One of the best ways to learn how to do an interview

One of the best ways to learn how to do an interview is to watch someone else conduct one. This week, you will view a media clip of someone conducting an interview that is part of an addictions assessment. The interview uses a biopsychosocialapproach, in that it collects information about medical aspects (prior illnesses, current medications), social history (childhood, school, employment) and psychological functioning (anxiety, depression). The goal of the interview is to start developing an overall picture of the client.

In this Discussion, you will evaluate which interview strategies would be more effective than others in an addictions assessment.

To prepare:

Review the Learning Resources, including the following:

• Chapter 5, “Assessment of the Patient,” in The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Substance Abuse Treatment
  
  
• Chemical Dependency Counseling: A Practical Guide
  • Chapter 4, “The Biopsychosocial Interview”
  • Appendix 6, “Sample Biopsychosocial Interview”
• The media titled Interviewing Techniques

Post by Day 4a response to the following:

Based on your observation of the addictions professional in the scenario, describe one interview strategy you believe was effectively modeled. Explain why it was effective.

Laureate Education (Producer). (2012a).Interviewing techniques[Video file]. Retrieved fromhttps://class.waldenu.edu

Resources:

• Perkinson, R. R. (2012). Chemical dependency counseling: A practical guide (4th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE.
  • Chapter 4, “The Biopsychosocial Interview”
    
    
    
    Focus onthe particular questions asked by the interviewer and whether they are effective in assessing the biological (bio); emotional, attitudes, and behavior (psycho); and social (socio) aspects of the individual’s addiction.
  • Appendix 6, “Sample Biopsychosocial Interview”
    
    
    
    This section is the basis for the week’s Assignment. Focus on Jane Roberts’s history of the present illness and past history. How might these aspects of her life affect the questions you would ask her during an addictions assessment?

• Greenfield, S. F., & Hennessy, G. (2008). Assessment of the patient. In M. Galanter, & H. D. Kleber (Eds.), The American Psychiatric Publishing textbook of substance abuse treatment (4th ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publishing.
  
  Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
  
  
  
  Focus on the importance of open-ended interview questions to circumvent defense mechanisms in the assessment process.
• McLellan, A. T. (2008). Evolution in addiction treatment concepts and methods. In M. Galanter, & H. D. Kleber (Eds.), The American Psychiatric Publishing textbook of substance abuse treatment (4th ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publishing.
  
  Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
  
  
  
  Focus on the reasons why treatment concepts and methods have changed and the types of referral services offered in the recent past.
• Requirements: for this assignment 12 font double space : references required