Diagnostic Interviewing Training

Training Features

  • Target treatment population: adolescents and adults 
  • One 8-hour training day (includes 1 hour for lunch and breaks)
  • In-person 
  • Offers training in the identification of behavioral health conditions, including DD and SMI, and how to diagnose them using standardized diagnostic tools.
     

Full Description

This workshop is designed to train behavioral health providers who offer services to children, adolescents, and adults. Attendees will learn about interviewing basics, the utility of diagnostic interviewing, considerations in making diagnoses (e.g., age, context, setting, etc.), standardized assessment tools, and how to administer a structured diagnostic interview (DIAMOND). The DIAMOND assesses for: mood disorders; obsessive-compulsive and related disorders; somatic symptom and related disorders; trauma and stressor related disorders; feeding and eating disorders; substance related and addictive disorders; neurodevelopmental disorders; disruptive, impulse control, and conduct disorders; schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders; and substance/medication induced substance disorder/disorder due to another medical condition. This is an applied and interactive training that will include didactic material, videos, modeling, and role-plays. 

General Eligibility Requirements:
Each consortia has a different set of eligibility criteria, please note where each one differs:

The Northern Virginia Regional Consortium for Evidence-Based Practice (NVRC):

  1. Participant must be affiliated with one of the 5 Region 2 Community Services Boards (City of Alexandria, Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun or Prince William Counties)
  2. Participant must meet the stated education, licensure, professional specialty, and/or experience requirements outlined for the specific training for which they are applying.

The Fairfax Consortium for Evidence-Based Practice (FC-EBP):

  1. Participant must currently be providing therapy services to youth/adolescents who reside within Fairfax County/City, Virginia or - for certain trainings - supervise clinicians who are serving this population.
  2. Participant must be licensed or license eligible (e.g., undergoing Board-approved supervision for licensure) to provide clinical therapy services. State registrations or professional certification, in absence of a State license or Board-approved supervision, are not sufficient to attend most FC-EBP training programs.
  3. Participant must possess a masters degree or higher in a mental health-related field by the date of their training program.  
  4. Participant must attend the full duration of any training program to which they are accepted.  Barring emergencies, we do to allow partial attendance.
  5. Participant must complete 2-4 brief surveys used to evaluate the training program(s) over the 12-months following the training program.
  6. Participants of in-person trainings are responsible for paying out-of-pocket to park on GMU's campus.

Unless otherwise stated in a training program's application announcement, all of the above criteria apply. There are programs with additional requirements and programs with exceptions to these criteria; additions and exceptions are listed within training announcements and should not be assumed applicable across programs.

Email CEBBH@gmu.edu for further information and eligibility requirements.