Main description:

This instructive clinical resource has given thousands of clinicians and students essential skills for evaluating infants through adolescents with any type of mental health issue. Principles for conducting age-appropriate clinical interviews with children of varying ages and their parents--including the use of toys, drawing, dolls, and other forms of play--are illustrated with annotated sample transcripts. The book provides crucial information for accurately diagnosing a wide range of mental and behavioral disorders. User-friendly features include concise explanations of diagnostic criteria, coding notes, interview pointers for specific disorders, vivid vignettes, and a sample written report.

New to This Edition
*Current terminology, codes, and diagnostic criteria integrated throughout the case examples and disorder-specific discussions.
*Features both DSM-5 and ICD-10-CM codes.
*Essential Features--prototypes that encapsulate the symptoms and other diagnostic elements of each disorder.
*Reproducible tool (Questionnaire for Parents) that can be downloaded and printed for repeated use.
*Additional disorders and vignettes.

Contents:

Introduction
I. Interviewing Children and Adolescents
A Background for Evaluating Children and Adolescents
1. Interviewing Informants: The Basics
2. Structuring the First Interview with the Young Patient
3. An Introduction to Development
A Variety of Interviews with Children and Adolescents
4. The Infant/Toddler Interview
5. Play Interview with a 6-Year-Old Girl
6. Play Interview with a 7-Year-Old Boy
7. Interview with a 9-Year-Old Girl
8. The Adolescent Interview
9. The Parent-Child Initial Interview
10. The Written Report
II. DSM-5 Diagnoses Applicable to Children and Adolescents
11. Neurodevelopmental Disorders
12. Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders
13. Mood Disorders
14. Anxiety Disorders
15. Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
16. Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders
17. Dissociative Disorders
18. Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders
19. Feeding and Eating Disorders
20. Elimination Disorders
21. Sleep-Wake Disorders
22. Gender Dysphoria
23. Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorders
24. Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders
25. Cognitive Disorders
26. Personality Disorders
27. Other Diagnostic Issues
Appendices
Appendix 1. Reference Materials
Appendix 2. Outline of DSM-5 Diagnoses
Appendix 3. A Questionnaire for Parents