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MACHINE-MEDIATED INTERVIEWING

Franklin Dennis Hilf, Kenneth Mark Colby, David Canfield Smith, William K. Wittner, William Hall

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Abstract

Machine-mediated interviewing is a technique of psychiatric interviewing in which patient and interviewer communicate by means of remotely located teletypes. Messages are transmitted from one teletype to another by means of a computer. Advantages of non-nonverbal communication in the study of the psychiatric interview and in the development of a computer program designed to conduct psychiatric interviews are discussed. Excerpts from representative interviews with different patients are reproduced; seven of the interviews were conducted with a hospitalized mute patient who, after the fifth interview, began to use spoken language for communication. This novel technique is suggested for patients who are unable to participate in the usual vis-à-vis interview.

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Machine-mediated interviewing is a technique of psychiatric interviewing in which patient and interviewer communicate by means of remotely located teletypes. Messages are transmitted from one teletype to another by means of a computer. Advantages of non-nonverbal communication in the study of the psychiatric interview and in the development of a computer program designed to conduct psychiatric interviews are discussed. Excerpts from representative interviews with different patients are reproduced; seven of the interviews were conducted with a hospitalized mute patient who, after the fifth interview, began to use spoken language for communication. This novel technique is suggested for patients who are unable to participate in the usual vis-à-vis interview.

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Machine-mediated interviewing is a technique of psychiatric interviewing in which patient and interviewer communicate by means of remotely located teletypes. Messages are transmitted from one teletype to another by means of a computer. Advantages of non-nonverbal communication in the study of the psychiatric interview and in the development of a computer program designed to conduct psychiatric interviews are discussed. Excerpts from representative interviews with different patients are reproduced; seven of the interviews were conducted with a hospitalized mute patient who, after the fifth interview, began to use spoken language for communication. This novel technique is suggested for patients who are unable to participate in the usual vis-à-vis interview.

Key concepts: Interview, Nonverbal communication, Psychiatric interview, Psychology, Communication skills, Semi-structured interview, Applied psychology, Medical education

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