The Psychiatric Interview in Clinical Practice
"The long-awaited second edition of this classic text on the psychiatric interview meets--and in fact exceeds--our expectations. In addition to broadening significantly the discussion of the diagnostic process, particularly regarding the borderline and narcissistic spectrum of personality disorders, this text expands on new developments in psychodynamic theory and their technical implications for therapy. Contemporary object relations theory, the Kleinian development, self psychology, and relational psychoanalysis are clearly and succinctly summarized and integrated into a highly sophisticated psychodynamic interview. Given the multiple pressures on the contemporary clinician that tend to compete with a focus on the comprehensive assessment of patients, this book is a most welcome call to action regarding a careful, in-depth diagnostic assessment of patients' symptoms, personality, and psychological functioning."-- "Otto F. Kernberg, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York; Director, Personality Disorders Institute, The New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Payne Whitney Westchester, White Plains, New York; and Former President, International Psychoanalytic Association"