Interview, Psychological - Methods
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

The intolerance of uncertainty scale for children: a psychometric evaluation.

30 Aug 2009 Intolerance of uncertainty (IU) has contributed to our understanding of excessive worry and adult anxiety disorders, but there is a paucity of research on IU in child samples. This gap is due to the absence of a psychometrically sound measure of IU ... Read more...

When less is more: how fewer diagnostic criteria can indicate greater severity.

30 Aug 2009 For diagnosing many mental disorders, the current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) system weights each diagnostic criterion equally--each criterion counts the same toward meeting the diagnostic threshold. Research on the ... Read more...

A Study of the SIRS with severely traumatized patients.

30 Aug 2009 Clinical research has revealed that traumatized patients often elevate feigning indicators on psychological measures, which raises the possibility that traumatization and concomitant dissociation may lead to misclassifications of malingering. Within ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Interview, Psychological - Methods'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• The intolerance of uncertainty scale for children: a psychometric evaluation. 30 Aug 2009
• When less is more: how fewer diagnostic criteria can indicate greater severity. 30 Aug 2009
• A Study of the SIRS with severely traumatized patients. 30 Aug 2009
• Psychological well-being after spinal cord injury: perception of loss and meaning making. 30 Jul 2009
• Lack of relationship between psychological denial and unawareness of illness in schizophrenia-spectrum disorders. 15 Jul 2009
• A clinical prediction rule for detecting major depressive disorder in primary care: the PREDICT-NL study. 19 Jun 2009
• Prevalence of major depressive episode in CKD. Jun 2009
• Techniques for framing questions in conducting family meetings in palliative care. 30 May 2009
• Criterion-based validity and reliability of the Geriatric Depression Screening Scale (GDS-15) in a large validation sample of community-living Asian older adults. 29 Apr 2009
• An examination of the "gold standard" diagnosis of major depression in aged-care settings. 29 Apr 2009
• A transdiagnostic comparison of trauma and panic memories in PTSD, panic disorder, and healthy controls. 20 Apr 2009
• Novel clustering of items from the Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised to define phenotypes within autism spectrum disorders. 30 Mar 2009
• Counselor skill influences outcomes of brief motivational interventions. 29 Mar 2009
• Agency context and tailored training in technology transfer: a pilot evaluation of motivational interviewing training for community counselors. 29 Mar 2009
• "She gives me a break from the world": formal youth mentoring relationships between adolescent girls and adult women. 11 Mar 2009
• It ain't what you do, it's the way that you do it: a qualitative study of advice for young cannabis users. 27 Feb 2009
• Use of psychoactive substances and health care in response to anxiety and depressive disorders. 27 Feb 2009
• Predictors of likelihood and intensity of past-year mental health service use in an active Canadian military sample. 27 Feb 2009
• To sum or not to sum: taxometric analysis with ordered categorical assessment items. 27 Feb 2009
• Detecting psychopathy from thin slices of behavior. 27 Feb 2009

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Technical information about 'Interview, Psychological'

Definition: A directed conversation aimed at eliciting information for psychiatric diagnosis, evaluation, treatment planning, etc. The interview may be conducted by a social worker or psychologist.

Descriptor UI: D007406

Alternative terms: Interview, Psychological; Psychological Interview; Interview, Psychologic; Interviews, Psychologic; Psychologic Interview; Psychologic Interviews; Interviews, Psychological; Psychological Interviews;

Allowable Qualifiers: methods; standards;

Tree Number: F04.669.599;

History Note: 68(65)