1st Edition
Prime Time Maximizing the Therapeutic Experience -- A Primer for Psychiatric Clinicians
By Frederick G. Guggenheim
Copyright 2009
252 Pages
by
Routledge
252 Pages
by
Routledge
252 Pages
by
Routledge
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One of the difficulties that all psychiatrists encounter when they see patients for less than fifty minutes is how to be empathic while on the run. Nowadays the psychiatrist, often behind schedule, has but a Twenty Minute Hour to evaluate a patient’s level of functioning and current symptoms and side effects; to judge their responsiveness to medication; to do some teaching about medication and/or... Read more
Introduction. Part I: Ways to Make the Twenty Minute Hour Work for You. Beginnings – Not a Moment to Spare. Measuring Symptoms. Setting the Contract. Decisions, Decisions. Psychoeducation/Teaching. Shortcuts: How to End on Time. Early and Later Pitfalls. Terminating Treatment. Part II: QUICK GRAB Answers for Specific Problems. Working with the Depressed Patient. Working with the Bipolar Patient. Working with the Anxious Patient. Working with the Traumatized Patient. Working with the Angry or Violent Patient. Working with the Somatizing Patient. Working with the Patient with Mild Schizophrenia. Working with the Questionably Psychotic Patient. Working with the Adolescent Patient. Working with the Elderly Patient. Working with the Borderline Personality Patient. Working with the Mildly Retarded Patient. Working with the Suicidal Patient. Working with the Pregnant Patient. Working with the Divorcing Patient. When Your Patient (or you) Are Being Stalked. When Tragedy Befalls You, or Your Patient. The Vulnerable Clinician. Part III: Useful References.
Biography
Frederick G. Guggenheim
"We are not aware of another book that contains so much wisdom and helpful advice on so many clinical and practical subjects. The author's conversational style and the organization of the book feel like brief discussions with an experienced supervisor. A book that provides tremendous wisdom and practical advice to beginning clinicians. We highly recommend the book for new residents and residency training directors." - Benjamin Liptzin, MD, and Steven V. Fischel, PhD., both at Tufts University School of Medicine, Massachusetts, in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, August 2010
