The Fifteen Minute Hour: Efficient and Effective Patient-Centered Consultation Skills, Sixth Edition

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Content: Cover Half Title Title Page Table of Contents Foreword References References Authors Acknowledgments Chapter 1: The BATHE technique: Key to making your practice patient-centered Mental health practitioners by default Opening the therapeutic inquiry Determining the context of the visit The BATHE technique "B" stands for background "A" stands for affect "T" stands for trouble "H" stands for handling "E" stands for empathy What is the best time to BATHE? Patients' understanding of stress Supporting the patient Dealing with multiple problems The resistant patient. Patients report they like being BATHE'dBATHE: A useful technique for many reasons Differentiating approaches for chronic and acute problems Treating acute conditions Managing chronic problems Engaging the patient in a psychotherapeutic contract Example: The grieving patient The efficacy of time One last point Summary References Chapter 2: Broadening the context of the office visit or medical consultation Social support The medical visit as a stressful event Minimizing the patient's stress Acceptance is key The story as personal steady state. Why patients adapt differently to stressThe sense of coherence A look at the data A longitudinal study of adaptation Successful adaptation defines health A holistic theory of neurosis Research from experimental psychology Internal or external locus of control Therapeutic implication Application to illness behavior Results of being overwhelmed Treatment of symptoms without pathological labeling The crisis intervention model The goal of crisis intervention Expected outcomes Application to the office setting Summary References. Chapter 3: Promoting wellness and managing chronic conditionsFocusing on wellness Non-infectious chronic disease is on the rise Gradual weight gain during early and middle adulthood is a major health hazard The importance of understanding the patient's health belief model The BATHE technique can elicit the health belief The importance of diet Exercise is primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention Dealing with resistance Understanding the meaning of the condition for the patient Motivational interviewing Chronic conditions and stress The wellness message in brief Summary.