Clinical Interview

It’s helpful because it allows a mental health practitioner to build trust with a new patient and gather more information on them before making a well-informed clinical impression or diagnosis. Additionally, it gives the client a chance to know more about the physician they will be sharing their personal information to.

A clinical interview’s primary purpose is to aid in a physician’s assessment and/or diagnosis of a patient.

Clients are encouraged to answer the clinical interview questions prepared and thought of by the physician for the duration of the session or until the physician deems the information sufficient to make a clinical impression or diagnosis.