Exam 4: The Assessment Report Process: Interviewing the Client and Writing the Report

The manner in which a client thinks reveals much about how he or she comes to understand and make meaning of the world. In the mental status exam, this refers to the client's:

The client's mood refers to his or her prevailing feeling state, while the client's affect refers to his or her long-term, underlying emotional well-being.

Delusions, distortions of body image, hallucinations, obsessions, or suicidal or homicidal ideation all refer to the client's:

Which of the following is NOT true about the clinical interview?

Today, there are one or two established formats for writing test reports.

Due to the nature of the unstructured interview, the interviewer might miss information because he or she is "caught up" in the client's story and not following a prescribed set of questions.

Which of the following is NOT considered part of the client's thought processes (as opposed to content of thought)?

In the results section of the assessment report, one should:

All of the following affirm clients' right to access their test data and reports EXCEPT:

Generally, the skilled examiner will write a report that is two to five pages in length, single-spaced.

The presenting problem, or reason for referral, part of the report gives an explanation of why the client has come to seek services.

Which of the following is important when gathering family background information?

Before people attempt to take their own lives or that of someone else, their thoughts and actions often lie along a continuum. Rank order the following items along this continuum. A) Gather or purchase items (means) to carry out the plan. B) Develop a plan. C) Rehearse the plan. D) Have thoughts about killing self or other. E) Make any final preparation needed to carry out the plan.

Which of the following is NOT an advantage of the unstructured interview?

Often, the recommendations section of the report will have new facts or information because something may have been missed earlier.

Which of the following is NOT true about the summary and conclusion section of the report?

Which is true about computer-driven assessment reports?

Which of the following is generally NOT included in the demographic information section of the report?

In the mental status exam, concepts such as circumstantial, flight of ideas, logical and organized, loose associations, tangential, and poverty refer to the client's:

In assuring that the information gathering process for the report is adequate, clinicians need to take into account which of the following?