A General Outline for a Preliminary Clinical Interview
This two minute video is for young students in psychology to provide a general format of a clinical interview that include four important sets of interconnected information. This video is just a quick information guide and it is not recommended at all that you conduct interview without professional training.
Hi, in this presentation you will see a general outline of a preliminary clinical interview. This presentation is just to give an idea about the depth of a clinical interview, so that young students in clinical psychology may get benefit from in-depth interviews in qualitative research.
A clinical interview for diagnostic purpose may include four sets of information that are interlinked.
First, identifying information, that includes demographic information, (such as, gender, status, age, and other information that can provide rich data about the client’s social, economic, and cultural status, position, and role.
Second set of information is related to the problem, and it can help you to describe the problem statement. Such as psychological or social issues that can provide diagnostic cues for further inquiry.
Third set of information is the history of the problem. It comes from the background of the psychological issues (such as onsets, severity, stressors, can provide important diagnostic cues. This set of information may include information about family, relationship, educational, work-related, medical, and developmental issues.
Fourth set of information is related to mental status examination. This is a kind of screening evaluation of emotional and cognitive functioning based on observational cues and conversation. It may include the information about appearance, verbal-nonverbal behavior, thoughts, mood, affect, memory, judgment, and other relevant insight.
This presentation is just for guidance and information. It is not recommended at all that you conduct interviews without professional training.
Thank you
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