Title: The First Session with Children and Adolescents
First published: February 21, 2002
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.
Subjects: Adolescent, Maladies mentales, Mental illness, Diagnosis, Santé mentale, Services de, Diagnostic, Adolescents, Relations thérapeute-patient, Child psychopathology, Psychopathologie, Mental Disorders, Evaluation, Mental health services, Adolescent psychopathology, Therapist and patient, Child, Enfants, Évaluation, Adolescence, Psychotherapy