The Psychiatric Interview 5th Edition

Focusing on the practical skills needed to establish rapport with patients and gain valuable clinical insights,The Psychiatric Interview, 5th Edition, offers a practical, concise approach to improving interviewing skills.  Noted psychiatrist and award-winning mental  health journalist Dr.  Daniel J. Carlat uses a proven combination of mnemonics, specific  techniques for approaching threatening topics, and phrasing examples to  illustrate the nuances of the interviewing process, making this  easy-to-digest text essential reading for trainees and practitioners in  psychiatry, psychology, nursing, social work, and related fields.  

•  Offers a concise, real-world approach to the psychiatric interview,  filled with tips and pearls to develop confidence in interviewing  
•  Brings you up to speed with the DSM 5-TR and current research, and  includes a new chapter on techniques for the agitated patient and a new  discussion of prolonged grief  
  
•  Contains focused, practical sections on general principles of effective  interviewing, obtaining the psychiatric history, and interviewing for  diagnosis  
•  Uses mnemonics and pocket cards to help you understand and remember key elements of the effective interview  
  
•  Provides clear techniques for approaching threatening topics, and shows how relationships that are endangered can be repaired  
•  Presents information in an engaging, conversational manner, helping you  form an alliance with each patient in order to promote cooperation and  effective treatment