Description

The clinician’s companion for using DSM-5-TR in diagnostic interviews is The Pocket Guide to the DSM-5-TR Diagnostic Exam, which is appropriate for interviewers of all experience levels. The Pocket Guide starts with an overview of the diagnostic interview, goes over its objectives, offers a practical framework for learning how to conduct one, goes over the screening questions, and then discusses how the DSM-5-TR, with its revised methods for diagnosis and classification, affects the interview. The main portion of the manual guides the reader through a comprehensive diagnostic exam that includes follow-up questions specific to each DSM-5-TR disorder class.Both novices learning the structure and flow of the diagnostic interview and seasoned physicians performing an interview in accordance with the DSM-5-TR will find the book to be helpful. The