| Summary: | "This book is designed primarily as an advanced undergraduate or graduate text, and accordingly some previous acquaintance with diagnosis and therapy is taken for granted. Generally speaking, diagnosis is treated on a more advanced level and in greater detail than therapy on the assumption that previous acquaintance with diagnostic procedures is greater. The present book has been integrated with a previous one, Readings in the Clinical Method in Psychology, so that this text may be supplemented with original contributions by recognized experts. Although the survey of the literature for each diagnostic instrument and for the various aspects of therapy is not exhaustive, only those publications in my opinion representing major contributions being presented, the reviews of the literature in this earlier book supply pertinent material which may have been omitted here. It will be noted that only about one-third of this volume is devoted to psychotherapy. If used for a semester course this will be sufficient for the most important aspect of the course, the case discussions perforce not included. However, liberal references to cases are supplied. As mentioned previously the chapters devoted to psychotherapy have been pitched at a somewhat lower level of expected previous familiarity than have the chapters dealing with diagnostic material. This was considered desirable because of the anticipated point in training where students would come in contact with the work. It is even possible that their instructors will show this same relative balance between familiarity with diagnostic and with therapeutic materials"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved).
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