Psychiatric Clinical Skills: Revised 1st Edition (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781770523784)

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.

Author: David S. Goldbloom
ISBN-10: 1770523782
ISBN-13: 9781770523784
Publisher: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Language: English
Published: 03/30/2009
Pages: 404
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.05lbs
Size: 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.83d