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Rich with compelling case material, this hands-on workbook helps mental health practitioners and students build essential skills for clinical evaluation and differential diagnosis. Renowned diagnostician James Morrison invites the reader to interview and evaluate 26 patients with a wide spectrum of presenting complaints and ultimate diagnoses. Using multiple-choice questions and fill-in-the-blank exercises, clinicians practice the arts of interviewing and making diagnostic decisions. The convenient large-size format facilitates use. Extensive tables in the appendix provide a quick-reference guide to the interviewing techniques, diagnostic principles, and clinical diagnoses discussed in each case. See also Morrisons DSM-5-TR(R) Made Easy, which explains DSM diagnoses in clear language, illustrated with vivid case vignettes; Diagnosis Made Easier, Second Edition, which offers principles and decision trees for integrating diagnostic information from multiple sources; and The First Interview, Fourth Edition, which presents a framework for conducting thorough, empathic initial evaluations.
Rich with compelling case material, this hands-on workbook helps mental health practitioners and students build essential skills for clinical evaluation and differential diagnosis. Renowned diagnostician and bestselling author James Morrison (DSM-5 Made Easy and other works) invites the reader to interview and evaluate 26 patients with a wide spectrum of presenting complaints and ultimate diagnoses. Using multiple-choice questions and fill-in-the-blank exercises, clinicians practice the arts of interviewing and making diagnostic decisions. The convenient large-size format facilitates use. Extensive tables in the appendix provide a quick-reference guide to the interviewing techniques, diagnostic principles, and clinical diagnoses discussed in each case. See also Morrison's DSM-5® Made Easy, which explains DSM-5 diagnoses in clear language, illustrated with vivid case vignettes; Diagnosis Made Easier, Second Edition, which offers principles and decision trees for integrating diagnostic information from multiple sources; and The First Interview, Fourth Edition, which presents a framework for conducting thorough, empathic initial evaluations.
Introduction 1. Good Beginnings--Abby 2. Complaint Department--Brad 3. Past Is Prologue--Candice 4. Decision Tree--Douglas 5. Transitions--Elinor 6. Safety First--Fritz 7. Central Casting--Gloria 8. Self-Defense--Hank 9. A Mystery and an Enigma--Inez 10. Now and Then--Julio 11. Small Bites--Kylie 12. Swan Song--Liam 13. Age-Old Questions--Melissa 14. Family Secrets--Norman 15. Rejections--Olivia 16. To Tell the Truth--Pierce 17. Encore--Quinn 18. Nil by Mouth--Randolph 19. Ghost in the Machine--Siobhán 20. Compelling Evidence--Tyler 21. Character Reference--Uma 22. Motion Sickness--Vincent 23. Role of the Dice--Whitney 24. Fill in the Blanks--X 25. In Other Words--Yasmin 26. Goodbye and Good Luck--Zander Appendix. Tables References and Suggested Reading