Clinical PsychologyLearning Lab

Knowledge check

Knowledge check: Clinical interviewing and the mental status examination

Linked to the module Clinical interviewing and the mental status examination. Study the module first, then test yourself.

1 Restating the content of what a client said to check understanding is:

Multiple choice Introductory

Basis: Textbook concept, original question

2 Which MSE domain includes a client's description of feeling 'empty'?

Multiple choice Introductory

Basis: Textbook concept, original question

3 What is the main advantage of a structured diagnostic interview?

Multiple choice Intermediate

Basis: Textbook concept, original question

4 Asking a client directly about suicidal thoughts increases the likelihood that they will act on them.

True / false Intermediate

Basis: Contemporary clinical consensus

5 An interviewer who expects a client from a particular community to be 'resistant' and therefore asks fewer questions is showing:

Multiple choice Introductory

Basis: Textbook concept, original question

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