Introduction to the American Psychiatric Press Concise Guides -- 1. General Principles of Interviewing -- 2. Nonverbal Techniques for Interviewing Children and Adolescents -- 3. Use of the AMSIT in Documenting the Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Examination -- 4. Evaluation of Internalizing Symptoms -- 5. Evaluation of Externalizing Symptoms -- 6. Evaluation of Other Symptoms -- 7. The Neuropsychiatric Interview and Examination -- 8. Comprehensive Psychiatric Formulation -- 9. Symptom Formation and Comorbidity -- 10. Special Situations During the Psychiatric Examination: Diagnostic Obstacles or Resistances -- 11. Special Situations During the Psychiatric Examination: Countertransference