Written in an easy-to-read, conversational style, this resource discusses general principles essential to effective interviewing--including techniques for approaching threatening topics, improving patient recall and dealing with challenging patients. Other topics include the psychiatric history, the interview for diagnosis and the interview for treatment. A Doody's Core Title selection, this e-book also features new chapters on techniques for the malingering patient and assessing attention-deficit disorder as well as clinical vignettes that detail the basic components of the psychiatric interview in action.

Daniel J. Carlat MD
Private Practice of Psychiatry
Editor, The Carlat Report on Psychiatric Treatment Newburyport, Massachusetts