Overview

What diagnoses should I consider for a client who presents with psychotic symptoms? What is my legal responsibility towards a client who presents a danger to himself or others? What clinical assessments can I use for children who may be suffering from ADHD? Mental health professionals face tricky questions like these every day. But locating reliable sources of information takes considerable time, a luxury that many hard-working clinicians today simply don amp rsquo t have. PsycEssentials: A Pocket Resource for Mental Health Practitioners is a quick but comprehensive guide that helps mental health clinicians locate the answers to these common and often urgent questions. User-friendly chapters are arranged chronologically to address the typical progression of therapy, and describe a wealth of publicly available resources from standardized screening measures and various clinical assessment and risk evaluation measures, to state laws regarding child and elder abuse reporting, symptoms for mental health diagnosis, commonly prescribed drugs, and resources for the implementation of evidence-based psychotherapies. Available in both standard print and e-book formats, PsycEssentials is also the first product from APA Books specifically designed for use with mobile and hand-held devices. The PsycEssentials app includes fully searchable text and live links to web-based resources, enabling clinicians to obtain the desired information in mere seconds.

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Author:   Janet L. Sonne
Publisher:   American Psychological Association
Imprint:   American Psychological Association
Dimensions:   Width: 12.70cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 20.30cm
Weight:   0.357kg
ISBN:  

9781433811173

ISBN 10:   1433811170
Pages:   334
Publication Date:   15 February 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction Initial Clinical Assessment Interview Standardized Screening Measures Structured and Semistructured Interviews Mental Status Examination Psychological Assessment Measures Clinical Assessment of Self-Harm and Interpersonally Violent Thoughts and Behaviors Risk Evaluation and Management of Self-Harm and Interpersonal Violence Child Abuse Reporting Reporting Abuse of Elderly and Dependent, Vulnerable, or Disabled Adults Duty to Protect: Reporting Client Threat of Harm to Another Diagnosis Evidence-Based Interventions Psychopharmacotherapies Termination Records and Record Keeping Resources for Clinicians I: Professional Standards Resources for Clinicians II: Strategies for Self-Care and Managing Adverse Events Resources for Clients and Their Significant Others Index About the Author

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Janet L. Sonne received her undergraduate degree in psychology from Stanford University, her master's degree in social and personality psychology research from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and her doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles. She is currently the coordinator of psychology training programs at the Loma Linda University Behavioral Medicine Center in Redlands, California, and she maintains an independent clinical and forensic practice.   Dr. Sonne was a founding psychologist of the graduate clinical psychology programs at Loma Linda University in 2 5 she retired from her position there as professor of psychology and director of clinical training. Previously, she was a member of the faculty of the Department of Psychiatry at Loma Linda University School of Medicine, where she taught and supervised the psychotherapy training of psychiatry residents. In addition, she taught medical students and graduate students in the departments of nursing, social work, and marriage and family therapy.   Dr. Sonne is a fellow of APA's Division 42 (Independent Practice) and a member of the California Psychological Association (CPA). She is the former chair and a member of the CPA Ethics Committee, and she served twice on the APA Ethics Committee.   Dr. Sonne is an expert consultant to the California Board of Psychology, and to attorneys, religious organizations, and practitioners regarding professional standards of care, competency issues, and perpetration and sequelae of childhood sexual abuse.   She is the author of several publications on the topics of therapist amp ndash patient relationships, including a chapter, amp quot Sexualized Relationships, amp quot in the recent APA Handbook of Ethics in Psychology and an article for which she was awarded a citation from Division 42, amp quot Nonsexual Multiple Relationships: A Practical Decision-Making Model for Clinicians. amp quot She coauthored two books: Sexual Feelings in Psychotherapy: Explorations for Therapists and Therapists-in-Training with Ken Pope and Jean Holroyd, and What Therapists Don't Talk About and Why: Understanding the Taboos That Hurt Us and Our Clients with Ken Pope and Beverly Greene.  

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