Advantages of reconceptualizing schizophrenia in clinical practice
作者:
Kenneth M. Weiss,
期刊:
Journal of Clinical Psychology
(WILEY Available online 1990)
卷期:
Volume 46,
issue 1
页码: 21-28
ISSN:0021-9762
年代: 1990
DOI:10.1002/1097-4679(199001)46:1<21::AID-JCLP2270460104>3.0.CO;2-E
出版商: Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
AbstractWeiss (1989) has proposed abandoning symptom‐based diagnosis for schizophrenia research. It is proposed that such a system confuses treatment of symptoms with treatment of the underlying process from which it emanates. Furthermore, it proposes that while a symptom‐based system is striving for clarity and objectivity, it is conceptually barren and, thus, offers no treatment framework. A proposed, heuristic model by which to conceptualize major psychiatric disorders is discussed. It is argued that it would have clinical advantages of greater patient acceptance, less social stigma, provide a treatment agenda, allow objective measurement of deficits along a continuum, be more comprehensible by both patient and family, and be more relevant to daily liv
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