Semi-Structured Interview for Trauma Assessment
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Initial information:
Population: adults.
Objetivo: conocer aspectos de la vida del evaluado (a) que faciliten la determinación de daños
psychological effects resulting from exposure to a violent event.
Individual Application.
1. Setting and framing.
2. Collection of sociodemographic data
What is your full name?
What is your date and place of birth?
How old is he/she?
What are you currently doing?
How long have you been doing this?
How long have you been working in this place?
What is your level of education?
What is your marital status?
In which city were you born?
¿En qué ciudad vive? Cuánto tiempo lleva viviendo en esta ciudad?
What is your phone number?
Please remind me the date today.
This question allows to identify if the evaluated person is on time.
3. Summary of the Facts:
Please tell me what were the events that led you to be here.
today?
Do you remember on what date this event you are telling me about occurred?
Can you tell me where it happened?
Please tell me how that moment was.
How did you feel?
What emotions did you feel or what feelings did you experience at that moment?
4. Reactions to the traumatic event:
Can you remember how long this situation lasted?
commented?
How did you feel at that moment?
How did this event affect your life?
How did it affect your family?
What changes do you identify in your life before and after the event?
What changes do you identify in your family's life before and after the event?
The difficulties you mentioned to me, are they still present?
The difficulties you mentioned you feel, how are they now? Have they changed?
Worsened? Have they improved? Or are they the same?
Describe to me through an example the last time you felt this way.
told.
5. Background:
5.1 Medical Area
Tell me how your medical health has been throughout your life?
Have you undergone any surgical intervention?
Have you had any medical treatment?
Have you had fractures?
Have you been hospitalized?
Have you had any illness? Which one?
¿Ha consumido alcohol en algún momento de su vida? ¿Con que frecuencia?
Currently, do you use any type of psychoactive drug?
5.2 Psychiatric and Psychological Area.
Have you ever felt affected enough in your life to need
psychological or psychiatric help?
At some point in your life, you have had mental health problems, illnesses.
psychiatric issues, behavioral difficulties?
Have you had any psychiatric treatment during your life?
Are you currently taking psychiatric medications?
Are you currently receiving psychological treatment?
Throughout your life, have you ever been hospitalized due to difficulties in the
emotions or behavior?
Has anyone in your family suffered from any mental illness?
In your family, is there any member who has attempted suicide?
5.3 Judicial Background:
Have you ever been reported for committing a crime?
Has anyone ever accused you by mistake without you committing the crime?
Have you reported any criminal activity?
Who have you reported?
What motivated you to make this complaint?
Have you ever avoided making a report out of fear or apprehensions?
5.4 Work/Academic Area:
Remind me what the highest level achieved in school was.
How was your school life?
Tell me if you like this stage of your life?
What was your relationship like with your schoolmates? Do you still keep in touch with them today?
friendship with any of them?
What was the last job you held?
How long did you last in this last job?
What has the relationship been like with your colleagues in the different places where
Have you worked?
5.5 Developmental Progress:
What aspects do you remember from your childhood?
What were the happiest moments in your childhood that you remember?
What were the least happy moments in your childhood that you remember?
What were the happiest moments of your adolescence?
What were the least happy moments in your adolescence?
tell me about an event in the course of your life that you consider very important.
6. Habits and hobbies:
What do you do in your free time?
Do you have any hobby or activity that you enjoy doing?
What are your favorite hobbies or pastimes?
What habits did I use to have in earlier times?
Which ones does it still keep today?
Which ones do you think have changed? And why?
Do you think there has been any difference in these hobbies before the event and
After this?
7. Couple Relationships
Do you currently have a romantic partner?
What is the relationship with this?
How long have you been in this relationship?
What are your expectations for this relationship?
What aspects do you dislike about this relationship?
What positive aspects does this relationship have?
Have you witnessed any change in this relationship before and after the traumatic event?
of this?
Do you enjoy activities with this person?
Do you enjoy sexual activities with this person?
Has any activity that you used to do with your partner decreased before and after the
traumatic event?
8. Family System.
Currently, what is your relationship like with your parents, siblings, and other relatives?
How many children do you have? What is your relationship with them like?
Who do you spend the most time with in your family?
Who is currently experiencing difficulties in their family?
Who does he/she live with currently?
Who makes up your current family unit?
What is the quality of the relationships with the members you currently live with?
Who brings the Economic Income to the household?
9. Problems and Difficulties:
What problems or difficulties have you faced throughout your life?
How have you dealt with these problems or difficulties?
Are you facing problems or difficulties at present? Do you feel you can overcome them?
What strategies do you use to cope with or overcome the problems that arise?
10. Closure:
Is there any aspect you would like to add or comment on regarding the event you experienced?
How do you feel at this moment?
Do you have any questions about what we have done so far?
Would you like a break or pause to continue with the application of the tests?