Issues for DSM-V: Relational Diagnosis: An Essential Component of Biopsychosocial Assessment

Treatments of mental disorders that target family systems have been shown to have such efficacy (e.g., references 8-10) that the provision of training in couple and family therapy is now a desirable element for psychiatric residency accreditation, Finally, the majority of patients seen by psychiatri...

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Published in:The American journal of psychiatry 2007-08, Vol.164 (8), p.1146-1147
Main Author: Denton, Wayne H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Clinical medicine
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
Humans
Interpersonal Relations
Mental disorders
Mental Disorders - classification
Mental Disorders - diagnosis
Personal relationships
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales - statistics & numerical data
Psychometrics
Reproducibility of Results
Support groups
Terminology as Topic
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Summary:Treatments of mental disorders that target family systems have been shown to have such efficacy (e.g., references 8-10) that the provision of training in couple and family therapy is now a desirable element for psychiatric residency accreditation, Finally, the majority of patients seen by psychiatrists are diagnosed as having problems with their primary support group (11).
ISSN:0002-953X
1535-7228
DOI:10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.07010181