Assessing psychosis : a clinician's guide /

Assessing Psychosis: A Clinician's Guide offers both a practical guide and rich clinical resource for a broad audience of mental-health practitioners seeking to sharpen their understanding of diagnostic issues, clinical concepts, and assessment methods that aid in detecting the presence of psyc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kleiger, James H., 1952- (Author), Khadivi, Ali (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge/Taylor and Francis Group, 2015.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book.
Table of Contents:
  • Observing and listening to the psychotic experience
  • Understanding core psychotic symptoms
  • Charting the course of psychotic episodes
  • Diagnostic classification : past and present
  • Diagnostic categories or dimensions?
  • Differential diagnosis of psychotic disorders
  • Assessing psychotic dimensions with clinical interviewing
  • Assessing psychotic dimensions with psychological tests
  • Assessing psychotic dimensions with research-based instruments
  • Assessing psychosis in a cultural context
  • Assessing psychosis proneness, prodrome and high risk factors
  • Assessing suicide risk in psychosis
  • Assessing violence risk in psychosis
  • Assessing psychosis in children and adolescents
  • Assessing the diversity of the psychotic experience : a recap and a look ahead.