The Use of a Structured Diagnostic Interview For Routine Psychiatric Evaluations

1 January 1981

journal article
research article
Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease

Vol. 169 (1) , 45-49
https://doi.org/10.1097/00005053-198101000-00006

Abstract

The author reports the use of a structured psychiatric interview for the routine initial evaluation of all referrals to an inpatient psychiatric consultation service during a 1-year period. Acceptance of this procedure by physician examiners and by patients was high. There was evidence that the structured interview was a useful diagnostic tool and did not interfere with patient rapport. The advantages of structured interviews for routine clinical evaluations are discussed.