Clinical Interview Using DSM-IV-TR, Vol. 2: The Difficult Patient [Hardcover]

Ekkehard Othmer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 2001 | ISBN-10: 1585620521 | ISBN-13: 978-1585620524 | Edition: 1st

The Clinical Interview Using DSM-IV-TR®, Volume 2: The Difficult Patient applies the four-dimensional interviewing approach outlined it its companion volume (The Clinical Interview Using DSM-IV-TR®, Volume 1: Fundamentals) to the difficult patient. It also enhances the interviewing process by employing specialized techniques that correspond with difficulties often encountered by clinicians. Through numerous case examples, this book shows how integrating psychodynamic, cognitive, and neuropsychiatric approachesÂas well as the legal systemÂs methods of cross-examination and voices stress analysisÂcan help elicit reliable information from tough patients and aid in solving their diagnostic puzzles. Material has been added on: -Pain in somatization disorder -Mental retardation -Oppositional behavior Completely updated for DSM-IV-TR, this book strives to overcome generalization in interviewing by promoting a differential approach that individualizes and explores each disorder and all its contributing factors in depth, thus preparing the patient for optimal therapeutic intervention.

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"This is a very helpful book on a difficult area of psychiatry." -- John Claro Onate, B.S., M.D., Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center, Doody’s Publishing, March 2002

Product Details

• Hardcover: 560 pages
• Publisher: Amer Psychiatric Pub; 1st edition (October 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1585620521
• ISBN-13: 978-1585620524
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.2 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,197,980 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars delayed, so long time, January 19, 2007

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Baeseeun "haemir" (korea) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Clinical Interview Using DSM-IV-TR Volume 2: The Difficult Patient (Paperback)

book's content very useful but, shiped very delayed, so disappointed.

2 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Clinical Interview Using DSM IV The Difficult Patient, January 9, 2007

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Karena - See all my reviews

This review is from: Clinical Interview Using DSM-IV-TR Volume 2: The Difficult Patient (Paperback)

Book was recieved on time, in good condition. Book was not as helpful as I expected however providsed some good techniques for working with certain diagnoses.