Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Summer 2006
Source Publication
Journal of Counseling and Development
Abstract
Current diagnostic processes reflect the limitations and utility of the framework of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed.; DSM-IV; American Psychiatric Association, 1994). Clinical information in the DSM-IV's 5-axis system almost exclusively focuses on weaknesses and pathology and is summarized in a flawed categorical system. Hence, the authors describe 3 adjunctive, or alternative, means of conceptualizing behavior; several means of altering the current DSM-IV system; and 2 future directions in the diagnosis of strengths.
Comments
Reprinted from Journal of Counseling and Development, 84 (3), Summer 2006, 259-267. © (2006) The American Counseling Association. Reprinted with permission. No further reproduction authorized without written permission from the American Counseling Association.
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