Psychiatry - General & Miscellaneous, Medical Education & Training, Psychopathology - General & Miscellaneous, Treatment - General & Miscellaneous - Psychology, Methodology - Psychology, Clinical Psychology - General & Miscellaneous, Nursing Fundamentals
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Overview
Psychiatric Clinical Skills is a practical guide to engaging and assessing people who have mental health problems. Written by a team of experienced clinicians, it focuses on "what to ask" and "how to ask" and covers a wide spectrum of clinical problems and settings. It includes a chapter written from the perspective of people who live with mental health problems.As well as covering the full range of mental health disorders, the guide includes informaition about:
- culture competence
- assessment of children, adolescents and older adults
- assessment of families
- use of standardized rating scales
- documentation.
Each chapter includes easy-to-use features such as clinical vignettes, chapter overviews and keypoint summaries.
Synopsis
Psychiatric Clinical Skills is a practical guide to engaging and assessing people who have mental health problems. Written by a team of experienced clinicians, it focuses on "what to ask" and "how to ask" and covers a wide spectrum of clinical problems and settings. It includes a chapter written from the perspective of people who live with mental health problems. As well as covering the full range of mental health disorders, the guide includes informaition about: - culture competence - assessment of children, adolescents and older adults - assessment of families - use of standardized rating scales - documentation. Each chapter includes easy-to-use features such as clinical vignettes, chapter overviews and keypoint summaries.Book Details
Published
March 30, 2009
Publisher
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Pages
404
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9781770523784