Kuliah Dek Rizky Psikologi

Techniques of interview :

• Interviewer attitude : acceptance, understanding, sincerity
• Five types of interview questions : open – ended, facilitative, clarifying, comforting, direct.

Reliability of interview :

• Reliability :
• Information variance : refer to the variation in the questions the clinicians ask, the observation that are made during the interview, and the method of integrating the information that is obtained.
• Criterion variance : refer to variation scoring thresholds among clinicans
• Two types of reliability : Interrater or interjudge reliability, test – retest reliability

Validity of interview

• content validity
• Criterion – related validity
• Discriminant validity
• Construct validity

Suggestion for improving reliability and validity

• Whenever possible, use a structured intervie
• If a structured interview doesn’t exist for your purpose, consider developing one
• Certain interviewing skills are essential
• Be aware of the patient’s motives and expectancies with regard to the interview
• Be aware of your own expectations, biases, and cultural values

Varieties of interview

• The intake – admission interview
• The case – history interview
• Mental status examination interview
• The crisis interview
• The diagnostic interview

Mental status examination ( MSE )

• General appearance and behavior
• Speech and thought
• Consciousness
• Mood and affect
• Perception
• Obsessions and compulsions
• Orientation
• memory
• Attention and concentration
• fund of general information
• Intelligence
• Insight and judgement
• Higher intelectual, functioning

The diagnostic interview

• Structured diagnostic interview :
• Careful history taking
• Clinical examination : eliciting clinical sign

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