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An empirical categorization of psychosocial factors for clinical case formulation and treatment planning
1North Metropolitan Area Mental Health Service, Perth, WA, Australia. salvatore.restifo@bigpond.com
Objective:
The purpose of this paper is to assemble a basic, empirically derived set of psychosocial 'linchpin' factors for use in case formulation and treatment planning.
Method:
Observations are drawn from clinical work and the psychiatric literature.
Conclusion:
A generic set of psychosocial factors can be useful in providing reference points for case formulation and treatment planning. Such a categorization of factors might be useful for trainees and could help promote discourse toward a 'common language' in psychotherapeutic formulation.
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