The First Interview, Fourth Edition

This trusted practitioner resource and course text is grounded in James Morrison’s experience with more than 15,000 mental health patients. Morrison provides a complete framework for interviewing adult patients about their current symptoms, personal and family history, mental status, behavioral risks, and other relevant issues. He offers guidance for selecting the best strategy for any clinical situation, building rapport, overcoming common challenges, and communicating findings. Appendices include a detailed semistructured interview and a self-assessment tool for interviewers, both with permission to photocopy. Purchasers also get access to a Web page where they can download and print the reproducible materials in a convenient 8 1/2″ x 11″ size. New to This Edition *Revised throughout for DSM-5. *Updated resources and suggested readings. 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 Mental Health Clinician’s Workbook, which uses in-depth cases and carefully constructed exercises to build the reader’s diagnostic skills.Additional ISBNs: 146251555X, 9781462515554The First Interview, Fourth Edition 4th Edition is written by James Morrison and published by The Guilford Press. The Digital and eTextbook ISBNs for The First Interview, Fourth Edition are 9781462515622, 1462515622 and the print ISBNs are 9781462529834, 1462529836.