The Clinical Interview

Question 1

______________________ is A style interviewers use to get exactly the information they need by asking clients specific questions.

Answer 1

Directive Interviews

Question 2

_______________ of directive interviews: Gather most essential information needed for a case in an efficient manner.

Answer 2

Strength

Question 3

________________ of directive interviews: Less rapport may be established.

Answer 3

Weakness

Question 4

________________________ is A style interviewers use that allows the client to determine the course of the interview.

Answer 4

Nondirective Interviews

Question 5

_____________________ of Nondirective Interviews: Encourages client to elaborate on their own thoughts and ideas.

Answer 5

Strength

Question 6

____________________ of Nondirective Interviews: Clinician may not get all the essential information that they need.

Answer 6

Weakness

Question 7

_____________________ are Brief interviews designed to determine whether the client needs treatment or assessment services.

Answer 7

Intake Interviews

Question 8

_____________________ are usually done before the assessment and treatment process has started.

Answer 8

Intake Interviews

Question 9

______________________ are Comprehensive interviews designed to gather detailed and essential information pertaining to the client’s presenting problems.

Answer 9

Diagnostic Interviews

Question 10

Usually, clinician begins by asking ______________________, which allow clients to elaborate on their thoughts.

Answer 10

open-ended questions

Question 11

Follow-up ___________________ and prompts may be asked, whereby client gives short and/or direct responses (e.g., yes/no).

Answer 11

closed-ended questions

Question 12

____________________________ are

Answer 12

Semi-Structured Diagnostic Interviews are interviews that follow a specific format for asking questions.

Question 13

Based on client responses, clinician may ask ____________________ follow-up questions to gather additional information.

Answer 13

Unstructured

Question 14

_______________________________ is designed for children ages 6 to 11, children shown pictures and ask if they would behave like that child, provides contextual information about child’s behaviour, and not comprehensive enough on its own to determine if child meets the diagnostic criteria for a particular disorder.

Answer 14

The Dominic Interview-R Pictorial Interview

Question 15

____________________ is Any action that is self-inflicted and results in injury or the potential for injury, with an intent to die

Answer 15

Suicidal self-injury

Question 16

_____________________ is Any action that is self-inflicted and results in injury or potential for injury, but without intent to die

Answer 16

Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI)

Question 17

What are the 5 steps for Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)?

Answer 17

Recognize, discuss, identify, demonstrate, and list

Question 18

____________________ is monitoring the clients train or thought, which is often implied by patterns or statements

Answer 18

Verbal trafficking

Question 19

What 3 things does the mental status exam assess?

Answer 19

Appearance and actions, emotion, and cognition