Clinician's Thesaurus

The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports

Edward L. Zuckerman

• Publisher: The Guilford Press
• Year: 2019
• eBook ISBN: 9781462538812
• Edition: 8
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Research & Methodology in Psychology
• Index: Psychology

Hundreds of thousands of students and early-career professionals have relied on this authoritative report-writing tool, now updated for DSM-5/ICD-10-CM and newer types of evaluations. In a convenient 8" x 10.5" format, the book covers nearly all areas of concern addressed in intakes, evaluations, treatment plans, progress notes, and closing summaries. The user seeking the right wording for a clinical document can skim and select from thousands of technical terms, behavioral descriptors, and standard statements. Also provided are interview questions for almost every symptomatic behavior, a huge collection of mental status questions, a reproducible Mental Status Evaluation summary form, and links to hundreds of internet resources. The companion website offers all the URLs from the book, the reproducible forms, and a handy reference on current psychiatric medications. New to This Edition
*A list of all psychiatric ICD-10 diagnoses (all of the codes in DSM-5, plus many more), including Z codes essential to a comprehensive biopsychosocial evaluation.
*Sample evaluation report keyed to the book's chapters.
*Sections on additional clinical issues: intimate partner violence, gender identity, human trafficking, recovery-oriented language, and more.
*Many more Internet links, including a wide variety of screening and assessment tools. See also The Paper Office for the Digital Age, Fifth Edition, by Edward L. Zuckerman and Keely Kolmes, which provides the essential record-keeping and risk-reduction tools that every psychotherapy practice needs.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright
• About the Author
• Contents
• Acknowledgments and an Invitation
• Getting Oriented to the Clinician’s Thesaurus
• A Functional Guide to Report Construction
• Part I. Conducting a Mental Health Evaluation
• Part II. Standard Terms and Statements for Wording Psychological Reports
• Part III. Useful Resources
• Appendices
• Feedback Solicitation Form
• References
• Index