Concise Guide to the Psychiatric Interview of Children and Adolescents (Concise Guides)

Contents......Page 8
List of Tables......Page 12
List of Case Examples......Page 14
Introduction to the American Psychiatric Press Concise Guides......Page 20
Foreword......Page 22
Introduction......Page 24
Acknowledgments......Page 32
Interview Setting......Page 36
Preparation for the Psychiatric Examination......Page 37
Interview Process......Page 38
Qualities of the Psychiatric Examination......Page 51
Phases of the Psychiatric Examination......Page 55
Modalities of the Psychiatric Examination......Page 73
Strategies for Evaluating Preadolescents......Page 76
Strategies for Evaluating Adolescents......Page 85
Process Interviews......Page 88
Physical Contact......Page 90
Activity, Structuring, and Support During the Psychiatric Examination......Page 94
Limit Setting During the Psychiatric Examination......Page 96
Carrying the Psychiatric Examination......Page 97
Enactments During the Psychiatric Examination......Page 98
Prospective Interviews......Page 99
References......Page 102
2 NONVERBAL TECHNIQUES FOR INTERVIEWING CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS......Page 104
Drawing Techniques......Page 105
Play Techniques......Page 113
References......Page 123
3 USE OF THE AMSIT IN DOCUMENTING THE CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRIC EXAMINATION......Page 124
Appearance, Behavior, and Speech......Page 127
Mood and Affect......Page 139
Sensorium......Page 140
Thought......Page 143
References......Page 156
Evaluation of Suicidal Behaviors......Page 158
Evaluation of Depressive Symptoms......Page 165
Evaluation of Anxious Symptoms......Page 173
Evaluation of Obsessive-Compulsive Behaviors......Page 179
Evaluation of Psychotic Symptoms......Page 184
Evaluation of Schizoid Symptoms......Page 196
References......Page 200
Evaluation of Hyperactive and Impulsive Behaviors......Page 204
Evaluation of Children Who Have Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder......Page 207
Evaluation of Aggressive, Homicidal, and Self-Abusive Behaviors......Page 208
Evaluation of Bipolar Symptoms......Page 217
Evaluation of Oppositional Behaviors......Page 228
References......Page 234
Evaluation of Symptoms of Abuse......Page 236
Evaluation of Regressive Behavior......Page 245
Assessment of Truthfulness in Abused Children......Page 246
References......Page 251
7 THE NEUROPSYCHIATRIC INTERVIEW AND EXAMINATION......Page 254
Elements of the Neuropsychiatric History......Page 257
Neuropsychiatry and Psychosocial Factors......Page 260
Elements of the Neurodevelopmental Evaluation......Page 261
Indications for Consultation and Testing......Page 271
Indications for Neuropsychological Testing......Page 273
Specific Neuropsychiatric Symptoms......Page 279
Interviewing Children Who Have Learning Disabilities or Other Neuropsychiatric Deficits......Page 305
References......Page 314
8 COMPREHENSIVE PSYCHIATRIC FORMULATION......Page 318
Review of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Literature......Page 319
Theory of the Comprehensive Psychiatric Formulation Process......Page 321
Assessment of Internal (Intrinsic) Factors......Page 322
Assessment of External (Extrinsic) Factors......Page 330
Pragmatics of a Comprehensive Psychiatric Formulation......Page 333
Reformulation......Page 341
References......Page 346
9 SYMPTOM FORMATION AND COMORBIDITY......Page 348
References......Page 354
10 SPECIAL SITUATIONS DURING THE PSYCHIATRIC EXAMINATION: DIAGNOSTIC OBSTACLES OR RESISTANCES......Page 356
Classification of Interviewing Obstacles......Page 360
Obstacles in Interviewing Families......Page 375
References......Page 376
11 SPECIAL SITUATIONS DURING THE PSYCHIATRIC EXAMINATION: COUNTERTRANSFERENCE......Page 378
References......Page 392
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M......Page 407
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U......Page 416
Z......Page 417