Basic Interviewing

Offers clear & direct answers to questions most frequently posed by students & trainees learning how to talk to clients & to extraxt data from them. Addresses nuts & bolts concerns of all clinicians that are vexing for neophytes from specific to general.

Michel Hersen, Vincent B. Van Hasselt

Contents: Preface. J. Faust, General Issues. M. Kenny, Beginning the Interview and Confidentiality. F. Johnston, V.B. Van Hasselt, M. Hersen, Rapport, Empathy, and Reflection. G.S. Watson, A.M. Gross, History of the Presenting Complaint. B. Falk, Social History. O.G. Bukstein, The Medical History. C.J. Golden, P.S. Hutchings, The Mental Status Examination. D.L. Segal, Writing Up the Intake Interview. S.N. Gold, Dealing With Defensiveness. W.I. Dorfman, Dealing With the Over-Talkative Client. E.F. Wagner, J.D. Kassel, S.I. Jackson, Ending the Interview. W.J. Burns, C.V. Hatziyannakis, Knowing When to Refer. W.W. Tryon, Identifying Targets for Treatment.