Intake, Assessment, & Diagnosis

Question 1

Motivational Interviewing

Answer 1

A respectful stance and focuses on exploring and resolving ambivalence. The interview process facilitates change and does not impose change rather supports change in conjunction with the person’s own values and concerns

Question 2

Level 1 Cross-Cutting Symptom Measure for Adults

Answer 2

Designed to assist the interviewer to pin-point domains across psychiatric diagnoses. The purpose for these instrument measures is to aid the assessor for additional domains that may need further probing. The cross-cutting measures were added to the DSM-5 for dimensional assessment for symptom frequency, duration, and severity levels (Jones, 2012).

Question 3

Cultural Formulation Interview

Answer 3

Purpose is to assess information about cultural features and information that relates to social and cultural context and history