pWhile the ABPN has now supplied such standards for psychiatry, psychiatric interviewing instruction has not been standardized inthe US or in other countries. Similarly, the few psychiatricinterviewing books available are written in textbook form, oftenlong and often from the subpecialty perspective e.g. psychodynamicinterviewing. Critically, no interviewing guides to datetake a true biopsychosocial perspective. That is, they limitthemselves to interviewing as an isolated techniquedivorced from full patient assessment, which for quality patientcare must include the interface of psychological and socialcomponents with biological components. Similarly, fewinterviewing texts are fully integrated with DSMICD categoricaldiagnostic schemata, even though these descriptive diagnosticsystems represent the very core of our clinical language--theilingua francai of the mental health professions. Without good descriptive diagnoses there cannot be adequatecommunication of clinical data among provide