The First Session with Children and Adolescents
Subtitle: Conducting a Comprehensive Mental Health Evaluation
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: The Guilford Press
Published: February 21, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9781572307506
Subjects: Child & developmental psychology; Clinical psychology; Paediatric medicine; Psychopathology - Compulsive Behavior; Mental Illness; Psychology; Psychotherapy - Child & Adolescent; Psychology & Psychiatry / Child Psychology; PSY006000; Diagnosis; Adolescent psychopathology; Child psychopathology; Mental health services
First sentence: A child is waiting in your reception area.
Description: "The initial evaluation of a client, whether in a formal diagnostic process or as a first therapy contact, is the beginning of the process of providing that client with help. This book provides a thorough, practical primer on carrying out initial mental health evaluations with children and adolescents. The focus is on efficiently eliciting the information needed for formulating the young person's difficulties, clarifying the diagnostic situation, and planning for treatment or referral.

Drawing on the available research literature - as well as the author's 25+ years of professional experience - this user-friendly book will facilitate the work of practitioners in any discipline or clinical setting."--BOOK JACKET.