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Making Diagnosis Meaningful: Enhancing Evaluation and Treatment of Psychological Disorders [Hardcover]

James W. Barron (Editor)

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Publication Date: January 1998 | ISBN-10: 1557984964 | ISBN-13: 978-1557984968 | Edition: 1

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 thought-provoking collection of diverse professional viewpoints, edited by James W. Barron, contributes to the ongoing dialogue about diagnosis and how it can be meaningfully related to what clinicians do in their actual work with patients.

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Product Details

Hardcover: 363 pages
Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA); 1 edition (January 1998)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1557984964
ISBN-13: 978-1557984968
Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 7.3 x 1.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #774,549 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
personality disorder examination, psychotherapy research, transitional family therapy, normal loss responses, case formulation and diagnosis, introjective patients, harmful dysfunction analysis, introjective depression, relational disorders, symptomatic criteria, syndromal diagnosis, structural interview, relational diagnosis, theory neutrality, clinical judges, pathogenic beliefs, phallic narcissism, depressive personality disorder, dysfunctional family patterns, human package, psychodynamic meanings, meaning thesis, underlying dysfunctions

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New York, American Journal of Psychiatry, American Psychiatric Association, Guilford Press, Archives of General Psychiatry, Basic Books, Journal of Abnormal Psychology, International Universities Press, Jason Aronson, American Psychiatric Press, American Psychologist, Sigmund Freud, Hogarth Press, Journal of Personality Disorders, International Journal of Psycho-Analysis, Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, Family Process, British Journal of Psychiatry, Analytic Press, United States, World Health Organization, American Psychological Association, New Haven, San Francisco, Schizophrenia Bulletin

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