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Where to Start and What to Ask: An Assessment Handbook
Susan Lukas
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An excellent, practical, how-to book to prepare social work/psychology students for practicum.......2007-05-02
These days, in preparation for my internship in the fall, I'm trying to read books that will remind me how to work clinically. This one is excellent, and I deeply wish I had read it in my second or third year of graduate school. I had to learn a lot of this stuff on the job, through floundering and making mistakes, and my field experiences would have been worlds easier if someone had just told me these things. This is an extremely practical (NO theory) how-to book for social work/psychology students who are just starting out and want to know how to conduct initial interviews with various clients -- adults, children (and their parents), couples, families, etc. It also covers issues such as assessing for violent potential, suicidality, and child abuse/neglect. It's written in a very simple manner and the style and information is appropriate for students rather than professionals. However, it's serving as an excellent review for me. I also recommend it to supervisors as a good resource for providing guidance to their supervisees.
The Sahara.......2007-04-02
Don't be misled by the cunning title. This book is of use only to the most vapid and self-absorbed therapists or social workers.
I resented almost each of the 184 pages that I read in excruciating agony. Don't get me wrong, I was enthusiastic at first, then I started reading it. Her writing is less than inspiring. "Why?", a reader might ask, is an assessment important? Ms. Lukas is quick to respond that without an assessment, we wouldn't know what the problem is. It's insight like this that earns her a far, far down in the Amazon bestseller list.
I was watching this episode of "American Idol" last night, and saw this kid singing. I thought to myself, Wow!, this kid is good! I hope he wasn't abused! This is exactly the kind of caring that Ms. Lukas calls for in making assessments. I seem to have all the right attributes. Time for the next chapter, although it's going to be hard to top this one!
In her best moments, Ms. Lukas almost overcomes her powerful sense of self-importance to convey something useful, but never quite makes it happen. It's a shame that this book ends up as just another pointless slaughter of perfectly good trees. This wasted paper and wasted my time. Ms. Lukas again attempts to use her innovative "Powerpoint Bullet-point" style of writing to convey a sense of urgency, but comes up dry, like the Sahara on a hot California Friday afternoon in Summer, when there hasn't been any rain in a long, long time. I am reminded of the review on the back cover of the book, where Mr. Strean lauds the book as "highly readable." I would have to, like, totally agree with him. My initial analysis suggests that this book is composed of largely english vocabulary loosely organized into a framework of sentences and paragraphs. I didn't have the time to get much further than this, however, because it all seemed so schizophrenic. She hops from one half-finished thought to the next with the frequency of a cheap portable radio.
Why is there no zero star rating?
thanks!.......2007-02-20
This book was at a great price, shipped very quickly (within a week), and was in great condition! Thank you so much. I highly recommend this seller.
Good tool........2007-01-03
This book is a great tool to learn about beginning the assessment process.
This is a great book!.......2004-09-22
This is a really good book... I only wish I had it when I was a graduate student social worker. It would have helped me so much. What a terrific resource. My only regret: Susan you ought to write more books for student and entry level social workers. The reading was enjoyable, clear and took the mystery out of how-to-begin. Thank you, Susan.
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The psychiatric interview is your window into the mind of your patient. With this practical, how-to handbook, you'll examine each aspect of the psychiatric interview in detail. Your journey begins with the general principles essential to effective interviewing--including techniques for approaching threatening topics, improving patient recall, and dealing with challenging patients. The sections that follow show you how to obtain the psychiatric history, interview for diagnosis, and interview for treatment. The Practical Guides in Psychiatry series provides quick, concise information for professionals on the front lines of mental health care. Written in an easy-to-read, conversational style, these invaluable resources take you through each step of the psychiatric care process, delivering fast facts and helpful strategies that help you provide effective and compassionate care to your patients. Make The Psychiatric Interview your bridge to understanding. . Useful appendices include data forms, patient education handouts, and other frequently referenced information in a format that's easy to photocopy. . Handy pocket cards that accompany the book provide a portable, quick-reference to often needed facts. NEW to the Second Edition... . Updated chapters on the major psychiatric disorders to help you refine your diagnostic skills. . New chapters on Techniques for the Malingering Patient and Assessing Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. . New Clinical Vignettes let you see the basic components of the psychiatric interview in action. When you're at the forefront of mental health care, let this practical handbook show you how to make the most of the psychiatric interview. Order your copy today.
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Great to the point book.......2007-09-04
Written in easy to understand language, this is an invaluable book for those learning or reviewng the psychiatric interview.
