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Interview Paper
Use APA style for the heading levels. Use Times New Roman 12-point font, 1" margins and double-space. No running head or abstract.
Interview Paper
Biopsychosocial-Spiritual Description
Factual information about the interviewee.
Ends with the Interviewee's description of their "diagnosis" [3-4 pages]
Self-Management
How the person copes with their situation. Use examples the interviewee gives you. [2 pages]
DSM Diagnosis
The principal diagnosis. List all the DSM criteria for your interviewee's diagnosis with examples/explanation [1-2 pages]
Personal Reflection and Conclusion
What you learned about this illness and how it will affect your clinical practice [1 page]
Paper is logically organized (and has all the required headings)
APA format
Grammar, spelling, and sentence structure is correct
Paper Format
Title Page - Title of paper, your name
Biopsychosocial-Spiritual Description - [3-4 pages]Identifying Information: Interviewee's name (replace with a pseudonym before submitting paper), age, gender, marital status, race/ethnic group.
I would like to have a "picture" of the interviewee's presentation (clothing, affect, tone of voice, movement, etc.) at the beginning of the case.Below are some sample questions to ask to get information for the biopsychosocial-spiritual description of your interviewee.
When writing about your interviewee's history please do so in chronological order. You can organize this section by your interviewee's life phase or the biopsychosocial-spiritual category. Do NOT turn in a paper in an outline format with bullet points. The outline below is just to help you with ideas.
Childhood
"Tell me about your childhood..."
Where were you born? Was this a rural, urban, or suburban setting? What did your parents do for a living? Socioeconomic status? Did the family have health insurance? How many brothers and sisters? Extended family relationships?
Describe your ethnic/cultural background.
Do you recall anything in particular from your childhood years that had a strong influence on your later life? If so, would you tell me about it?
How far in school did you go? How happy was your school experience?
Adulthood
"Tell me about your adult life..."
What is your marital/partner status? Do you have any children? How is your relationship with your spouse or partner (if any) and children (if any)?
In addition to your spouse/partner and children, what other relationships have been most important in your life?
Where do you work (if applicable)? (Include what type of work they have done in the past, length of time at various workplaces) How adequate is your present income, relative to your needs? Do you have health insurance?
Did you ever serve in the military? Can you tell me about that?
What is your housing situation? How satisfied are you with your current living situation?
How do you usually get around (bus, own car, friend, neighbor, etc)?
Current Support System
Who can you depend on for various types of assistance, if needed?
How many people do you speak with each day? Who are they?
Who depends on you these days for friendship or companionship?
Religion/Spirituality
Do you have a religious preference and/or affiliation? What, if any, kinds of support does it offer (i.e., economic, spiritual, emotional, etc)? Any identified problems or needs in the area of spiritual life?
Health History and Current Status
Ask your interviewee to tell you about his/her illness: when he/she was diagnosed, what has been the progression of the illness, when he/she first knew something was wrong, what treatments have been recommended/required, what he/she has learned about the condition. If you don't understand the terminology used, ask them to explain.
Find out what your interviewee thinks about why he/she has this diagnosis/illness. Where did it come from? What caused it? Who or what most influences the course of this illness?
Do you feel that your health insurance is adequate to cover your health care expenses? Are your health care needs being met?
Do you have any additional health conditions which limit your capacity to function? Any that requires costly medications or other treatment?
This section will end with the interviewees' perception of and insight into his/her "diagnosis."
Self-Management - [2 pages]This section discusses how the person copes on a day to day basis with their situation. Use examples the interviewee gives you. Include interviewee's definition of recovery, coping strategies, strengths, things that have/haven't been helpful, etc.
Ask your interviewee to discuss what has changed most since acquiring the illness. Find out what has not changed. Explore how the disorder affects their social relationships, economic status, and access to health care services.
Ask about their perception of the stigma (if any) attached to their disorder. Has your interviewee ever experienced discrimination or bias because of their diagnosis?
Ask your interviewee to tell you what or who has been helpful to them in the process of adapting to the illness. Find out what/who has not been helpful.
Try to discover what factors, qualities, or coping skills have been used. Identify the strengths of your interviewee.
How does your interviewee define "recovery"? Explore what the term "recovery" means to your interviewee, and whether or not that meaning has changed over time.
DSM Diagnosis - [1-2 pages]The principal diagnosis. Include a brief explanation of what led you to this diagnosis.
Provide a DSM 5 diagnosis.
Use the DSM diagnostic criteria outline and identify by number and letter your interviewee's symptoms that fit the DSM diagnosis you chose and each of the DSM-5 criteria met. Include specifiers if appropriate.
Personal Reflection and Conclusion - [1 page]What you learned about the disorder and the person's experience of the disorder that may have been different than what you expected. Were your views changed in any way? What did you learn that you will use in your clinical practice?
Reflect on your own experience of the interview and summarize what you have learned about this interviewee's experience of his/her illness. Compare/contrast that to what you might have already known about this person and/or his/her illness.
References - [Not required, but if you cite something, reference it.]
The paper will be a narrative account of this person's life story. It should be 8-10 pages long, in APA style.