The Pocket Guide to the DSM-5(TM) Diagnostic Exam

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The Pocket Guide to the DSM-5 Diagnostic Exam is the only interview book with DSM-5 criteria.The book provides an efficient structure for learning how to conduct an interview, reviews the screening questions, and then explains how DSM-5 impacts the interview. The sixth chapter, the core of the guide, walks the reader through a complete diagnostic exam that includes questions for each DSM-5 disorder class. The book is for beginners learning the format and flow of the diagnostic interview and for seasoned clinicians conducting an interview consistent with DSM-5's revisions. The Pocket Guide to the DSM-5 Diagnostic Exam is a pragmatic and concise resource for diagnosing a person in mental distress while establishing a therapeutic relationship.Want more? Check out my new guide to diagnosing and treating children and adolescents using DSM-5 criteria, the DSM-5 Pocket Guide for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, written with pediatrician and psychiatrist Robert J. Hilt.A memoir, The Finest Traditions of My Calling: One Physician's Search for the Renewal of Medicine, is also available from Yale UP. Cover Contents Preface SECTION I 1 Introduction to the Diagnostic Interview 2 Alliance Building During a Diagnostic Interview 3 The 30-Minute Diagnostic Interview 4 Adventures in Dimensions 5 Key Changes in DSM-5 SECTION II 6 The DSM-5 Diagnostic Interview SECTION III 7 A Brief Version of DSM-5 8 A Stepwise Approach to Differential Diagnosis 9 The Mental Status Examination: A Psychiatric Glossary 10 The American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Clinical Skills Evaluation 11 Selected DSM-5 Assessment Measures 12 Dimensional Diagnosis of Personality Disorders 13 Alternative Diagnostic Systems and Rating Scales References Index A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z