Interviewing Children and Adolescents: Skills and Strategies for Effective DSM-IV Diagnosis

by James R. Morrison, Thomas F. Anders

This highly practical volume provides a complete 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 astute advice on the interview process with crucial information on a wide range of mental and behavioral 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.

Genres: Psychology

482 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

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[Stephanie Luper · Rating 4 out of 5]

Useful information

Helpful information and applicable to evaluating children and adolescents. Second part of book covers DSM 5 diagnoses as they relate to children and adolescents.