Psychiatric Clinical Skills
Revised 1st Edition
Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Medical, Specialties, Psychiatry
| Author: | David S. Goldbloom, MD, FRCPC | ISBN: | 9781770523814 |
| Publisher: | Centre for Addiction and Mental Health | Publication: | March 15, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Centre for Addiction and Mental Health | Language: | English |
| Author: | David S. Goldbloom, MD, FRCPC |
| ISBN: | 9781770523814 |
| Publisher: | Centre for Addiction and Mental Health |
| Publication: | March 15, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Centre for Addiction and Mental Health |
| Language: | English |
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 key-point summaries.
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 key-point summaries.
