The Fifteen Minute Hour: Therapeutic Talk in Primary Care, Fourth Edition - Softcover

'This excellent book attempts to help those in everyday clinical practice to recognize a psychological issue underlying a patient visit and how to focus the patient without labeling the problem as psychological...worthwhile reading to remind us why we became physicians.' DOODY'S REVIEW SERVICE "A time-honored classic...This book should be especially helpful to those who are beginning the challenge of clinical work and to those from the field of behavioral science who work in collaboration with physicians... I found myself being reenergized as I reread this work, even though I am already a true believer in the concepts presented...We are indebted to Drs Stuart and Lieberman for the contribution they have made to the practical integration of psychology and health." FAMILY MEDICINE

By incorporating therapeutic talk into daily practice, family doctors can solve and often prevent many psychological and behavioural problems. The approaches described in this text are designed not only to enhance the therapeutic relationship, but also to make practice more productive and pleasurable. In particular, they can be applied in the context of a standard length consultation, rather than lengthy therapy sessions. Developed over two decades and four editions, the overwhelming consensus is that the strategies described in this book work: patients respond, practitioners save time, and provider-patient relationships become richer. The techniques will certainly increase readers' abilities to recognize and treat common emotional problems. The approach is pragmatic, flexible and easily learned, and it works!'The fact that this book has progressed to a fourth edition confirms the usefulness of these techniques to those of us in primary care. Although the basic concepts presented are similar to earlier editions, much new material has been added to make these principles and techniques more useful to the primary care health professional. This book is a valuable resource for primary care physicians and all health professionals involved in providing primary care to patients. It contains many simple and practical techniques that are useful in practice' - Robert E Rakel MD in the Foreword.