Clinical Psych Ch 4

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5 types of interviews

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1. intake interview 2. problem referral interviews 3. orientation interviews 4. debriefing and termination interviews 5. crisis interviews

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orientation

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an anger management group is a type of specialty treatment that requires the _____ interview.

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debriefing interview

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also called the "psychological evaluation."

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typically happens during a crisis interview

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provide support, collect assessment data, and provide help

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intake interviews

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most common type of interview

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purpose of orientation interviews

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inform patient about treatment, correct misconceptions, outline expectations, and screen for treatment appropriateness

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purpose of intake interviews

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establish the nature of the clinical problem by:

1. rendering a DSM diagnosis

2. history and nature of client's problem

3. provide social history

4. outline treatment plan

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research debriefing

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often required when research involves participation in treatment: review participation, assess for any ill effects, and refer for further treatment.

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psychological debriefing

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review results and findings, make recommendations and referrals. not appropriate (ex. forensic cases).

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psychotherapy termination

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review of treatment progress, review response to future problems

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nondirective (unstructured) interview

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clinician says very little, uses subtlety. "Rogerian" interview.

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semi-structured interview

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includes predetermined set of questions with closed and open ended questions. often developed to assess specific conditions.

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structured interview

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close ended questions often including rles for coding and scoring responses. emphasis on high degree of consistency across interviewers and interviewees.

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advantages of structured interviews

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decrease sources of interviewing "error" in client variance, information variance, and criterion variance; very useful in research (i.e. diagnostic reliability).

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disadvantages of structure interviews

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decreases flexibility, limit range of responses, can be lengthy, clinicians can become dependent on protocols, miss important information not included in the protocol, can alienate clients if rapport not established, quality of results depends upon quality of client's responses (i.e. inaccuracy and dishonesty).

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decision trees

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tells interviewer what to do at certain times; used in structured interviews

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client, information, and criterion variance

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three types of error reduced by using structured interviews

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criterion variance

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interview error that results from differences in judgments from different clinicans (ex. low mood vs depression diagnosis)

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client variance

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interview error that results from variation within the same patient's responses to the same question asked by different clinicians

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information variance

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interview error resulting from variations among clinicians because of how or which questions are asked of clients

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psychopathy

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a range of (anti-social) personality traits. note: NOT psychosis

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malingering

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purposely faking, good or bad

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secondary gain

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has to do with malingering. if you fake something, you will get something in return