Beyond Empathy
The Person Before the Letters Unfortunately many patients when they find themselves in the company of a clinician may adopt the above dictum, especially when exploring sensitive and taboo topics…
Nonverbal Behavior
Introduction In this chapter we will explore the intricate processes known as nonverbal behavior. Few studies are more intriguing or more pertinent for the clinician. It is only fitting that…
Understanding the Person Beneath the Diagnosis
Introductory Illustration: The Person Beneath the Diagnosis As the clinician integrates the processes of the first two way-stations on our map of the initial interview – engagement and data gathering…
Medication Interest Model (MIM)
Introduction When patients are facing potentially devastating psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depressive disorder, medications are often life transformative or, in some cases – where suicidal…
Motivational Interviewing (MI)
Introduction How does one avoid such tongue wagging? What does it mean to have something real behind one’s words of influence? The answer, as we shall see in this chapter,…
Culturally Adaptive Interviewing
Introduction: A Reason to Be To emphasize the importance of cross-cultural awareness in the initial interview, we have liberally interlaced cross-cultural concerns and insights throughout the preceding nineteen chapters of…
The Mental Status
Introduction To see what one is actually seeing – to see wisely, as Sir William Osler advised – is not necessarily as easy as it might seem at first glance….
Personality Disorders
Introduction As the above quotation illustrates, for ages humans have enthusiastically attempted to classify each other. Such behavior seems to represent a trademark of the species, for better or worse….
Validity Techniques for Exploring Sensitive Material and Uncovering the Truth
Understanding the Challenge of Exploring Sensitive Material We have spent the last two chapters exploring the nuances and techniques that can help us to gather a comprehensive database in a…
Mood Disorders
Introduction In the early 1800s as Blake wandered the drab lanes of London, his eyes met the face of depression at every corner. Depression stalked among merchants, seamen, and prostitutes…
