Psychiatric diagnosis revisited : from DSM to clinical case formulation /

This book explores the purpose of clinical psychological and psychiatric diagnosis, and provides a persuasive case for moving away from the traditional practice of psychiatric classification. It discusses the validity and reliability of classification-based approaches to clinical diagnosis, and fram...

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Main Author: Vanheule, Stijn, 1974- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2017]
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Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9783319446691
331944669X
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Dynamics of decision making : the issue of reliability in diagnosis
  • Symptom and context : the issue of validity in diagnosis
  • From mental suffering to mental disorder and back again
  • Working with clinical case formulation : methodological considerations.