| Description |
1 online resource (xxiii, 363 pages) : tables |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
The DSM-IV and its antecedents : enhancing syndromal diagnosis / Peter E. Nathan -- Meaning and melancholia : why the DSM-IV cannot (entirely) ignore the patient's intentional system / Jerome C. Wakefield -- A psychodynamic approach to the diagnosis of psychopathology / Sidney J. Blatt and Kenneth N. Levy -- Case formulation and personality diagnosis : two processes or one? / Drew Weston -- The role of ego mechanisms of defense in the diagnosis of personality disorders / George E. Vaillant and Leigh McCullough -- Assessment in transitional family therapy : the importance of context / William H. Watson and Susan H. McDaniel -- Relationship. subjectivity, and inference in diagnosis / Nancy McWilliams -- Psychological testing, psychodiagnosis, and psychotherapy / Bruce L. Smith -- An experiential psychoanalytic approach to the assessment process / Paul M. Lerner and Howard D. Lerner -- Depression : intervention as assessment / Enrico E. Jones -- Assessment of the patient with borderline personality disorder for psychodynamic treatment / John F. Clarkin, Otto F. Kernberg, and Javiera Somavia -- Reassessing a person with schizophrenia and developing a new treatment plan / Courtenay M. Harding. |
| Summary |
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-IV (DSM-IV) has long been considered the Bible of diagnosis and treatment, and is the foundation of treatment decisions made by managed care companies. Yet many mental health professionals are expressing increasing, and voluble, discontent with the DSM as a diagnostic tool. Among the criticisms they direct at the DSM include its reliance on a medical model and its excessive focus on reliability at the expense of validity. /// The contributors to this volume explore these and many other concerns about the DSM system and propose new ways of looking at the diagnostic and treatment activities of therapists. This collection of diverse professional viewpoints contributes to the ongoing dialogue about diagnosis and how it can be meaningfully related to what clinicians do in their actual work with patients. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2004 APA, all rights reserved). |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
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Also issued in print. |
| Issued By |
Made available through: American Psychological Association's PsyBooks Collection. |
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GMD: electronic resource. |
| Subject |
Mental illness -- Diagnosis -- Evaluation.
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Mental illness -- Diagnosis -- Philosophy.
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Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders -- Evaluation.
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Mental illness -- Treatment.
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Psychotherapist and patient.
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Psychodynamic psychotherapy.
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Mental Disorders -- evaluation.
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Mental Disorders -- diagnosis.
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Professional-Patient Relations.
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Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders. (OCoLC)fst01780652
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Adult services in public libraries -- Evaluation. (OCoLC)fst01694871
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Mental illness -- Diagnosis -- Evaluation.
(OCoLC)fst01016563
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Mental illness -- Diagnosis -- Philosophy.
(OCoLC)fst01016565
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Mental illness -- Treatment.
(OCoLC)fst01016606
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Psychodynamic psychotherapy. (OCoLC)fst01081312
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Psychotherapist and patient. (OCoLC)fst01081724
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| Added Author |
Barron, James W., 1944-
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American Psychological Association.
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| Other Form: |
Making diagnosis meaningful (print) (DLC) 98012803 |
| ISBN |
1557984964 (print) |
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9781557984968 (print) |
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