Assessment Interview

Question 1

the beginning of the assessment process

Answer 1

the referral

Question 2

at once the most basic and the most serviceable technique used by the clinical psychologist

Answer 2

assessment interview

Question 3

[ ] of the interview can be no greater than the skill and sensitivity of the clinician who uses it

Answer 3

clinical utility

Question 4

• often used to characterize the relationship between patient and clinician.
• involves a comfortable atmosphere & mutual understanding of the purpose of interview

Answer 4

rapport

Question 5

it is essential that that the clinician has an idea of how the patient views the first meeting

Answer 5

frame of reference of the patient

Question 6

▪ be prepared - the clinician should have carefully gone over any existing record and info on the patient.
▪ the clinician should be perfectly clear about the purpose of the interview.

Answer 6

frame of reference of the patient

Question 7

an intake interview generally has two purposes:
a) to determine why the patient has come to the clinic/hosp
b) to judge whether the agency’s facilities, policies, and services will meet the needs and expectations of the patient.
▪ many times, a psychiatric social worker conducts such interviews, other times, it could be the person who will later do the diagnostic or tests

Answer 7

the intake-admission interview

Question 8

▪ clinician is interested both in concrete facts, dates, and events and in the patient’s feelings about them.
▪ to provide a broad background and context in which both the patient and the problem can be placed.
▪ range of material covered in personal social histories is quite broad – childhood, adulthood, educational, medical, parental, sexual, religious, etc.
▪ in some cases, depending on the age or cognitive ability of the client, “external informants” sometimes are the only valid sources of useable information

Answer 8

case-history interview

Question 9

▪ typically conducted to assess the presence of cognitive, emotional, or behavioral problems.
▪ structured interviews have been devised to address issue of unreliability – specific questions are asked to assess behavior in a variety of areas

Answer 9

mental status examination interview

Question 10

• purpose of the [ ] is to meet problems as they occur and to provide an immediate resource.
• purpose is to deflect the potential for disaster and to encourage callers to enter into a relationship with the clinic or make a referral so that a longer-term solution can be
  worked out.
• such interviewing requires training, sensitivity, and judgment

Answer 10

crisis-interview

Question 11

▪ researchers have developed structured [ ] that can be used by clinical psychologists in their research or clinical work.
▪ a structured [ ] consists of a standard set of questions and follow-up probes that are asked in a specified sequence –
▪ all patients or subjects are asked the same questions, and
▪ two clinicians who evaluate the same patient will arrive at the same diagnostic formulation

Answer 11

diagnostic interview

Question 12

refers to the variation in the questions that clinicians ask,
the observations that are made during the interview, and the method of integrating the information that is obtained

Answer 12

information variance

Question 13

refers to the variation in scoring thresholds among clinicians

Answer 13

criterion variance