"In an increasingly competitive marketplace, psychologists and other mental health professionals strive to offer the best validated assessment methods tailored to their target populations. Handbook of Diagnostic and Structured Interviewing represents a new and important resource for clinical practice.

The volume offers crucial guidance on the selection of appropriate measures for Axis I disorders, Axis II disorders, and specialized syndromes, marshaling up-to-date data on reliability, validity, and clinical applications. Providing the knowledge needed to make informed, appropriate use of these effective - and increasingly sophisticated diagnostic tools, the Handbook is an essential tool for today's clinician and researcher."--BOOK JACKET.