Amazon.com description: Product Description: Now in a revised and expanded edition, this volume of notes on interviewing and examining psychiatric patients establishes the basis for successful interaction, diagnosis, and treatment. It is intended for students beginning their psychiatric training. The authors include discussions of topics now commonly integrated into professional training, among them forensic and geriatric psychiatry, neuropsychiatry, and mental retardation. A section on child and adolescent psychiatry is also included.