Interviewing Children and Adolescents: Skills and Strategies for Effective DSM-IV Diagnosis » (1st Edition)

James Morrison, MD, was educated at Reed College and obtained his medical and psychiatric training at Washington University in St. Louis. He is currently Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Oregon Health Sciences University. He is the author of The First Interview, DSM-IV Made Easy, and When Psychological Problems Mask Medical Disorders, and coauthor (with Thomas F. Anders) of Interviewing Children and Adolescents. (Updated 5/01)

Thomas F. Anders, MD, received his medical training at Stanford University and his psychiatry and psychoanalytic training at Columbia University. He has chaired the divisions of child psychiatry at Stanford University and Brown University, and the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California, Davis. Currently Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the U.C. Davis School of Medicine, Dr. Anders has long pursued his research interests in pediatric sleep disorders and infant sleep–wake state development.

This highly practical volume provides a complete guide to conducting an age-appropriate child or adolescent interview and formulating a clinically useful DSM-IV diagnosis. Illuminating both the art and the science of child diagnosis, the book blends astute advice on the interview process with crucial information on a wide range of mental and behavioral disorders. Readers learn effective approaches to communicating with children and adolescents on a level that young people can understand; eliciting information from patients whose verbal and cognitive abilities may be limited; and recognizing how disorders may present in children of different ages. Clinicians and students from every mental health discipline will appreciate the book's thoroughness, sensitivity, and wealth of real-life applications and examples.

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Presents guidelines for interviewing preschoolers, school-age children and teens using such techniques as directive and nondirective questioning, art activities, play and family interviews. Morrison (Temple University) and Anders (U.C. Davis School of Medicine) then provide diagnostic information about 28 mental and behavioral disorders that are usually first diagnosed in childhood, and 32 adult disorders as they may be encountered in children. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)