Download or read book Clinical and Diagnostic Interviewing written by Robert J. Craig and published by Jason Aronson. This book was released on 2005 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mental health clinicians in a variety of settings offer advice on clinical interviewing to students and new practitioners. They cover basic elements, philosophical approaches to interviewing, patients with specific psychopathologies such as substance abuse and personality disorders, children and adolescents, and focused interviews such as assessing suicide potential and the forensic interview. No date is noted for the first edition; the second is revised to account for changes in standards and practices. Annotation : 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).