Reformulate Diagnostic Work-Up
I’m working on a Psychology exercise and need support.
We now revisit the case of Bill from the previous unit. Imagine you have conducted a second interview with him. After pondering the case presented in this unit’s readings:
- Reformulate your diagnostic work-up of Bill, given the new information in Part 2 of his case study.
- Describe your decision-making process in arriving at this reformulation.
- Evaluate the difficulties in accurately diagnosing personality disorders.
- Discuss the difficulties in obtaining accurate information about clients’ histories.
Review the Case Study Response Guide to assist you with this discussion.
Books:
Pearson Education. (2017). MyPsychLab for abnormal psychology (17th ed.) [Access card]. Boston, MA. Pearson. ISBN: 9781323615799.
American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.
Kilpatrick, D. G., Resnick, H. S., Milanak, M. E., Miller, M. W., Keyes, K. M., & Friedman, M. J. (2013). National estimates of exposure to traumatic events and PTSD prevalence using DSM-IV and DSMâ5 criteria. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 26(5), 537–547.
Koerner, K., Kohlenberg, R. J., & Parker, C. R. (1996). Diagnosis of personality disorder: A radical behavioral alternative. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 64(6), 1169–1176.
