The Mental Health Clinician's Workbook Locking In Your Professional Skills

Rich with compelling case material, this hands-on workbook helps mental health practitioners and students build essential skills for clinical evaluation and differential diagnosis. Renowned diagnostician James Morrison invites the reader to interview and evaluate 26 patients with a wide spectrum of presenting complaints and ultimate diagnoses. Using multiple-choice questions and fill-in-the-blank exercises, clinicians practice the arts of interviewing and making diagnostic decisions. The convenient large-size format facilitates use. Extensive tables in the appendix provide a quick-reference guide to the interviewing techniques, diagnostic principles, and clinical diagnoses discussed in each case.

See also other essential resources for new clinicians--Becoming a Therapist, Second Edition, by Suzanne Bender and Edward Messner, which covers what to say and why, starting from the very first session, and The Therapist's Journey, by Robert Taibbi, which offers guidance for navigating professional development, boundaries, self-care, and more.

Introduction
1. Good Beginnings--Abby
2. Complaint Department--Brad
3. Past Is Prologue--Candice
4. Decision Tree--Douglas
5. Transitions--Elinor
6. Safety First--Fritz
7. Central Casting--Gloria
8. Self-Defense--Hank
9. A Mystery and an Enigma--Inez
10. Now and Then--Julio
11. Small Bites--Kylie
12. Swan Song--Liam
13. Age-Old Questions--Melissa
14. Family Secrets--Norman
15. Rejections--Olivia
16. To Tell the Truth--Pierce
17. Encore--Quinn
18. Nil by Mouth--Randolph
19. Ghost in the Machine--Siobhán
20. Compelling Evidence--Tyler
21. Character Reference--Uma
22. Motion Sickness--Vincent
23. Role of the Dice--Whitney
24. Fill in the Blanks--X
25. In Other Words--Yasmin
26. Goodbye and Good Luck--Zander
Appendix. Tables
References and Suggested Reading

James Morrison, MD, is Affiliate Professor of Psychiatry at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland. His long career includesextensive experience in both the private and public sectors. With his acclaimed practical books--including Diagnosis Made Easier, Third Edition; DSM-5-TR Made Easy; The First Interview, Fourth Edition; and others--Dr. Morrison has guided hundreds of thousands of mental health professionals and students through the complexities of clinical evaluation and diagnosis.