific clinical, procedural, or research requirement. Significant enhancements in this edition include the crucial addition of an in-depth discussion on assessing potential violence and understanding the clinician's duty to warn, addressing critical ethical and safety considerations. There is also a substantial expansion of content related to the assessment and management of attention problems, a more nuanced exploration of suicide intent, and an expanded examination of the complex comorbidities frequently associated with personality disorders. Additionally, the appendix now features valuable formal assessments tailored for executive functions and for the diagnosis of dementia, providing practitioners with further diagnostic tools. Consistent with its highly regarded previous edition, The Clinical Interview Using DSM-IV-TR continues to offer a truly unique and forward-thinking vision for effectively employing the most robust and powerful assessment strategies that have been meticulously developed within the dynamic fields of clinical psychology and psychiatry, empowering clinicians to leverage these tools for optimal patient understanding and intervention.
Authors: Ekkehard Othmer, Sieglinde C. Othmer
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Language: en
Pages: 564
Rating: 4 / 5
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