Excellet book Every Psychiatrist needs it!.......2003-06-08
Indispensable if you are a Psychiatrist.The book is very detailed.Must read for the boards too
Easy-to-follow Psych Interview Guide.......2000-01-17
I prefer this kind of pocket-sized, concise guide to health care. The mneumonics were especially helpful to remember the identifying characteristics of different conditions. With appendices of patient education handouts and intake forms, this book is very complete for its small size.
Great How-To for Psych Interviewing.......2000-01-17
For those of us who appreciate straight-to-the point guides to doing what we do, this book is just the thing. It is easy to follow, gives helpful mneumonics for various disorders and fits in the pocket of you white coat.
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The Handbook of Interview Research offers a comprehensive examination of the interview at the cutting edge of information technology in the context of a challenging postmodern environment. Encyclopedic in its breadth, the book provides extensive discussions of the conceptual and methodological issues surrounding interview practice" -- Family Therapy
"The book is a really useful and innovative approach to the quite large issue of what interviewing is and where it can be used as well as the cautions that need to be considered when interviewing in various settings. The selections offer a shrewd and sensitive overview to the problem of placing the interviewer in the setting and allowing for the interaction between the informant and the interviewer as part of the analysis. I think the book would be EXCELLENT for graduate classes." --Arlene Kaplan Daniels, Sociology emeritus, Northwestern University
"A sourcebook that any researcher should have in her/his reference library. The chapters cover virtually every conceivable interviewing situation as well as discuss larger "meta-issues" that face the survey researcher. The volume also tells a story. The editors have created a volume that tries to link each chapter by threading a theme through each chapter. That theme is the argument that interview situations are social situations and should be viewed as such. This is an important way to contextualize what would otherwise be merely guidelines for technique and methodological points." --Jeffrey Chin, Professor and Chair of Sociology, LeMoyne College
"While the book certainly contains many useful pointers on practical methodological issues, this book casts practical methods within a nuanced theoretical framework. These chapters help locate aspects of interviewing within their theoretical, phenomenological, interactional, and organizational contexts. Even those with extensive experience as interviewers, interview subjects, or interview consumers are likely to learn from these thoughtful essays."
--Joel Best, Professor and Chair of Sociology, University of Delaware
Interviewing has become the leading window on the world of experience for both researchers and professionals. But as familiar as interviewing is now, its seemingly straightforward methodology raises more questions than ever. What is the interviewer’s image of those who are being interviewed? Who is the interviewer in the eyes of the respondent? From where do interviewers obtain questions and respondents get the answers that they communicate in interviews? How do the institutional auspices of interviewing shape interview data?
Drawing upon leading experts from a wide range of disciplines to address these and related questions,
The Handbook of Interview Research offers a comprehensive examination of the interview at the cutting edge of information technology in the context of a challenging postmodern environment. Encyclopedic in its breadth, The Handbook provides extensive discussions of the conceptual and methodological issues surrounding interview practice in relation to forms of interviewing, new technology, diverse data gathering and analytic strategies, and the various ways interviewing relates to distinctive respondents. The Handbook is also a story that spins a particular tale that moves from the commonly recognized individual interview as an instrument for gathering data to reflections on the interview as an integral part of the information we gather about individuals and society.
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This immensely practical book provides child clinicians with essential information and guidance for conducting evaluations and writing virtually any kind of clinical report. An accessible one-stop reference, it helps the reader collect pertinent information from children, parents, and teachers; organize evaluation results into a high-quality report; choose just the right wording, terms, and phrases to express findings and describe tests used; and develop appropriate treatment plans. Special features include interview questions, developmental milestones, sample reports and report formats, treatment planning tips for particular disorders, and lists of commonly used medications and abbreviations. The book also contains reproducible consent forms, questionnaires, and other ready-to-use tools, all in a convenient large-size format.
Customer Reviews:
Practical and useful.......2007-04-07
This has been a long-awaited book for educational psychology students and educational psychologist. It is practical and the guidelines and examples make report writing a pleasure.
Book Description
Not long ago, child psychiatrists rarely conducted Mental Status Examinations on their patients for fear of nosological labeling. Due to an increasing recognition that childhood psychiatric syndromes often continue into adulthood, direct and systematic interviewing of pre-adolescents has become more prevalent. Cost-effective pressures have made it imperative that sound diagnostic processes are performed and relevant treatment plans are implemented.
