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Instructor’s Manual for Clinical Interviewing: Intake, Assessment, and Therapeutic Alliance

Area: General knowledge about assessment of mental health needs

The following Manual is made to be used for training purposes mostly. It can be beneficial to be read by the learners and to be discussed within a team with a training context, in order to become more familiar with the skills required to have a successful clinical interview, as an assessment tool. This Manual can also be utilized for theoretical purposes, as it is a scientific approved article, since, as it was mentioned, it highlights all the skills required for a successful initial (and not only) clinical interview.

Created by
John Sommers-Flanagan and Rita Sommers-Flanagan, 2014
Link
Video available at www.psychotherapy.net.https://www.psychotherapy.net/data/uploads/52d99900de254.pdfhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViQeF1Glz34

  • Type of resource

    Article on the clinical interview, as an assessment tool for assessing the clients with of Mental health issues.

  • Available in

    English

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  • Most relevant

    The whole Manual is beneficial for the learners and interesting. Also, the videos can promote group discussion and the Role-plays can be a good general evaluation and self-evaluation tool.

  • Resource audience

    Due to the fact that the terminologies are very focused on the diagnostic criteria, it is important to apply this type to psychologists, counsellors, or psychiatrists. Also, the tool should be addressed to health care professionals and youth workers, who are or would like to be active on the mental healthcare field.

  • General comment by reviewer

    The Manual highlights the importance of clinical interviewing and the appropriate skills to do that. The clinical interview has been referred to as the foundation of all mental health treatment and as arguably the most valuable skill among psychologists and other mental health practitioners.