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Question use in child mental health assessments and the challenges of listening to families.
O’Reilly, Michelle Karim, Khalid Kiyimba, Nikki
O’Reilly, Michelle
Karim, Khalid
Kiyimba, Nikki
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2015-10-07
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Background: The mental health assessment is a fundamental aspect of clinical practice and central to this is the use of questions.
Aims: To investigate the frequency and type of questions utilised within a child mental health assessment.
Method: The data consisted of 28 naturally occurring assessments from a UK child and adolescent mental health service. Data were analysed using quantitative and qualitative content analysis to determine frequencies and question type.
Results: Results indicated a total of 9086 questions in 41 h across the 28 clinical encounters. This equated to a mean of 3.7 questions per minute. Four types of questions were identified; yes–no interrogatives, wh-prefaced questions, declarative questions and tag questions.
Conclusions: The current format of questioning may impede the opportunity for families to fully express their particular concerns and this has implications for service delivery and training.
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O’Reilly, M., Karim, K., & Kiyimba, N. (2015). Question use in child mental health assessments and the challenges of listening to families. BJPsych Open, 1(2), 116-120.
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The Royal College of Psychiatrists
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BJPsych Open
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This is an author-produced electronic version of an article accepted for publication in the British Journal of Psychiatry Open. The definitive publisher-authenticated version is available online at https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/bjpsych-open
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2056-4724