MENTAL STATUS INTERVIEW AND FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY

Mental Status Interview and Forensic Psychology

Mental Status Interview and Forensic Psychology

Mental State and Interview Components

The components of mental state and interview in determining the competence of clients are considered to be relevant dates, names, data sources, charges, and notification to defendant of the purpose of the evaluation, psychiatric history, and limits on confidentiality. It consists in finding, obtaining and recording the patient's symptoms by three important instruments:

Interview

Medical Record

Mental status examination

Interview

It's a visual and verbal relationship between two or more persons who, in the case of psychopathological interview serves to collect all the information possible about the ...