Making Diagnosis Meaningful

by Barron, James W.

• ISBN13: 9781557984968
• ISBN10: 1557984964
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-06-01
• Publisher: Amer Psychological Assn

Summary

Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Explores criticisms of the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-IV) and proposes new ways of looking at the diagnostic and treatment activities of therapists. Referenced and illustrated. Trim size: 10.5 x 7 inches.

Table of Contents

Contributors	ix	(2)
Acknowledgments	xi	(2)
Introduction	xiii
I. Examining the Strengths and Weaknesses of the Syndromal Approach to Diagnosis	1	(158)
Chapter 1. The DSM-IV and Its Antecedents: Enhancing Syndromal Diagnosis	3	(26)
Peter E. Nathan
Chapter 2. Meaning and Melancholia: Why the DSM-IV Cannot (Entirely) Ignore the Patient's Intentional System	29	(44)
Jerome C. Wakefield
Chapter 3. A Psychodynamic Approach to the Diagnosis of Psychopathology	73	(38)
Sidney J. Blatt
Kenneth N. Levy
Chapter 4. Case Formulation and Personality Diagnosis: Two Processes or One?	111	(28)
Drew Westen
Chapter 5. The Role of Ego Mechanisms of Defense in the Diagnosis of Personality Disorders	139	(20)
George E. Vaillant
Leigh McCullough
II. Widening the Scope: Moving From Diagnosis to Assessment	159	(180)
Chapter 6. Assessment in Transitional Family Therapy: The Importance of Context	161	(36)
William H. Watson
Susan H. McDaniel
Chapter 7. Relationship, Subjectivity, and Inference in Diagnosis	197	(30)
Nancy McWilliams
Chapter 8. Psychological Testing, Psychodiagnosis, and Psychotherapy	227	(20)
Bruce L. Smith
Chapter 9. An Experiential Psychoanalytic Approach to the Assessment Process	247	(20)
Paul M. Lerner
Howard D. Lerner
Chapter 10. Depression: Intervention as Assessment	267	(32)
Enrico E. Jones
Chapter 11. Assessment of the Patient With Borderline Personality Disorder for Psychodynamic Treatment	299	(20)
John F. Clarkin
Otto F. Kernberg
Javiera Somavia
Chapter 12. Reassessing a Person With Schizophrenia and Developing a New Treatment Plan	319	(20)
Courtenay M. Harding
Author Index	339	(12)
Subject Index	351	(12)
About the Editor	363