The First Session with Children and Adolescents: Conducting a Comprehensive Mental Health Evaluation

by Alvin E. House

Book Overview

This book provides a thorough, practical primer on carrying out an initial mental health evaluation with a child or adolescent client. The emphasis is on efficiently eliciting the information needed for formulating the young person's difficulties, clarifying the diagnostic situation, and planning for treatment or referral, within the context of a caring, respectful professional relationship. Beginning with the first contact with a new client, the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1572307501
• ISBN13: 9781572307506
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: Guilford Publications
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"