Short description
A complete guide to conducting an age-appropriate child or adolescent interview and formulating clinically useful DSM-IV diagnosis. Part 1 takes readers step-by-step through the interview process, while part 2 provides detailed studies.
Long description
This volume provides a guide to conducting an age-appropriate child or adolescent interview and formulating a clinically useful DSM-IV diagnosis. Illuminating both the art and the science of child diagnosis, the book blends advice on the interview process with crucial information on a wide range of mental and behavioural disorders. Readers learn effective approaches to communicating with children and adolescents on a level they can understand; eliciting information from patients whose verbal and cognitive abilities may be limited; and recognizing how disorders may present in children of different ages.
Review
This well-written text should be on the shelf of every student who is learning to practice child, adolescent, and family mental health. It is clear, concise, and well-written, and can be used with students and clinicians in nursing, psychology, and social work, as well as psychiatry....A wonderful guide. --Shirley M. H. Hanson, RN, PhD, LMFT, School of Nursing, Oregon Health Sciences University
This book serves as an excellent resource within the assessment and consultation training sequence of our program. Graduate students in school, clinical, and counseling psychology are likely to benefit from the practical and clinical relevance of this text. --John S. Carlson, PhD, School Psychology Program, Michigan State University
Writing in a field that might be thought to be overworked, the authors offer something different. While the book is user friendly, it offers much of value to both novice and experienced clinician....This manual is a well-written refresher and update for seasoned clinicians and an excellent guide for all mental health professionals....the authors have clearly met their goal of providing a highly useful and timely addition to the professional literature on assessment and diagnosis. Worthy of particular mention is the reworking of DSM-IV diagnostic nomenclature into a child and adolescent format, organizing and simplifying what at times has been an unwieldy document for attempting to formulate child and adolescent diagnoses. -- Psychiatric Services
This excellent text offers logical, precise technical support for diagnosing mental health problems in children and adolescents, while at the same time capturing the spontaneity and freshness of real-life young people. Each chapter is anchored by a vivid portrait of a troubled child or teenager struggling with the problems characteristic of the DSM-IV diagnosis being discussed. The reader is provided with a concise yet thorough account of diagnostic criteria, exclusion criteria, t
Table of contents
- Introduction. Part I: Interviewing Children and Adolescents: A Background for Evaluating Children and Adolescents. Interviewing Informants: The Basics. Structuring the First Interview with the Young Patient. An Introduction to Development: A Variety of Interviews with Children and Adolescents. The Infant/Toddler Interview. Play Interview with a 6-Year-Old Girl. Play Interview with a 7-Year-Old Boy. Interview with a 9-Year-Old Girl. The Adolescent Interview. The Parent Child Initial Interview. The Written Report. Part II: DSM-IV Diagnoses Applicable to Children and Adolescents. Disorders Usually First Diagnosed in Infancy, Childhood, or Adolescence. Cognitive Disorders. Mental Disorders Due to a General Medical Condition. Substance-Related Disorders. Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders. Mood Disorders. Anxiety Disorders Somatoform Disorders. Dissociative Disorders. Factitious Disorder and Factitious Disorder by Proxy. Gender Identity Disorder. Eating Disorders. Sleep Disorders. Impulse-Control Disorders Not Elsewhere Classified. Adjustment Disorder. Personality Disorders. Other Diagnostic Codes: Appendix 1. Structured Interviews and Other Reference Materials. Appendix 2. Outline Of DSM-IV Diagnoses.