The Maudsley handbook of practical psychiatry (Oxford University Press, 2006)
Includes bibliographical references and index
1 The psychiatric interview with adults; Interviews on the wards or in the outpatient department with adult patients; Interviews on emergency duty; Interviews in the outpatient department; Assessment of the elderly patient; Assessing patients with learning disability; Terminating the interview; 2 Special assessments with adults; Assessing early life experience; Memories of sexual abuse; Sexual disorders and couple relationship problems; Assessing personality; Assessing family relationships; Assessing the social state; Cross-cultural assessments in psychiatry
3 The psychiatric interview with childrenSome differences from interviewing adults; Scheme for description of mental state; Sources of information; Interviewing parents; Information from school and other sources outside the family; Synthesizing different sources; Assessment of children with developmental disorders; 4 The mental state examination; Severe learning difficulties; The mental state of adults; The elderly; Mild or moderate learning disability; 5 Neuropsychiatric assessment; History; Mental state examination; Neurological examination
Neurological screening examination of children aged over 5 yearsThe mute or inaccessible patient; The catatonic patient; 6 The formulation, the summary, and progress notes; The formulation; The summary; Progress notes; Handover notes; 7 Special interview situations; The patient who demands proof that you care; The patient who solicits erotic involvement; The patient who brings gifts; The patient who is disinhibited; The patient who refuses to leave; The patient out of hours; The patient who demands drugs; The patient who threatens violence; The assessment of dangerousness; Risk management
8 Special problemsChildhood autism; Hyperkinetic disorder; Specific developmental disorders; Suicide and deliberate self-harm; Alcohol and drinking problems; Drug dependence; Sexual and relationship problems; Eating disorders; Somatization; Mother and baby problems; Epilepsy and other neuropsychiatric syndromes; Head injury; Early-onset dementias; CNS infections; Cerebrovascular disease; Multiple sclerosis; 9 When to refer to experts; Drug problems; Alcohol problems; Sexual and relationship problems; Eating disorders; Forensic patients; Neuropsychiatric problems; Learning disability