Deciding how to treat – the relevance of psychiatric diagnosis
- 1 February 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Psychological Medicine
- Vol. 9 (1) , 179-186
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033291700021681
Abstract
SYNOPSIS A distinction is drawn between ‘diagnostic decisions’ and ‘management (or treatment) decisions’, and a model for the process of making a management decision is suggested. Evidence is reviewed which suggests that psychiatric diagnosis does not strongly predict treatment, and an extension of diagnosis, the problem oriented approach, is advocated.Keywords
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