Faculty Articles
Effects of Interview Training with Simulated Patients on Suicide, Threat, and Abuse Assessment
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Athens Journal of Social Sciences
ISSN
2241-7737
Publication Date
10-2021
Abstract
Mental health practitioners as often not provided sufficiently effective interview training to assess for suicidality (Schmitz et al. 2012), to evaluate for abuse (Young et al. 2001), or to respond effectively to suicidal risk (Mackelprang et al. 2014). The current study examined the efficacy of general interview training using simulated patients to increase clinician competency in assessing for threats to self or others and abuse. Data were collected from doctoral clinical psychology students, who received weekly instruction for a number of interview-relevant topics. Each participant completed pre- and post-test videotaped interviews with simulated patients. The interviews evaluated using the Skills in Psychological Interviewing: Clinical Evaluation Scales. In addition, all participants completed the Suicidal Ideation Response Inventory, Second Edition at pre- and post-test to assess their skill in responding to suicidal clients. Paired samples t-tests were used to determine differences in trainees’ skills before and after the training. The tests revealed significant increases in competence for all assessment skills (p
DOI
https://doi.org/10.30958/ajss.8-4-3
Volume
8
Issue
4
NSUWorks Citation
Osborn, C. L.,
Cash, R. E.
(2021). Effects of Interview Training with Simulated Patients on Suicide, Threat, and Abuse Assessment. Athens Journal of Social Sciences, 8(4).
Available at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cps_facarticles/1882
