formulation – A New Vision for Mental Health

What is formulation in psychiatry?

Author: Editorial 12th May 2023 0 Comments

“When assessing the same patient, two experts may produce two similar summaries, but two different formulations. This is the fundamental difference: a summary is descriptive, whereas a formulation is analytical and evaluative… formulating a case with clarity and precision is…
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a coherent system

biopsychosocial model, diagnostic hierarchy, formulation, Gareth Owen, holism, philosophy of psychiatry, psychiatry, Psychological Medicine, verstehen

Psychological Formulation as an Alternative to Psychiatric Diagnosis

Author: Editorial 2nd April 2021 0 Comments

“… we might be in the very strange position of admitting, as one psychiatrist has pointed out, that psychiatry is ‘something very hard to justify or defend—a medical specialty that does not treat medical illnesses’ …”Dr. Peter Breggin, 1993, p….
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a coherent system

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) of Mental Disorders, DSM, formulation, Journal of Humanistic Psychology, psychiatric diagnosis, psychiatry, team formulation

Formulation in Psychology and Psychotherapy: Making Sense of People’s Problems

Author: Editorial 31st August 2020 0 Comments

This book has been co-edited by Lucy Johnstone and Rudi Dallos. It contains an overview of many different models of formulation. The publishers say: “The first edition of Formulation in Psychology and Psychotherapy caught the wave of growing interest in formulation in a…
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collaborative practice

books, counseling, counselling, formulation, Lucy Johnstone, psychology, psychotherapy, Rudi Dallos, team formulation