Diagnostic Intake Interview Questions

1. Tell me about your friends. (Perhaps get a description of one or two individuals.) a. What do you like to do with your friends?

b. Do most people seem to like you? Why or why not?

g. Do you feel like you have enough friends, or do you wish you had more friends?
2. What makes you happy?

a. What makes you sad?

b. What do you do when you feel sad?

c. What do your parents do when you feel sad?

d. What makes you mad?

e. What do you do when you get mad?

f. What are you scared of?

g. Are there things you worry about a lot?

h. What do you do when you feel worried?

i. All in all, how do you feel most of the time?

9. What do you think about yourself? How would you describe yourself? Do you like yourself?

a. What do you like best about yourself?

b. What don’t you like about yourself?

c. If you could change anything you wanted to about yourself, what would that be?

c. Are there more things you like or more things you don’t like about yourself?

10. (If there is evidence of depression or suicide risk) Have you ever felt so sad that you kinda wished you were dead?

a. (If yes) When? Why? What was going on? What were you thinking about?

b. (If yes to 10) What happened? What did you do?

c. (If appropriate) Have you ever thought about doing something to hurt yourself or to try to kill yourself? What?

d. (If yes to c) Do you think you might do something like that? Do you have a plan to do something like that?

e. (If appropriate) Have you ever done anything to hurt yourself or try to kill yourself? What?