Handbook of Diagnostic and Structured Interviewing
Publisher: The Guilford Press
Published: August 6, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 516
ISBN-13: 9781572306783
Subjects: Clinical Psychology; Psychology; Interview, Psychological; Psychopathology - Compulsive Behavior; Assessment, Testing & Measurement; Psychology & Psychiatry / Clinical Psychology; Diagnosis; Interviewing in psychiatry; Mental illness; methods
First sentence: Mental health professionals are increasingly challenged to demonstrate the validity of their diagnostic and clinical conclusions.
Description: "In an increasingly competitive marketplace, psychologists and other mental health professionals strive to offer the best validated assessment methods tailored to their target populations. Handbook of Diagnostic and Structured Interviewing represents a new and important resource for clinical practice.

The volume offers crucial guidance on the selection of appropriate measures for Axis I disorders, Axis II disorders, and specialized syndromes, marshaling up-to-date data on reliability, validity, and clinical applications. Providing the knowledge needed to make informed, appropriate use of these effective - and increasingly sophisticated diagnostic tools, the Handbook is an essential tool for today's clinician and researcher."--BOOK JACKET.