The diagnostic and therapeutic engagement -- General principles of interviewing -- Special interviewing techniques -- Family assessment -- Providing post-evaluation feedback to families -- Evaluation of special populations -- Psychiatric evaluation of preschoolers and very young children -- Documenting the examination -- Evaluation of internalizing symptoms -- Evaluation of externalizing symptoms -- Evaluation of abuse and other symptoms -- Neuropsychiatric interview and examination -- Comprehensive psychiatric formulation -- Symptom formation and comorbidity -- Diagnostic obstacles (resistances) -- Countertransference.
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Summary
"The psychiatric interview is the foundation of the psychotherapeutic process and is critically important to establish trust, elicit useful responses, assess patient behavior and psychopathology, and establish treatment goals and plans."--Publisher's website.
