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In presenting for the first time transcripts and phonograph records of three initial interviews conducted at the Psychiatric Dispensary of the Yale University School of Medicine, as well as a survey of pertinent literature on interviewing, Drs. M. Gill, R. Newman, and F. C. Redlich, in collaboration with Dr. M. Sommers, have rendered psychiatrists and persons in related fields a great service.
The traditional approach of the doctor to his patient, as taught in medical school, has consisted of history taking, examination, diagnosis and treatment. The psychiatric interview followed this pattern with the anamnesis from the family, the mental status of the patient, the selection of the most pertinent diagnosis from the standard nomenclature, and the recommendations of