"Nothing provides a better foundation for good mental healthcare than access to a range of excellent supervisors and role models. This text is liking having a supervisor in your pocket"
Roderick McKay, Past Binational Chair, RANZCP Faculty of Psychiatry of Old Age and Adjunct Senior Lecturer, University of New South Wales, Australia
This guide is for anyone working with people with mental health conditions, covering the techniques needed for a good psychiatric interview and preparing readers to work with specific groups, presentations, and in different settings. It covers everything from the basics of psychiatric assessment through to in-depth topics and how to approach examinations.
This jargon free guide is a practical handbook that can be read quickly and consulted as needed to build confidence. It is ideal for medical students, psychiatric trainees, nurses, and allied health professionals.
1. Introduction - p. xii 2. A note on terminology - p. xiii 3. List of Tables - p. xiv 4. List of Illustrations - p. xv 5. 1. Being interviewed: The psychiatric assessment as a co-constructed relationship - p. xv 6. Section I. The basics - p. 22 7. Introduction - p. 22 8. 2. Information gathering - p. 22 9. 3. Becoming a skilled interviewer - p. 37 10. Section II. The diagnostic psychiatric interview - p. 46 11. Introduction - p. 46 12. 4. Preparing for the interview - p. 46 13. 5. The diagnostic interview - p. 54 14. 6. The mental state examination - p. 95 15. 7. Bringing it all together - p. 141 16. 8. Recording and communicating your assessment to others - p. 151 17. Section III. Specific presentations - p. 164 18. Introduction - p. 164 19. 9. Depression - p. 164 20. 10. The suicidal person - p. 183 21. 11. Mania - p. 213 22. 12. Psychosis - p. 223 23. 13. Anxiety - p. 245 24. 14. Obsessive–compulsive symptoms - p. 260 25. 15. Post-traumatic stress disorder - p. 270 26. 16. Confusion part 1: Delirium - p. 287 27. 17. Confusion part 2: Dementia - p. 303 28. 18. Substance use and addiction behaviours - p. 324 29. 19. The person with feeding and eating disorders - p. 350 30. 20. Borderline personality disorder - p. 369 31. 21. Pregnancy and the postnatal period - p. 390 32. 22. The unresponsive person - p. 402 33. 23. Dealing with a potentially violent person - p. 415 34. 24. Neurodevelopmental disorders - p. 422 35. Section IV. Specific places - p. 432 36. Introduction - p. 432 37. 25. Interviewing in the accident and emergency department - p. 432 38. 26. Assessments in the home - p. 444 39. 27. Assessments in the general hospital (or CL unplugged) - p. 463 40. Section V. Specific groups - p. 484 41. Introduction - p. 484 42. 28. The assessment of children and adolescents - p. 484 43. 29. Assessment of older people - p. 513 44. 30. Assessment of people with intellectual disabilities - p. 532 45. 31. Assessment of people from different ethnic, cultural, and linguistic backgrounds - p. 540 46. Section VI. In-depth topics - p. 552 47. Introduction - p. 552 48. 32. Personality difficulties - p. 552 49. 33. The extended cognitive assessment - p. 564 50. 34. Assessment of mental capacity - p. 594 51. 35. Risk and risk assessment - p. 602 52. 36. Assessment of physical health - p. 627 53. 37. Changed behaviours in people with dementia - p. 649 54. 38. Difficult encounters - p. 675 55. Section VII. Approaching examinations - p. 706 56. Introduction - p. 706 57. 39. Examination skills - p. 706 58. Appendix 1. History taking checklist - p. 723 59. Appendix 2. Mental state examination checklist - p. 727 60. Appendix 3. Suicide assessment checklist - p. 732 61. Appendix 4. Risk review checklist - p. 736 62. Appendix 5. Categorical classification of personality disorders - p. 738 63. Appendix 6. NEAMI health prompt - p. 744 64. Appendix 7. Montreal cognitive assessment MoCA - p. 747 65. Appendix 8. Publishing history - p. 757 66. Index - p. 758
"Nothing provides a better foundation for good mental healthcare than access to a range of excellent supervisors and role models. This text is liking having a supervisor in your pocket"
Roderick McKay, Past Binational Chair, RANZCP Faculty of Psychiatry of Old Age and Adjunct Senior Lecturer, University of New South Wales, Australia
This guide is for anyone working with people with mental health conditions, covering the techniques needed for a good psychiatric interview and preparing readers to work with specific groups, presentations, and in different settings. It covers everything from the basics of psychiatric assessment through to in-depth topics and how to approach examinations.
