Clinical Interview Skills Research Articles

Clinical Interviewing Skills. A Programmed Manual for Data Gathering, Evaluation, and Patient Management.

Clinical Interviewing Skills. A Programmed Manual for Data Gathering, Evaluation, and Patient Management.

An application of actuarial methods in psychiatric diagnosis

An actuarial program for psychiatric diagnosis is evaluated for agreement with final clinical diagnosis in a series of 288 patients. The acturial program provides a probability differential diagnosis based on an analysis of history and background data, symptom rating profiles, and MMPI clinical scale profiles. The observed agreement with final clinical diagnosis is approximately 50% higher than previously reported for psychological testing in this same setting. The results emphasize the importance for psychologists of clinical interview and observation skills.