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2nd Edition

Interviewing Children and Adolescents: Skills And Strategies For Effective DSM-5 Diagnosis

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James Morrison, Kathryn Flegel

  • Interviewing Children and Adolescents

493 pages
2016
ISBN: 9781462526932

Fully updated for DSM-5 and ICD-10-CM, this instructive clinical resource has given thousands of clinicians and students essential skills for evaluating infants through adolescents with any type of mental health issue. Principles for conducting age-appropriate clinical interviews with children of varying ages and their parents; including the use of toys, drawing, dolls, and other forms of play; are illustrated with annotated sample transcripts. The book provides crucial information for accurately diagnosing a wide range of mental and behavioural disorders. User-friendly features include concise explanations of diagnostic criteria, coding notes, interview pointers for specific disorders, vivid vignettes, and a sample written report.

New to This Edition:

  • Current terminology, codes, and diagnostic criteria integrated throughout the case examples and disorder-specific discussions.
  • Features both DSM-5 and ICD-10-CM codes.
  • Essential Features--prototypes that encapsulate the symptoms and other diagnostic elements of each disorder.
  • Reproducible tool (Questionnaire for Parents) that can be downloaded and printed for repeated use. Additional disorders and vignettes.

Table of Contents

Introduction I. Interviewing Children and Adolescents A Background for Evaluating Children and Adolescents

  1. Interviewing Informants: The Basics
  2. Structuring the First Interview with the Young Patient
  3. An Introduction to Development A Variety of Interviews with Children and Adolescents
  4. The Infant/Toddler Interview
  5. Play Interview with a 6-Year-Old Girl
  6. Play Interview with a 7-Year-Old Boy
  7. Interview with a 9-Year-Old Girl
  8. The Adolescent Interview
  9. The Parent-Child Initial Interview
  10. The Written Report II. DSM-5 Diagnoses Applicable to Children and Adolescents
  11. Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  12. Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders
  13. Mood Disorders
  14. Anxiety Disorders
  15. Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders
  16. Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders
  17. Dissociative Disorders
  18. Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders
  19. Feeding and Eating Disorders
  20. Elimination Disorders
  21. Sleep-Wake Disorders
  22. Gender Dysphoria
  23. Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorders
  24. Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders
  25. Cognitive Disorders
  26. Personality Disorders
  27. Other Diagnostic Issues Appendices

Appendix 1. Reference Materials

Appendix 2. Outline of DSM-5 Diagnoses

Appendix 3. A Questionnaire for Parents

"This extremely accessible text is designed to help beginning clinicians enter the daunting world of child and adolescent mental health interviewing and assessment. Two seasoned psychiatrists share their considerable experience with various types of interviewing approaches, multiple levels of child development, and the practical use of DSM-5. Their clear, jargon-free prose includes actual clinical interviews that bring the material vividly to life."
- Gregory K. Fritz, MD, Professor and Director, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University