This jargon free guide is a practical handbook that can be read quickly and consulted as needed to build confidence. It is ideal for medical students, psychiatric trainees, nurses, and allied health professionals.
1. Introduction - p. xii 2. A note on terminology - p. xiii 3. List of Tables - p. xiv 4. List of Illustrations - p. xv 5. 1. Being interviewed: The psychiatric assessment as a co-constructed relationship - p. xv 6. Section I. The basics - p. 22 7. Introduction - p. 22 8. 2. Information gathering - p. 22 9. 3. Becoming a skilled interviewer - p. 37 10. Section II. The diagnostic psychiatric interview - p. 46 11. Introduction - p. 46 12. 4. Preparing for the interview - p. 46 13. 5. The diagnostic interview - p. 54 14. 6. The mental state examination - p. 95 15. 7. Bringing it all together - p. 141 16. 8. Recording and communicating your assessment to others - p. 151 17. Section III. Specific presentations - p. 164 18. Introduction - p. 164 19. 9. Depression - p. 164 20. 10. The suicidal person - p. 183 21. 11. Mania - p. 213 22. 12. Psychosis - p. 223 23. 13. Anxiety - p. 245 24. 14. Obsessive–compulsive symptoms - p. 260 25. 15. Post-traumatic stress disorder - p. 270 26. 16. Confusion part 1: Delirium - p. 287 27. 17. Confusion part 2: Dementia - p. 303 28. 18. Substance use and addiction behaviours - p. 324 29. 19. The person with feeding and eating disorders - p. 350 30. 20. Borderline personality disorder - p. 369 31. 21. Pregnancy and the postnatal period - p. 390 32. 22. The unresponsive person - p. 402 33. 23. Dealing with a potentially violent person - p. 415 34. 24. Neurodevelopmental disorders - p. 422 35. Section IV. Specific places - p. 432 36. Introduction - p. 432 37. 25. Interviewing in the accident and emergency department - p. 432 38. 26. Assessments in the home - p. 444 39. 27. Assessments in the general hospital (or CL unplugged) - p. 463 40. Section V. Specific groups - p. 484 41. Introduction - p. 484 42. 28. The assessment of children and adolescents - p. 484 43. 29. Assessment of older people - p. 513 44. 30. Assessment of people with intellectual disabilities - p. 532 45. 31. Assessment of people from different ethnic, cultural, and linguistic backgrounds - p. 540 46. Section VI. In-depth topics - p. 552 47. Introduction - p. 552 48. 32. Personality difficulties - p. 552 49. 33. The extended cognitive assessment - p. 564 50. 34. Assessment of mental capacity - p. 594 51. 35. Risk and risk assessment - p. 602 52. 36. Assessment of physical health - p. 627 53. 37. Changed behaviours in people with dementia - p. 649 54. 38. Difficult encounters - p. 675 55. Section VII. Approaching examinations - p. 706 56. Introduction - p. 706 57. 39. Examination skills - p. 706 58. Appendix 1. History taking checklist - p. 723 59. Appendix 2. Mental state examination checklist - p. 727 60. Appendix 3. Suicide assessment checklist - p. 732 61. Appendix 4. Risk review checklist - p. 736 62. Appendix 5. Categorical classification of personality disorders - p. 738 63. Appendix 6. NEAMI health prompt - p. 744 64. Appendix 7. Montreal cognitive assessment MoCA - p. 747 65. Appendix 8. Publishing history - p. 757 66. Index - p. 758
