Making diagnosis meaningful : enhancing evaluation and treatment of psychological disorders /

Making diagnosis meaningful : enhancing evaluation and treatment of psychological disorders /

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Imprint:	Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, 1998.
Description:	1 online resource (xxiii, 363 pages) : tables
Language:	English
Subject:	Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders -- Evaluation. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders. Mental illness -- Diagnosis -- Evaluation. Mental illness -- Diagnosis -- Philosophy. Mental illness -- Treatment. Psychotherapist and patient. Psychodynamic psychotherapy. Mental Disorders -- evaluation. Mental Disorders -- diagnosis. Professional-Patient Relations. Mental Disorders -- therapy. Evaluation. Mental illness -- Diagnosis -- Evaluation. Mental illness -- Diagnosis -- Philosophy. Mental illness -- Treatment. Psychodynamic psychotherapy. Psychotherapist and patient. Electronic Books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11138038

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Other authors / contributors:	Barron, James W., 1944- American Psychological Association.
ISBN:	1557984964 9781557984968
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and indexes. English. Made available through: American Psychological Association's PsyBooks Collection. Print version record.
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).
Other form:	Making diagnosis meaningful (print)

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Summary:	This book reflects the discontent of many mental health professionals with the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-IV (DSM-IV), which has come to provide the foundation for managed care's fragmented, symptomatic treatment approaches. Some of the criticisms that the contributors note are (a) the excessive reliance of the DSM on the medical model; (b) an excessive focus on reliability at the expense of validity and a predominance of the categorical, rather than the dimensional, approach to diagnosis; (c) arbitrary cut-off points for disorders; (d) a significant problem with comorbidity; and (e) a steady proliferation of labels for the personality disorders. The contributors explore this and other criticisms of the DSM system and propose new ways of looking at diagnosis and treatment. This thought-provoking volume proposes the ultimate goal of finding a diagnostic process that can be meaningfully related to what clinicians do in their actual work with patients.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xxiii, 363 pages) : tables
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:	1557984964 9781557984968