2006-06-26 17:06:13 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Mental Health
here are some: Do you hear voices or see things that others don't? Do you feel depressed? Do you ever feel the opposite of depressed, overly exicted? Do you ever think about killing yourself or others? Do you have a plan? Do you have intrusive thoughts? Etc.
2006-06-26 17:34:57 · answer #1 · answered by libertino85 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As a psychologist we first need to access what is wrong, if anything, with you and to do this we normally would ask you quite simple questions such as 'What are your symptoms' and take it from there. Unlike physical conditions - if you break a leg it is pretty obvious to the doc that your leg has been broken. If on the other hand you go to a doctor and say you feel that people are projecting thoughts into your mind and making you do things - well that is quite a different ballgame as you cannot actually see what is wrong and that is why psychiatrists and psychologists are such good listeners ( we are pretty good at asking the right questions too!) If you are anxious or are worried that you may be suffering from some form of mental illness then please go to your GP in the first instance and take it from there. Sadly there is still a stigma regarding mental health problems - but it is getting better slowly but surely.
Hope that helped! Good luck
2006-06-27 14:35:48 · answer #2 · answered by ziggy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's too broad a question because there are so many illnesses out there requiring many questions!
There is no specified 'set of questions' that mental professionals have.
They will ask you your symptoms, if you recognize any, then they'll ask you about your daily life and how you feel or react to certain things, foods, enviroment....oh, dear....to many to try to write here.
:)
2006-06-27 00:11:32 · answer #3 · answered by snugglebunnies 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a whole packet of questions -a lot are repeated in a "different way" to catch discrepencies.
i just remember my psychologist (who was heavily accented) asking me over and over are you suicial or homicidal? That day I wasn't but if he asked me one more time I might have been!
2006-06-27 06:12:07 · answer #4 · answered by mjfluffypuff 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He would ask you to desribe in detail what brought you to his clinic in the first place, and if the psychiatirst feels that there is really underlying disorer, he would ask disease related questions. But the one question he is sure to ask is "Do your symptoms interfere with your daily life?"
2006-06-27 06:07:37 · answer #5 · answered by dark and beautiful 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
prob just general life history questions, or possibly the persons medical and family background...sometimes illness like this runs in the family...
2006-06-27 00:10:03 · answer #6 · answered by kiwidew69 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well it's better to 'listen' than to 'ask questions'...
be friendly.. tell the patient to tell his stories.. what usually is he doing.. what does he feel...
cause sometimes patient can feel 'question' as offensive..
but that's relative to the question...
well the questions should be 'indirect'...
ps: i'm not a psychiatris/psychologist... but that's what i think...
2006-06-27 01:18:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They'll ask, are you suicidal?
2006-06-27 00:09:56 · answer #8 · answered by h2o 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