“…Many practitioners have documented how to conduct such an interview (e.g., Hersen & Turner, 1985;Shea, 1988). Although it is widely recognized that the development of diagnostic interviewing skill should be one of the main objectives of mental health education (Borus & Yager, 1986;Maguire, 1982;Pollock, Shanley, & Byrne, 1985), there has been little systematic study on the assessment of diagnostic interviewing competence (McCready & Waring, 1986;Rutter & Cox, 1981;Shea & Mezzich, 1988).…”