Full Description
This second edition of 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 psychotic phenomena. Case vignettes deepen clinical understanding, and all chapters include a summary of practical clinical guidelines. This new edition includes two new chapters and updated diagnostic criteria considering the new DSM-5-TR. Practicing psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, psychiatric nurses and students will find this a valuable resource for clinical practice, training, and teaching purposes.
Contents
Part I: Clinical Features of Psychosis 1. Observing and Listening to the Psychotic Experience 2. Understanding Core Psychotic Symptoms 3. Charting the Course of Psychotic Episodes Part II: Diagnostic Concepts 4. Diagnostic Classification: Past and Present 5. Diagnostic Categories or Dimensions 6. Differential Diagnosis of Psychotic Disorders Part III: Assessing Psychosis 7. Assessing Psychotic Dimensions with Clinical Interviewing 8. Assessing Psychotic Dimensions with Psychological Testing 9. Assessing Psychotic Dimensions with Research-Based Instruments Part IV: Special Issues and Population 10. Assessing Psychosis in a Cultural Context 11. Assessing Psychosis Proneness, Prodrome, and High-risk factors 12. Assessing Suicide Risk in Psychosis 13. Assessing Violence Risk in Psychosis 14. Assessing Psychosis in Children and Adolescents 15. Assessing and Differentiating Extreme Pollical Belief from Delusions 16. Assessing Psychosis in a Forensic Mental Health Context 17. Assessing the Diversity of Psychotic Experience: A Recap and Look Ahead
Part I: Clinical Features of Psychosis 1. Observing and Listening to the Psychotic Experience 2.Understanding Core Psychotic Signs and Symptoms 3.Charting the Course of Psychotic Episodes Part II: Diagnostic Concepts 4.Diagnostic Classification: Past and Present 5.Diagnostic Categories or Dimensions 6.Differential Diagnosis of Psychotic Disorders Part III: Assessing Psychosis 7.Assessing Psychotic Dimensions with Clinical Interviewing 8.Assessing Psychotic Dimensions with Psychological Tests 9.Assessing Psychotic Dimensions with Research-Based Instruments Part IV: Special Issues and Population 10.Assessing Psychosis in a Cultural Context 11. Attenuated Psychosis, Psychosis-Proneness & Risk Factors for Psychotic Illness 12. Assessing Psychosis in a Forensic Context 13.Differentiating Delusional Disorder from the Radicalization of Extreme Beliefs 14.Assessing Suicide Risk in Psychosis 15.Assessing Violence Risk in Psychosis 16.Assessing Psychosis in Children and Adolescents
