Diagnostic Interviewing

Basics and Beyond in Clinical and Diagnostic Interviewing.- Interviewing Strategies, Rapport, and Empathy.- Presenting Problem, History of Presenting Problem, and Social History.- Mental Status Examination.- Consideration of Neuropsychological Factors in Interviewing.- Anxiety Disorders.- Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders.- Trauma and Stressor-Related Disorders.- Depressive Disorders.- Bipolar Disorders.- Schizophrenia.- Personality Disorders.- Substance Use Disorders.- Sexual Dysfunctions, Gender Dysphoria, and Paraphilic Disorders.- Eating Disorders.- Dissociative Disorders.- Children.- Older Adults.- Interviewing in Health Psychology and Medical Settings.

Daniel L. Segal received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Miami in 1992 and completed a post-doctoral fellowship in clinical geropsychology at Nova Southeastern University. He is a Professor in the Psychology Department at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs (UCCS), having joined the faculty in 1995. His research interests include diagnostic and assessment issues in clinical psychology and clinical geropsychology, suicide resilience and aging, anxiety and aging, and the expression and impact of personality disorders across the lifespan. He has published over 100 journal articles and book chapters on these topics. Additionally, he is lead author on two books (Aging and Mental Health, 3rd edition, with co-authors Sara Qualls and Michael Smyer, published in 2018; Personality Disorders and Older Adults: Diagnosis, Assessment, and Treatment, with co-authors Frederick L. Coolidge and Erlene Rosowsky, published in 2006). He has also edited two volumes in major reference works: One volume focused on personality assessment (in the Comprehensive Handbook of Psychological Assessment, 2004) and the other examined personality and everyday functioning (in the Comprehensive Handbook of Personality and Psychopathology, 2006). He is a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America and of the American Psychological Association (Division 20, Adult Development and Aging). He has received numerous awards at his home institution, including the Outstanding Teacher Award from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences in 2002 and from the UCCS Campus in 2006, the Outstanding Researcher Award from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences in 2010, and the Chancellor's Award for the UCCS campus in 2014. Finally, he was honored with the Distinguished Clinical Mentorship Award in 2017 from the Society of Clinical Geropsychology (Division 12, Section 2 of the American Psychological Association). Outside of his professional hours, he can be found playing tennis