Psychiatric Diagnosis Revisited : From DSM to Clinical Case Formulation / by Stijn Vanheule.

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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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author: Vanheule, Stijn (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Dynamics of Decision Making: The Issue of Reliability in Diagnosis
  • Chapter 2. Symptom and Context: The Issue of Validity in Diagnosis
  • Chapter 3. From Mental Suffering to Mental Disorder and Back Again
  • Chapter 4. Working with Clinical Case Formulation: Methodological Considerations.