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Revisiting the hypothesis-driven interview in a contemporary context.
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PMID:  22077299     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
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Objective: The ?hypothesis-driven interview? was articulated by George Engel as a method of raising and testing hypotheses in the process of building a biopsychosocial formulation and determining the most likely diagnosis. This interview was a forerunner of the modern medical interview as well as the contemporary psychiatric assessment. The objective of this article is to describe the hypothesis-driven interview and to explore its relationship with the contemporary medical interview. Method: The literature on the medical and hypothesis-driven interview was reviewed. Key features of each were identified. Results: The hypothesis-driven interview shares much with the contemporary medical interview. In addition, it enhances the application of communication skills and allows the interviewer to develop a formulation during the course of the assessment. Conclusion: The hypothesis-driven interview is well suited to the aims of a contemporary psychiatric assessment.
Authors:
Alex Holmes; Bruce Singh; Geoff McColl
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Australasian psychiatry : bulletin of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists     Volume:  19     ISSN:  1440-1665     ISO Abbreviation:  Australas Psychiatry     Publication Date:  2011 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-11-14     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9613603     Medline TA:  Australas Psychiatry     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  484-8     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Royal Melbourne Hospital and University of Melbourne , VIC , Australia.
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