Interviewing

Question 1

Chief complaint - your words or theirs?

Answer 1

Their words

Question 2

MSE components

Answer 2

Appearance
Behavior
Speech
Affect/mood
Thought process
Thought content
Cognition

Question 3

What must you ALWAYS screen for?

Answer 3

Suicide

Question 4

Hallucinations

Answer 4

False sensory perceptions

Question 5

Delusions

Answer 5

Fixed false beliefs, not in keeping with the culture

Question 6

Vertigo

Answer 6

Feeling of spinning or falling

Question 7

Presyncope

Answer 7

Lightheadedness, feeling faint

Question 8

Disequilibrium

Answer 8

Unsteadiness

Question 9

What’s the first thing to accomplish in an interview?

Answer 9

Trust, comfort, security - the basis of the therapeutic alliance

Question 10

HEADSS - for which population?

Answer 10

Adolescent

Question 11

HEADSS - what’s it stand for?

Answer 11

Home/environment
Education/employment
Activities
Drugs
Sex/sexuality
Suicide/depression

Question 12

Axis I

Answer 12

Clinical disorders and conditions that may be the focus of clinical attention

Question 13

Axis II

Answer 13

Personality disorders

Mental retardation

Question 14

Axis III

Answer 14

These are conditions that are potentially relevant to the understanding or management of the individual’s mental disorder.

Question 15

Axis IV

Answer 15

Psychosocial and Environmental Problems

Question 16

Axis V

Answer 16

GAF

Question 17

What has replaced the GAF?

Answer 17

WHODAS

Question 18

Engagement

Answer 18

Developing the relationship

Question 19

Blending

Answer 19

nonverbal cues that tell us if we are engaging (or not)