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

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.