Assessing Personality and Psychopathology With Interviews

487 HISTORY OF INTERVIEWING 488 PURPOSE OF ASSESSMENT INTERVIEWS 488 TYPES OF INTERVIEWS 488 Case History Interviews 489 Diagnostic Interviews 489 Follow-Up Interviews 489 Forensic Interviews 489 Intake Interviews 490 Interviewing for Etiology 490 Mental Status Exams 490 Orientation Interviews 490 Preand Posttesting Interviews 490 Screening Interviews 491 Specialized Interviews 491 Termination Interviews 491 THE CLIENT’S APPROACH TO THE INTERVIEW 491 THE PSYCHOLOGIST’S APPROACH TO THE INTERVIEW 492 DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEWING 492 STRUCTURE OF THE CLINICAL INTERVIEW 493 INTERVIEWING TECHNIQUES 493 Questioning 494 Clarification 494 Confrontation 494 Exploration 494 Humor 494 Interpretation 494 Reflection 494 Reframing 494 Restatement 494 Silence 494 INTERVIEWING MODELS 495 The Medical Model 495 Behavioral Assessment 495 Interview Biases 495 ASSESSING PSYCHOPATHOLOGY WITH CLINICAL INTERVIEWS 496 Structured Versus Unstructured Interviews 496 ASSESSING PERSONALITY WITH CLINICAL INTERVIEWS 498 Personality Assessment Versus Assessing Personality Disorders 498 Problems in Assessing Personality and Personality Disorders With Clinical Interviews 498 Role of Culture 499 RELIABILITY OF CLINICAL INTERVIEWS AND PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSES 499 INCREMENTAL VALIDITY 501 COMPUTER-ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS AND COMPUTER INTERVIEWS 501 MISUSE OF THE INTERVIEW 502 WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE? 502 REFERENCES 504