Intake-admission interviews (Multiple Choice)

Intake-admission interviews
 
  a. are conducted increasingly over the telephone
  b. are conducted exclusively by clinical psychologists.
  c. are intended to alleviate an immediate crisis.
  d. are intended to assess for cognitive difficulties.

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Question 2

Intake-admission interviews generally have the purpose of
 
  a. determining why the patient has come to the clinic.
  b. judging whether the agency will meet the needs and expectations of the patient.
  c. eliciting a complete personal and social history.
  d. more than one of the above

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Question 3

Interviewers should never
 
  a. directly answer personal questions, even if they are inconsequential or trivial.
  b. use the interview session as a place to work out their own problems.
  c. either of the above
  d. neither of the above

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Question 4

According to the text, in what two basic respects do the various types of clinical interviews differ?
 
  a. time and formality
  b. formality and purpose
  c. purpose and level of structure
  d. level of structure and time