The specificity of the psychiatric interview

✍ Scribed by William A. Hunt; Cdr. Robert S. Herrmann; Lt. Howard Noble

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1957
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 466 KB
• Volume: 13
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0021-9762
• DOI: 10.1002/1097-4679(195701)13:1<49::aid-jclp2270130111>3.0.co;2-3

✦ Synopsis

PROBLEM

Meehl's recent book on clinical prediction ('1 has exacerbated the continuing controversy over the effectiveness of inferential techniques such as the clinical interview. Attitudes toward the interview as a selection device vary from the sometimes caustic negativism of Kelly@) to the cautious optimism of Berg('). As is true in most such controversies, the research findings are diverse, both positive and negative evidence being available in the literature. It is the opinion of the present authors that one cannot take a "global" stand for or against the selection interview. It is a *This study derives from a project subsidized by the Office of Naval Research under contract with Northwestern University. The opinions expressed are those of the individual authors and do not represent the opinions or policy of the Xaval service.