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

James Morrison and 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.
Note: This volume has been updated to reflect the changes made in the DSM-IV Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR) published in 2000.

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-IV Diagnoses Applicable to Children and Adolescents.
11. Disorders Usually First Diagnosed in Infancy, Childhood, or Adolescence.
12. Cognitive Disorders.
13. Mental Disorders Due to a General Medical Condition.
14. Substance- Related Disorders.
15. Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders.
16. Mood Disorders.
17. Anxiety Disorders.
18. Somatoform Disorders.
19. Factitious Disorder and Factitious Disorder by Proxy.
20. Dissociative Disorders.
21. Gender Identity Disorder.
22. Eating Disorders.
23. Sleep Disorders.
24. Impulse-Control Disorders Not Elsewhere Classified.
25. Adjustment Disorder.
26. Personality Disorders.
27. Other Diagnostic Codes.
Appendix 1. Structured Interviews and Other Reference Materials.
Appendix 2. Outline of DSM-IV Diagnoses.

Reviews

"This well-written text should be on the shelf of every student who is learning to practice child, adolescent, and family mental health. It is clear, concise, and well-written, and can be used with students and clinicians in nursing, psychology, and social work, as well as psychiatry....A wonderful guide."
-Shirley M. H. Hanson, RN, PhD, LMFT, School of Nursing, Oregon Health Sciences University

"This is a rare example of a masterful text that is also a good read. It contains a wealth of information and clinical pearls, all presented in a practical and clinically relevant form. This volume's sensible descriptions of developmentally appropriate interviewing techniques and the diagnostic process will be of interest to trainees in all the mental health disciplines."
-Gregory K. Fritz, MD, Department of Psychiatry, Rhode Island Hospital

"An excellent guide for all mental health professionals....Worthy of particular mention is the reworking of DSM-IV diagnostic nomenclature into a child and adolescent format, organizing and simplifying what at times has been an unwieldy document for attempting to formulate child and adolescent diagnoses."
-Psychiatric Services

"This well-written text should be on the shelf of every student who is learning to practice child, adolescent, and family mental health. It is clear, concise, and well-written, and can be used with students and clinicians in nursing, psychology, and social work, as well as psychiatry....A wonderful guide."/m-/Shirley M. H. Hanson, RN, PhD, LMFT, School of Nursing, Oregon Health Sciences University "This book serves as an excellent resource within the assessment and consultation training sequence of our program. Graduate students in school, clinical, and counseling psychology are likely to benefit from the practical and clinical relevance of this text."
-John S. Carlson, PhD, School Psychology Program, Michigan State University

"This well-written text should be on the shelf of every student who is learning to practice child, adolescent, and family mental health. It is clear, concise, and well-written, and can be used with students and clinicians in nursing, psychology, and social work, as well as psychiatry....A wonderful guide."
-Shirley M. H. Hanson, RN, PhD, LMFT, School of Nursing, Oregon Health Sciences University