The Concise Guide to the Psychiatric Interview of Children and Adolescents provides residents and veteran practitioners with the skills to conduct effective interviews for the Mental Status Examination of children and adolescents. It covers
* General aspects of interviewing, phases of the diagnostic interview, and strategies and considerations regarding different situations in the interviewing process * How to use non-verbal techniques during the interview process and how to evaluate internal, external, and other symptoms * The documentation required for the Mental Status Examination and considerations regarding the neuropsychiatric examination * The theory and pragmatics of the formulation process and a model for a comprehensive psychiatric diagnostic formulation * The issues related to symptom formation and symptom maintenance * How to deal with issues related to countertransference responses that surface during the diagnostic interview
With a wealth of tables, case examples, glossary, and bibliography, this concise guide quickly demonstrates the techniques described in this book. It's the perfect clinical reference for residents and practitioners working with children and adolescents.
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Maudsley Handbook of Practical Psychiatry (Oxford Medical Publications)
David Goldberg , and
Robin Murray
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
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The Maudsley Handbook of Practical Psychiatry has long served trainees in psychiatry, presenting them with practical and essential advice. This new edition of the handbook, perhaps better known as the 'Orange book', provides guidance on the psychiatric and neuropsychiatric examination and interviewing of adults and children - not just a central skill, but the basis for reaching a diagnosis and defining a treatment plan. It also covers special interview situations, such as dealing with specific patient reactions, and other special problems, for example, conducting a complicated assessment in cases of autism or self harm. The final chapters explain when to refer to the experts and describes early treatment interventions. The book concludes with important legal and service organisation issues. As with previous editions, the new edition has been revised and rewritten with the full and active involvement of a group of consultant psychiatrists and trainees.
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Approximately 70% of large companies now use testing as one of their selection and assessment procedures. How to Pass Numeracy Tests helps job-seekers become familiar with tests used, learn to work under pressure, and improve test-taking technique. This edition provides new practice questions and deals with the three most common types of numeracy tests: data interpretation, number problems and number sequences.
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The subjects of social skills and communication skills are ones that attract immense interest, both from academic researchers interested in them for their own sake, and from practitioners who either require such skills in their professional work or need to teach them to those with limited skills. This completely revised and updated second edition includes a new section on Interviewing Contexts, including chapters on selection, helping, appraisal and survey interviewing, and has a new chapter on Relational Communication.
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is a comprehensive volume on the subject and has contributions from world leaders in their particular fields. It will be essential for researchers and students in psychology, as well as managers, psychiatrists, social workers, teachers, nurses and therapists, whose day-to-day work so depends on communication skills.
Customer Reviews:
Seems daunting, but worth the effort!.......1999-09-16
As textbooks go, this is nothing like the standard American fare, with large margins, highlighted text in the margins, and lots of photographs. It is almost a scholarly journal and is totally text. Initially I dreaded reading this book, sure it would be dry, boring and/or above my head. I was TOTALLY wrong on all counts. I was happy to return to the book again and again, finding something interesting and insightful on every page. I have every intention of making this book a permanent part of my personal library!!! An exhaustive overview of the current thoughts in communication, this is a definate read for anyone interested in effective interpersonal communication.
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Standardized interviews provide a systematic and validated approach to clinical assessment and diagnosis. This comprehensive handbook presents current, authoritative information on the principal interviews used to evaluate adults and children in a wide range of contexts and settings. It offers crucial guidance on the selection of appropriate measures for Axis I disorders, Axis II disorders, and specialized syndromes, providing up-to-date data on reliability, validity, and clinical applications. Structured to facilitate comparison across measures, chapters present key information in a clear format that includes bulleted text and tables. Summary boxes offer quick access to such vital practical details as administration requirements, distinctive features, and how each major measure can be obtained. Special features include coverage of recently developed interviews, a cutting-edge chapter on forensic applications, and attention to overarching issues of research and practice. Unique in the depth and breadth of its coverage, the Handbook represents a complete revision and expansion of the author's previous work, Diagnostic and Structured Interviewing. An essential reference for psychologists, psychiatrists, and other mental health professionals and trainees, it also serves as a graduate-level text.
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Superb Text for Mental Health Professionals.......2002-04-08
If you want to improve your diagnostic and assessment skills, this is one of the best investments you can make in a book. Rogers' books are always well-researched and this one is no exception. Don't rely on "clinical lore" to guide your assessment procedures (e.g., did you know that asking patients to explain the meaning of a proverb is an unreliable method to measure, even roughly, abstract reasoning ability?) You not only will learn which instruments are the most reliable and valid, Rogers will also guide your selection of instruments so that you use the instrument most appropriate for the patient population that you serve. Forensic psychologists and psychiatrists, you should also read this text to ensure that your assessment procedures will stand up under scrutiny, under Daubert criteria or otherwise.
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