Articles for tag: assessment, communication, interview, questions, report

The importance of questions, inquiring and interviewing

Questions and questioning are obviously important in obtaining information from patients.  An interview may include questions but it need not. An assessor can obtain information from pure observation. However, to understand a patient’s internal state, or their motivations, or their risks in different domains, the assessor must ask something. I’ll focus on the word ‘ask’ …

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Mental health reporting

What is mental health reporting? Mental health reporting is the creation of Mental Health Reports that assists the interests of those who are associated with mental health matters. Most mental health reports are required for courts. Are all Mental Health Reports for courts? No. Many are for insurance purposes. Some are for employers. Some for …

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