This trusted practitioner resource and course text is grounded in James
Morrison's experience with more than 15,000 mental health patients.
Morrison provides a complete framework for interviewing adult patients
about their current symptoms, personal and family history, mental
status, behavioral risks, and other relevant issues. He offers guidance
for selecting the best strategy for any clinical situation, building
rapport, overcoming common challenges, and communicating findings.
Appendices include a detailed semistructured interview and a
self-assessment tool for interviewers, both with permission to
photocopy. Purchasers also get access to a webpage where they can
download and print the reproducible materials in a convenient 8 1/2" x
11" size.
New to This Edition
*Revised throughout for DSM-5.
*Updated resources and suggested readings.
See also Morrison's DSM-5-TR(R) Made Easy, which explains DSM
diagnoses in clear language, illustrated with vivid case vignettes;
Diagnosis Made Easier, Second Edition, which offers principles and
decision trees for integrating diagnostic information from multiple
sources; and The Mental Health Clinician's Workbook, which uses
in-depth cases and carefully constructed exercises to build the reader's
diagnostic skills.
